Sau khi leo xu\u1ed1ng kh\u1ecfi b\u1ee9c t\u01b0\u1eddng s\u1ee9, nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1ed3ng h\u00e0nh nh\u1eadn th\u1ea5y m\u00ecnh \u0111ang \u0111\u1ee9ng gi\u1eefa m\u1ed9t v\u00f9ng \u0111\u1ea5t \u1ea3m \u0111\u1ea1m, n\u01a1i \u0111\u1ea7y nh\u1eefng \u0111\u1ea7m l\u1ea7y l\u1ea7y l\u1ed9i v\u00e0 ao t\u00f9 n\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u1ecdng, v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng b\u1ee5i c\u1ecf cao um t\u00f9m m\u1ecdc ken d\u00e0y. Th\u1eadt kh\u00f3 \u0111\u1ec3 b\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111i m\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng b\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1ee3t ch\u00e2n v\u00e0o nh\u1eefng h\u1ed1 b\u00f9n l\u00fan, b\u1edfi c\u1ecf m\u1ecdc d\u00e0y \u0111\u1ebfn m\u1ee9c che khu\u1ea5t t\u1ea7m nh\u00ecn. Tuy nhi\u00ean, b\u1eb1ng c\u00e1ch th\u1eadn tr\u1ecdng ch\u1ecdn t\u1eebng b\u01b0\u1edbc, cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng h\u1ecd c\u0169ng v\u01b0\u1ee3t qua an to\u00e0n v\u00e0 \u0111\u1eb7t ch\u00e2n l\u00ean v\u00f9ng \u0111\u1ea5t kh\u00f4 r\u00e1o. Th\u1ebf nh\u01b0ng, n\u01a1i n\u00e0y l\u1ea1i hi\u1ec7n ra tr\u01b0\u1edbc m\u1eaft h\u1ecd m\u1ed9t khung c\u1ea3nh c\u00f2n hoang vu h\u01a1n bao gi\u1edd h\u1ebft. Sau m\u1ed9t h\u00e0nh tr\u00ecnh d\u00e0i m\u1ec7t m\u1ecfi len l\u1ecfi qua nh\u1eefng b\u1ee5i r\u1eadm r\u1ea1p, h\u1ecd b\u01b0\u1edbc v\u00e0o m\u1ed9t khu r\u1eebng kh\u00e1c \u2013 n\u01a1i nh\u1eefng c\u00e2y c\u1ed5 th\u1ee5 s\u1eebng s\u1eefng, gi\u00e0 nua h\u01a1n b\u1ea5t k\u1ef3 c\u00e2y n\u00e0o h\u1ecd t\u1eebng th\u1ea5y tr\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00e2y.<\/p>\n
“Khu r\u1eebng n\u00e0y th\u1eadt tuy\u1ec7t v\u1eddi kh\u00f4ng g\u00ec s\u00e1nh b\u1eb1ng,”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed vui m\u1eebng ng\u1eafm nh\u00ecn xung quanh. “T\u00f4i ch\u01b0a t\u1eebng th\u1ea5y n\u01a1i n\u00e0o \u0111\u1eb9p h\u01a1n th\u1ebf n\u00e0y.”<\/i><\/p>\n
“Tr\u00f4ng n\u00f3 th\u1eadt \u00e2m u,”<\/i> Ng\u01b0\u1eddi R\u01a1m l\u00ean ti\u1ebfng.<\/p>\n
“Kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1,”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed \u0111\u00e1p. “T\u00f4i \u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c s\u1ed1ng \u1edf \u0111\u00e2y su\u1ed1t \u0111\u1eddi. Ng\u1eafm xem nh\u1eefng chi\u1ebfc l\u00e1 kh\u00f4 d\u01b0\u1edbi ch\u00e2n m\u1ec1m m\u1ea1i bi\u1ebft bao, l\u1edbp r\u00eau ph\u1ee7 tr\u00ean th\u00e2n c\u00e2y c\u1ed5 th\u1ee5 xanh m\u01b0\u1edbt v\u00e0 t\u01b0\u01a1i t\u1ed1t l\u00e0m sao. Ch\u1eafc ch\u1eafn ch\u1eb3ng c\u00f3 con th\u00fa r\u1eebng n\u00e0o l\u1ea1i kh\u00f4ng khao kh\u00e1t m\u1ed9t m\u00e1i nh\u00e0 d\u1ec5 ch\u1ecbu \u0111\u1ebfn th\u1ebf.”<\/i><\/p>\n
