The Winged Monkeys had also helped her in doing this. Only once more could she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so until all her other powers were exhausted. But now that her fierce wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone, and her slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends.
So the Wicked Witch took the Golden Cap from her cupboard (и вот Злая Ведьма достала Золотую Шапку из шкафа;
right [raIt], rumble [rAmbl], rushing ['rASIN], immense [I'mens]
So the Wicked Witch took the Golden Cap from her cupboard and placed it upon her head. Then she stood upon her left foot and said slowly: "Ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke!" Next she stood upon her right foot and said: "Hil-lo, hol-lo, hel-lo!" After this she stood upon both feet and cried in a loud voice: "Ziz-zy, zuz-zy, zik!" Now the charm began to work. The sky was darkened, and a low rumbling sound was heard in the air. There was a rushing of many wings, a great chattering and laughing, and the sun came out of the dark sky to show the Wicked Witch surrounded by a crowd of monkeys, each with a pair of immense and powerful wings on his shoulders.
One, much bigger than the others, seemed to be their leader (один обезьяний самец, /который был/ намного больше, чем остальные, казалось, был их вожаком).
He flew close to the Witch and said (он подлетел близко к Ведьме и сказал), "You have called us for the third and last time (ты позвала нас в третий и последний раз). What do you command (что ты приказываешь)?"
"Go to the strangers who are within my land (идите к чужестранцам, которые /находятся/ на моей земле: «в пределах моей земли») and destroy them all except the Lion (и уничтожьте их /всех/, за исключением Льва)," said the Wicked Witch. "Bring that beast to me (приведите этого зверя ко мне), for I have a mind to harness him like a horse (потому что я имею желание запрячь его как лошадь;
"Your commands shall be obeyed (твои приказы будут выполнены;
third [Tq:d], within [wI'DIn], harness ['hQ:nIs], command [kq'mQ:nd]
One, much bigger than the others, seemed to be their leader.
He flew close to the Witch and said, "You have called us for the third and last time. What do you command?"