Pipt nor old Mombi, nor anyone else who dealt in magic arts.

老蒙比，以及任何其他从事魔法艺术的人都不知道。

" I'll make the Pumpkinhead work for me, " said Mombi.

“我会让南瓜头为我工作， ” 蒙比说。

" Oh, I think it will, " answered Mombi, cheerfully.

“哦，我想会的，”蒙比高兴地回答。

" You can't do anything with a marble statue." " Oh, yes, I can, " returned Mombi.

“你不能用大理石雕像做任何事情。” “哦，是的，我可以，”Mombi 回答。

I wonder if old Mombi knew they were in the bottom of the pepper-box.

我想知道老蒙比是否知道他们在胡椒盒的底部。

" old Mombi couldn't use x's and minuses, for she never went to school."

“老蒙比不会使用 x 和减号， 因为她从未上过学。

However, old Mombi returned earlier than usual.

然而，老蒙比比平时回来得早。

I've known old Mombi do things like that before.

我以前就知道老蒙比会做那样的事。

Mombi's last trick was the most fearful of all.

蒙比的最后一招是最可怕的。

At first he was generally disappointed; but the next moment he became curious to know what Mombi was going to do.

起初他普遍感到失望；但下一刻他就好奇起来， 想知道蒙比要做什么。

" But there is no hurry, " thought Mombi.

“但也不用着急，”蒙比想。

He found some crusts of bread; but he had to look into Mombi's basket to find the cheese she had brought from the village.

他找到了一些面包皮；但他必须查看蒙比的篮子， 才能找到她从村里带来的奶酪。

Again there was a period of silence a silence so long and gloomy that when Mombi finally lifted the kettle from the fire it was close to midnight.

又是一阵沉默， 这种沉默是如此漫长而阴沉， 以至于当莫比终于从火上拿起水壶时， 已经接近午夜了。

So Mombi called Jellia Jamb to her, and performed a certain magical rite with which she was familiar.

于是蒙比把杰莉亚·詹布叫到她身边， 并举行了一个她熟悉的魔法仪式。

Glinda agreed to these terms, well knowing that Mombi was somewhere within the city walls.

格林达同意了这些条件， 她知道蒙比在城墙内的某个地方。

" If it's properly made, " replied Mombi, " it will change or transform you into a marble statue." Tip groaned, and wiped the perspiration from his forehead with his sleeve.

“如果制作得当， ” Mombi 回答，“它会把你变成一尊大理石雕像。 ” Tip 呻吟着， 用袖子擦了擦额头上的汗水。

So Jinjur sent post-haste for old Mombi, the witch, and promised her large rewards if she would come to the assistance of the rebel army.

于是金珠尔赶紧派人去找老巫婆蒙比，并承诺如果她前来援助起义军， 将重赏她。

But she sent for Mombi, and told her what Glinda had said.

但她派人把蒙比叫来，告诉她格林达说的话。

Yet how could he ever have guessed that the man he had made merely to scare old Mombi with would be brought to life by means of a magical powder contained in an old pepper-box?

然而他又怎么会想到，他为了吓唬老蒙比而造的这个人会被装在旧胡椒盒里的魔法粉末复活？

The Sorceress quickly summoned the Scarecrow and his friends to her tent, and began to question the supposed Mombi about the lost girl Ozma.

女巫迅速将稻草人和他的朋友们召集到她的帐篷里，并开始询问所谓的蒙比关于迷路女孩奥兹玛的事。