\u0110o\u1ea1n v\u0103n \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ebft l\u1ea1i theo y\u00eau c\u1ea7u:<\/p>\n
“C\u00f3 l\u1ebd b\u00e2y gi\u1edd trong r\u1eebng c\u00f3 th\u00fa d\u1eef,”<\/i> Dorothy n\u00f3i.<\/p>\n
“T\u00f4i ngh\u0129 l\u00e0 c\u00f3,”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi, “nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i ch\u1eb3ng th\u1ea5y con n\u00e0o quanh \u0111\u00e2y c\u1ea3.”<\/i><\/p>\n
H\u1ecd ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c \u0111i qua khu r\u1eebng cho \u0111\u1ebfn khi tr\u1eddi t\u1ed1i m\u1ecbt kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 \u0111i ti\u1ebfp \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c n\u1eefa. Dorothy, Toto v\u00e0 S\u01b0 T\u1eed n\u1eb1m xu\u1ed1ng ng\u1ee7, c\u00f2n Ng\u01b0\u1eddi Thi\u1ebfc v\u00e0 Ng\u01b0\u1eddi R\u01a1m v\u1eabn th\u1ee9c canh ch\u1eebng nh\u01b0 m\u1ecdi khi.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1ng h\u00f4m sau, h\u1ecd l\u1ea1i l\u00ean \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng. Ch\u01b0a \u0111i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bao xa, h\u1ecd nghe th\u1ea5y nh\u1eefng ti\u1ebfng g\u1ea7m g\u1eeb nh\u00e8 nh\u1eb9, gi\u1ed1ng nh\u01b0 ti\u1ebfng c\u1ee7a nhi\u1ec1u lo\u00e0i th\u00fa d\u1eef c\u1ed9ng l\u1ea1i. Toto r\u00ean r\u1ec9 kh\u1ebd, nh\u01b0ng nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1 s\u1ee3 h\u00e3i, v\u00e0 h\u1ecd c\u1ee9 b\u01b0\u1edbc theo con \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng m\u00f2n cho \u0111\u1ebfn khi t\u1edbi m\u1ed9t kho\u1ea3ng \u0111\u1ea5t tr\u1ed1ng trong r\u1eebng, n\u01a1i h\u00e0ng tr\u0103m con th\u00fa \u0111\u1ee7 lo\u1ea1i \u0111ang t\u1ee5 t\u1eadp. C\u00f3 h\u1ed5, voi, g\u1ea5u, ch\u00f3 s\u00f3i, c\u00e1o v\u00e0 t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 nh\u1eefng lo\u00e0i kh\u00e1c m\u00e0 b\u1ea1n c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 t\u00ecm th\u1ea5y trong s\u00e1ch t\u1ef1 nhi\u00ean, v\u00e0 trong kho\u1ea3nh kh\u1eafc \u0111\u00f3, Dorothy c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y s\u1ee3 h\u00e3i. Nh\u01b0ng S\u01b0 T\u1eed gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch r\u1eb1ng \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 cu\u1ed9c h\u1ecdp c\u1ee7a mu\u00f4ng th\u00fa, v\u00e0 n\u00f3 \u0111o\u00e1n r\u1eb1ng ch\u00fang \u0111ang g\u1eb7p ph\u1ea3i r\u1eafc r\u1ed1i l\u1edbn qua nh\u1eefng ti\u1ebfng g\u1ea7m g\u1eeb, r\u1ed1ng l\u00ean c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang.<\/p>\n
