Друзья подходят к воротам Изумрудного города, стража преграждает им путь.

The Scarecrow (стражнику). Is this Emerald City, please?

(Козенкова)The Guardian of the Gates. You are at the Gates of Emerald City, the residence of the Wizard of Oz, who is called Great and Terrible. What do you want here, strangers?

Dorothy. We want to see the Wizard of Oz…

The Guardian of the Gates. Great and Terrible!

Dorothy. Great and Terrible.

The Guardian of the Gates. I am the Guardian of the Gates and it is my duty to ask you on what business you want to see him.

The Scarecrow. I want him to put some brains in my head. Has he got any?

The Guardian of the Gates. He has more brains that he needs! (Обращаясь ко Льву.) And you need brains too?

The Lion. Do you mean I am fool? Gr-r-r! I need courage!

The Guardian of the Gates. Do you? It doesn’t look as if you do. But nevertheless the Great Wizard…

Dorothy. Great and Terrible!

The Guardian of the Gates. Hm… Great and Terrible. But you interrupted me and I have forgotten what I was talking about.

The Lion. About courage.

The Guardian of the Gates. Oh, yes. Of course. He has a whole pot full of courage and doesn’t know how to get rid of it!

The Tim Woodman. And I want a heart to be put in my breast!

The Guardian of the Gates. The Great Wizard has a whole collection of hearts of all sizes.

Dorothy. And I want to be sent to Kansas.

The Guardian of the Gates. Where is that?

Dorothy. I don’t know.

The Guardian of the Gates. Never mind. The Great Wizard knows everything. Now I shall report to His Majesty about you and your requests.

Dorothy. And what does he look like?

The Guardian of the Gates. I don’t know. We’ve never seen him in person. Some say he like a beautiful lady. Others told he looks like an elephant with five eyes. Others say that he looks like a cat.

Dorothy. But how are you going to report to him, if you can’t see him?

The Guardian of the Gates. By phone, Miss, by phone. Or, to be more exact, by laster-master-radiophone.

Dorothy. I don’t understand although it sounds like English.

The Guardian of the Gates (в трубку). Hello! Central? This is Guardian of the Gates speaking. Give me the Great Wizard’s office, please. Yes, Great and Terrible. Thank you… This is the Guardian of the Gates. Is it Your Wizardness?

The Wizard of Oz (в трубку). It is.

The Guardian of the Gates. Your Great Wizardness, the Wizard of Wizards and all the witches in the wonderful country of Oz! There are some strangers here… They want...

The Wizard of Oz. I know what they want. And this is what I want. If they want to get what they want, they must do what I want. I want they to kill the Bad Witch of the West.

The Guardian of the Gates. Honorable strangers! His Wizardness wants…

Dorothy. We know what he wants. We shall go!

The Lion. But we shall come back!

Ведущий. Did the Tim Woodman really need a heart? Was he clever, kind and courageous? Was the Scarecrow really silly? Was the lion a coward? What can you say about the Great Wizard of Oz? Who was he in reality?