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There were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. Within a short time she was walking briskly ①( )( )ward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed. The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her. There were ②nea( ) fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in ③( )( )undance. Evidently the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large ④( )rops. Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by; for everyone knew she had been the means of ⑤( )( )stroying the Wicked Witch and setting them free from bondage. The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof. All were painted blue, for in this country of the East blue was the ⑥favori( )( ) color.
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to ⑦won( )( )( ) where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the ⑧( )est. On the green lawn before it many men and women were dancing. Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was ⑨( )oaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
The people ⑩( )reeted Dorothy kindly, and invited her to supper and to ⑪( )ass the night with them; for this was the home of one of the richest Munchkins in the land, and his friends were gathered with him to ⑫celebr( )( )( ) their freedom from the bondage of the Wicked Witch.
Dorothy ate a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich Munchkin himself, ⑬wh( )( )( ) name was Boq. Then she sat upon a settee and watched the people dance.
When Boq saw her silver shoes he said, "You must be a great sorceress."
"Why?" asked the girl.
"Because you ⑭we( )( ) silver shoes and have killed the Wicked Witch. ⑮Besi( )( )( ), you have white in your frock, and only witches and sorceresses wear white."
"My dress is blue and white checked," said Dorothy, smoothing out the wrinkles in it.
"It is kind of you to wear that," said Boq. "Blue is the color of the Munchkins, and white is the witch color. So we know you are a friendly witch."
Dorothy did not know what to say to this, for all the people seemed to think her a witch, and she knew very well she was only an ⑯ordin( )( )( ) little girl who had come by the ⑰chan( )( ) of a cyclone into a strange land.
When she had tired watching the dancing, Boq led her into the house, where he gave her a room with a pretty bed in it. The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept ⑱( )( )undly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.
She ate a hearty breakfast, and watched a wee Munchkin baby, who played with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed in a way that greatly ⑲( )( )used Dorothy. Toto was a fine ⑳( )( )riosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.
※(6)の解答①toward②neat③abundance④crops⑤destroying⑥favorite⑦wonder⑧rest ⑨loaded⑩greeted⑪pass⑫celebrate⑬whose⑭wear⑮Besides⑯ordinary⑰chance⑱soundly⑲amused ⑳curiosity
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There were several roads near by, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. Within a short time she was walking briskly ①( )( )ward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed. The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her. There were ②nea( ) fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in ③( )( )undance. Evidently the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large ④( )rops. Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by; for everyone knew she had been the means of ⑤( )( )stroying the Wicked Witch and setting them free from bondage. The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof. All were painted blue, for in this country of the East blue was the ⑥favori( )( ) color.
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to ⑦won( )( )( ) where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the ⑧( )est. On the green lawn before it many men and women were dancing. Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was ⑨( )oaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
The people ⑩( )reeted Dorothy kindly, and invited her to supper and to ⑪( )ass the night with them; for this was the home of one of the richest Munchkins in the land, and his friends were gathered with him to ⑫celebr( )( )( ) their freedom from the bondage of the Wicked Witch.
Dorothy ate a hearty supper and was waited upon by the rich Munchkin himself, ⑬wh( )( )( ) name was Boq. Then she sat upon a settee and watched the people dance.
When Boq saw her silver shoes he said, "You must be a great sorceress."
"Why?" asked the girl.
"Because you ⑭we( )( ) silver shoes and have killed the Wicked Witch. ⑮Besi( )( )( ), you have white in your frock, and only witches and sorceresses wear white."
"My dress is blue and white checked," said Dorothy, smoothing out the wrinkles in it.
"It is kind of you to wear that," said Boq. "Blue is the color of the Munchkins, and white is the witch color. So we know you are a friendly witch."
Dorothy did not know what to say to this, for all the people seemed to think her a witch, and she knew very well she was only an ⑯ordin( )( )( ) little girl who had come by the ⑰chan( )( ) of a cyclone into a strange land.
When she had tired watching the dancing, Boq led her into the house, where he gave her a room with a pretty bed in it. The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept ⑱( )( )undly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.
She ate a hearty breakfast, and watched a wee Munchkin baby, who played with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed in a way that greatly ⑲( )( )used Dorothy. Toto was a fine ⑳( )( )riosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.
※(6)の解答①toward②neat③abundance④crops⑤destroying⑥favorite⑦wonder⑧rest ⑨loaded⑩greeted⑪pass⑫celebrate⑬whose⑭wear⑮Besides⑯ordinary⑰chance⑱soundly⑲amused ⑳curiosity
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