When these people drew near the house where Dorothy was standing in the doorway, they paused and whispered among themselves, as if afraid to come farther.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
かれらは なかまうちで ささやいた。
- 仲間内で（なかまうちで, among friends / within a group）
- なかまうちで means being inside a circle of people who share familiarity, trust, or a common bond, often implying an informal or relaxed atmosphere.
- English: The joke spread among friends.
- Japanese: その冗談は仲間内で広まった。
But the little old woman walked up to Dorothy, made a low bow and said, in a sweet voice:
リトルオールドウーマンが ドロシーに ちかづいた。
- predicate:
- 近づく
“You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins.
「ようこそ」
We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.”
「まじょを たいじしてくれたことに かんしゃする」
- predicate:
- 感謝する
Dorothy listened to this speech with wonder.
ドロシーは おどろいて このスピーチを きいた。
What could the little woman possibly mean by calling her a sorceress, and saying she had killed the Wicked Witch of the East?
このリトルウーマンは いったい なにを いっている？
Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl, who had been carried by a cyclone many miles from home; and she had never killed anything in all her life.
かのじょは いのちをうばったことがなかった。
But the little woman evidently expected her to answer; so Dorothy said, with hesitation, “You are very kind, but there must be some mistake. I have not killed anything.”
「ごかいがあるようだ」
- 身に覚えがない（みにおぼえがない, have no recollection）
- みにおぼえがない means that a person does not remember doing something or has no memory of being involved in it.
“Your house did, anyway,” replied the little old woman, with a laugh, “and that is the same thing. See!” she continued, pointing to the corner of the house.
ろうばは いえのかどを ゆびさした。
- subject:
- 老婆は
“There are her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood.”
「かのじょの にほんの あしがある」
Referenced from: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum