Dorothy carried the shoes into the house and placed them on the table.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
ドロシーは そのくつを テーブルのうえに おいた。
- predicate:
- 置く
Then she came out again to the Munchkins and said:
そのあと、かのじょは いった。
- predicate:
- 言う
“I am anxious to get back to my aunt and uncle, for I am sure they will worry about me. Can you help me find my way?”
「かえりみちを みつけるのを てつだってくれる？」
- predicate:
- 手伝う
The Munchkins and the Witch first looked at one another, and then at Dorothy, and then shook their heads.
マンチキンたちと きたのまじょは かおをみあわせて、 くびをふった。
- 顔を見合わせる（かおをみあわせる, look at each other）
- “かおをみあわせる” means that two or more people turn their faces toward one another, usually to share understanding, surprise, or emotion.
“At the East, not far from here,” said one, “there is a great desert, and none could live to cross it.”
「ひがしには おおきな さばくが ある」
- subject:
- 大きな砂漠が
“It is the same at the South,” said another, “for I have been there and seen it. The South is the country of the Quadlings.”
「みなみは カドリングの とちだ」
- subject:
- 南は
“I am told,” said the third man, “that it is the same at the West.
「にしも おなじ らしい」
- subject:
- 西も
And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way.”
「にしは まじょに しはいされている」
- predicate:
- 支配する
“The North is my home,” said the old lady, “and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz. I’m afraid, my dear, you will have to live with us.”
「あなたは われわれと いっしょに くらすことになる だろう」
- predicate:
- 暮らす
Dorothy began to sob at this, for she felt lonely among all these strange people.
ドロシーは なきだした。
- predicate:
- 泣きだす
Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep also.
かのじょの なみだは こころやさしい マンチキンたちを かなしませたようだ。
- subject:
- 彼女の涙は
- もらい泣き（もらいなき, sympathetic crying）
- “もらいなき” means beginning to cry because you see or feel another person’s sadness, even if the emotion did not start with you.
- 涙もろい（なみだもろい, tearful / easily moved to tears）
- “なみだもろい” means having a sensitive emotional nature that causes a person to cry quickly when touched by sadness, joy, or even small emotional moments.
As for the little old woman, she took off her cap and balanced the point on the end of her nose, while she counted “One, two, three” in a solemn voice.
ろうばは おごそかな こえで カウントした。
- modifier:
- 厳かな声で
At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
“LET DOROTHY GO TO THE CITY OF EMERALDS”
そのぼうしは せきばんに かわった。
- subject:
- その帽子は
Referenced from: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum