misfortune [mɪsˈfɔːʧuːn], one-legged [ˌwʌnˈleg(ɪ)d], tinsmith [ˈtɪnsmɪθ], anger [ˈæŋɡə]
"This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper. So I went to a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg out of tin. The leg worked very well, once I was used to it. But my action angered the Wicked Witch of the East, for she had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl. When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg. Again I went to the tinsmith, and again he made me a leg out of tin.
After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other
(после этого заколдованный топор отрубил мои руки, одну за другой); but, nothing daunted I had them replaced with tin ones (но, вовсе не устрашенный, я попросил, чтобы их заменили железными /руками/;The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head
(Злая Ведьма заставила мой топор выскользнуть и отрубить мою голову), and at first I thought that was the end of me (и поначалу я подумал, что настал мой конец). But the tinsmith happened to come along (но, случилось так, что жестянщик проходил мимо = как раз шел мимо;"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then
(тогда мне казалось, что я победил Злую Ведьму;daunt [dɔːnt], replace [rɪˈpleɪs], beaten [biːtn], cruel [ˈkruːəl], enemy [ˈenəmɪ]
After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones.
The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me. But the tinsmith happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin.
"I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be.