\u0110ang khi n\u00f3 n\u00f3i, m\u1ea5y con th\u00fa \u0111\u00e3 tr\u00f4ng th\u1ea5y n\u00f3, v\u00e0 ngay t\u1ee9c kh\u1eafc, c\u1ea3 \u0111\u00e1m im b\u1eb7t nh\u01b0 c\u00f3 ph\u00e9p th\u1ea7n. Con h\u1ed5 to nh\u1ea5t b\u01b0\u1edbc t\u1edbi tr\u01b0\u1edbc m\u1eb7t S\u01b0 T\u1eed, c\u00fai \u0111\u1ea7u ch\u00e0o r\u1ed3i th\u01b0a:<\/p>\n
“K\u00ednh ch\u00e0o \u0110\u1ee9c Vua s\u01a1n l\u00e2m! Ng\u00e0i t\u1edbi th\u1eadt \u0111\u00fang l\u00fac \u0111\u1ec3 di\u1ec7t tr\u1eeb k\u1ebb th\u00f9 c\u1ee7a mu\u00f4n lo\u00e0i, \u0111em b\u00ecnh y\u00ean tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i c\u00e1nh r\u1eebng n\u00e0y.”<\/i><\/p>\n
“C\u00e1c ng\u01b0\u01a1i g\u1eb7p n\u1ea1n g\u00ec th\u1ebf?”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed \u00f4n t\u1ed3n h\u1ecfi.<\/p>\n
“L\u0169 ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111ang s\u1ed1ng trong lo s\u1ee3,”<\/i> h\u1ed5 \u0111\u00e1p, “b\u1edfi m\u1ed9t sinh v\u1eadt hung \u00e1c m\u1edbi xu\u1ea5t hi\u1ec7n trong r\u1eebng. N\u00f3 l\u00e0 con y\u00eau qu\u00e1i g\u1edbm ghi\u1ebfc, h\u00ecnh th\u00f9 nh\u01b0 nh\u1ec7n kh\u1ed5ng l\u1ed3, m\u00ecnh to b\u1eb1ng voi, ch\u00e2n d\u00e0i t\u1ef1a th\u00e2n c\u00e2y. T\u00e1m c\u00e1i v\u00f2i \u1ea5y c\u1ee9 qu\u1edd qu\u1ea1ng kh\u1eafp n\u01a1i, m\u1ed7i l\u1ea7n con qu\u00e1i v\u1eadt l\u00ea b\u01b0\u1edbc trong r\u1eebng, n\u00f3 gi\u01a1 ch\u00e2n b\u1eaft l\u1ea5y lo\u00e0i v\u1eadt t\u1ed9i nghi\u1ec7p r\u1ed3i nh\u00e9t ngay v\u00e0o c\u00e1i mi\u1ec7ng \u0111\u00e1ng s\u1ee3, nu\u1ed1t ch\u1eedng con m\u1ed3i nh\u01b0 nh\u1ec7n v\u1ed3 ru\u1ed3i. Ch\u1eb3ng ai d\u00e1m tin v\u00e0o s\u1ef1 an to\u00e0n khi sinh v\u1eadt t\u00e0n b\u1ea1o n\u00e0y c\u00f2n t\u1ed3n t\u1ea1i. Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111ang b\u00e0n c\u00e1ch \u0111\u1ed1i ph\u00f3 th\u00ec may thay Ng\u00e0i xu\u1ea5t hi\u1ec7n.”<\/i><\/p>\n
S\u01b0 T\u1eed tr\u1ea7m ng\u00e2m suy ngh\u0129 m\u1ed9t l\u00fac.<\/p>\n
“Trong khu r\u1eebng n\u00e0y c\u00f2n c\u00f3 con s\u01b0 t\u1eed n\u00e0o kh\u00e1c kh\u00f4ng?”<\/i> n\u00f3 h\u1ecfi.<\/p>\n
