The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 4
Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole.
Tante Em, sehr erschrocken, warf die Bodenluke auf und kletterte die Leiter hinunter in das kleine, dunkle Loch.
Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt.
Dorothy fing Toto endlich und begann, ihrer Tante zu folgen.
When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
Als sie sich auf halbem Weg durch das Zimmer befand, kam ein lautes Heulen vom Wind, und das Haus schüttelte sich so heftig, dass sie das Gleichgewicht verlor und plötzlich auf den Boden fiel.
Then a strange thing happened.
Dann geschah etwas Seltsames.
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air.
Das Haus wirbelte zwei- oder dreimal herum und stieg langsam durch die Luft empor.
Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
Dorothy fühlte sich, als würde sie in einem Ballon aufsteigen.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact center of the cyclone.
Der Nord- und der Südwind trafen sich dort, wo das Haus stand, und machten es zum genauen Mittelpunkt des Wirbelsturms.
In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
In der Mitte eines Wirbelsturms ist die Luft im Allgemeinen ruhig, aber der starke Winddruck auf jeder Seite des Hauses hob es immer höher, bis es sich ganz oben im Wirbelsturm befand; und dort blieb es und wurde meilenweit fortgetragen, so leicht, wie man eine Feder tragen könnte.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
Es war sehr dunkel, und der Wind heulte schrecklich um sie herum, aber Dorothy stellte fest, dass sie sich ganz leicht trug.
After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.
Nach den ersten paar Drehungen und einem weiteren Mal, als das Haus sich stark neigte, fühlte sie sich, als würde sie sanft gewiegt, wie ein Baby in einer Wiege.
Toto did not like it.
Toto mochte das gar nicht.
Vocabulary
- Tante
- An aunt; female parent's or father's sister.
- sehr
- Very; to a great degree or extent.
- erschrocken
- Frightened; startled or alarmed suddenly.
- warf
- Threw; past tense of werfen.
- die
- The; definite article feminine singular or plural.
- auf
- On, upon; preposition indicating position or direction.
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or phrases.
- kletterte
- Climbed; past tense of klettern.
- Leiter
- Ladder; structure for climbing up or down.
- hinunter
- Down; downward direction away from above.
- in
- In, into; preposition of position or direction.
- das
- The; definite article neuter singular.
- kleine
- Small; adjective describing limited size.
- dunkle
- Dark; adjective describing absence of light.
- Loch
- Hole; opening or hollow space in something.
- fing
- Caught; past tense of fangen.
- endlich
- Finally; at last after waiting or expecting.
- begann
- Began; past tense of beginnen.
- ihrer
- Her; possessive pronoun feminine or plural dative.
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive particle.
- folgen
- Follow; to go behind or come after.
- Als
- When, as; conjunction indicating time or comparison.
- sich
- Herself, himself; reflexive pronoun.
- halbem
- Half; adjective meaning fifty percent of whole.
- Weg
- Way, path; route or direction of travel.
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating passage or direction.
- Zimmer
- Room; space within building enclosed by walls.
- befand
- Found, was; past tense of befinden.
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen.
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article.
- lautes
- Loud; adjective describing high volume sound.
- Heulen
- Howling; loud wailing sound, as wind.
- vom
- From the; contraction of von and dem.
- Wind
- Wind; moving air currents in atmosphere.
- Haus
- House; building used for living purposes.
- schüttelte
- Shook; past tense of schütteln.
- so
- So, thus; adverb indicating manner or degree.
- heftig
- Violent, intense; with great force or energy.
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing clauses.
- Gleichgewicht
- Balance; state of stability or equilibrium.
- verlor
- Lost; past tense of verlieren.
- plötzlich
- Suddenly; happening without warning or expectation.
- den
- The; definite article masculine accusative singular.
- Boden
- Floor, ground; surface of earth or building.
- fiel
- Fell; past tense of fallen.
- Dann
- Then; at that time or moment.
- geschah
- Happened; past tense of geschehen.
- etwas
- Something; an unspecified thing or amount.
- Seltsames
- Strange, odd; adjective describing unusual or peculiar.
- Das
- The; definite article neuter singular.
- wirbelte
- Spun, whirled; past tense of wirbeln.
- zwei-
- Two; number between one and three.
- oder
- Or; conjunction indicating alternatives.
- dreimal
- Three times; adverb indicating threefold repetition.
- herum
- Around; adverb indicating circular or revolving motion.
- stieg
- Rose, climbed; past tense of steigen.
- langsam
- Slowly; adverb describing movement at low speed.
- Luft
- Air; gaseous atmosphere surrounding the earth.
- empor
- Up, upward; adverb indicating upward direction.
- fühlte
- Felt; past tense of fühlen.
- als
- As if; conjunction indicating comparison or similarity.
- würde
- Would; conditional auxiliary verb.
- einem
- A, an; indefinite article dative singular.
- Ballon
- Balloon; inflated bag or pouch lighter than air.
- aufsteigen
- Rise up; ascend or move upward.
- Der
- The; definite article masculine singular.
- Nord-
- North; compass direction toward pole.
- der
- The; definite article.
- trafen
- Met; past tense of treffen.
- dort
- There; at or in that place.
- wo
- Where; at which location or place.
- stand
- Stood; past tense of stehen.
- machten
- Made; past tense of machen.
- es
- It; pronoun referring to things or situations.
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