Chapter II: The Lion It’s a mystery,” replied the Lion. “I suppose was born that way. All the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way. Whenever I’ve met a man I’ve been awfully scared; but Just roared at him, and he has always run away as fast as he could go. If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course Let them go.” “But that isn’t right. The King of Beasts shouldn’t be a coward,” said the Scarecrow.(L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) 第二章：狮子 “这是一件神秘的事情，”狮子回答说。“我猜想我生下来就是这样 的。 树林中的一切野兽，都以为我是勇敢的，因为不论在什么地 方，狮子被称作 百兽之王。我知道如果我把声音吼得非常响，动物 们都害怕了，逃开我所走 的路。不论何时，我遇到一个人，就非常 害怕，但我还是照样地才他吼叫， 他却老是尽快逃走。如果象、老 ⻁和熊，要想和我挑战，那我自己就逃走了 ——我就是这样的一个 胆小⻤;但是它们在一听到我吼叫以后，一起逃开了， 当然，我只有 让它们逃掉。” “不过这是不对的。百兽之王不应该是一个胆小⻤，”稻草人说。 (莱曼.弗兰克.鲍姆，绿野仙踪)