“Kh\u00f4ng, tr\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00e2y c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t v\u00e0i con, nh\u01b0ng con qu\u00e1i v\u1eadt \u0111\u00e3 \u0103n th\u1ecbt t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3. H\u01a1n n\u1eefa, ch\u1eb3ng c\u00f3 con n\u00e0o trong s\u1ed1 ch\u00fang to l\u1edbn v\u00e0 d\u0169ng c\u1ea3m b\u1eb1ng ng\u00e0i.”<\/i><\/p>\n
“N\u1ebfu ta ti\u00eau di\u1ec7t k\u1ebb th\u00f9 c\u1ee7a c\u00e1c ng\u01b0\u01a1i, c\u00e1c ng\u01b0\u01a1i c\u00f3 ch\u1ecbu qu\u1ef3 l\u1ea1y tr\u01b0\u1edbc ta v\u00e0 t\u00f4n ta l\u00e0m Vua c\u1ee7a khu r\u1eebng kh\u00f4ng?”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed h\u1ecfi.<\/p>\n
“Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i s\u1ebd vui l\u00f2ng l\u00e0m \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3,”<\/i> con h\u1ed5 \u0111\u00e1p; v\u00e0 t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 nh\u1eefng con th\u00fa kh\u00e1c \u0111\u1ed3ng thanh g\u1ea7m l\u00ean: “Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i s\u1ebd l\u00e0m!”<\/i><\/p>\n
“Con nh\u1ec7n kh\u1ed5ng l\u1ed3 c\u1ee7a c\u00e1c ng\u01b0\u01a1i gi\u1edd \u1edf \u0111\u00e2u?”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed h\u1ecfi.<\/p>\n
“\u1ede \u0111\u1eb1ng kia, gi\u1eefa nh\u1eefng c\u00e2y s\u1ed3i,”<\/i> con h\u1ed5 \u0111\u00e1p, gi\u01a1 ch\u00e2n tr\u01b0\u1edbc ch\u1ec9 v\u1ec1 ph\u00eda \u0111\u00f3.<\/p>\n
“H\u00e3y ch\u0103m s\u00f3c t\u1ed1t cho nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n c\u1ee7a ta,”<\/i> S\u01b0 T\u1eed n\u00f3i, “v\u00e0 ta s\u1ebd \u0111i ngay \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ed1i m\u1eb7t v\u1edbi con qu\u00e1i v\u1eadt.”<\/i><\/p>\n
N\u00f3 ch\u00e0o t\u1ea1m bi\u1ec7t nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1ed3ng h\u00e0nh r\u1ed3i ki\u00eau h\u00e3nh b\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111i, ti\u1ebfn th\u1eb3ng \u0111\u1ebfn k\u1ebb th\u00f9.<\/p>\n
Khi S\u01b0 T\u1eed t\u00ecm th\u1ea5y con nh\u1ec7n kh\u1ed5ng l\u1ed3, n\u00f3 \u0111ang ng\u1ee7 say, v\u00e0 b\u1ed9 d\u1ea1ng c\u1ee7a n\u00f3 x\u1ea5u x\u00ed \u0111\u1ebfn m\u1ee9c khi\u1ebfn k\u1ebb th\u00f9 ph\u1ea3i nh\u0103n m\u1eb7t v\u00ec gh\u00ea t\u1edfm. \u0110\u00fang nh\u01b0 l\u1eddi con h\u1ed5 m\u00f4 t\u1ea3, nh\u1eefng chi\u1ebfc ch\u00e2n c\u1ee7a n\u00f3 d\u00e0i ngo\u1eb5ng, c\u00f2n th\u00e2n h\u00ecnh th\u00ec ph\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ea7y l\u1edbp l\u00f4ng \u0111en th\u00f4 r\u00e1p. N\u00f3 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t c\u00e1i mi\u1ec7ng r\u1ed9ng ho\u00e1c v\u1edbi h\u00e0m r\u0103ng s\u1eafc nh\u1ecdn d\u00e0i nh\u01b0 dao, nh\u01b0ng c\u00e1i \u0111\u1ea7u l\u1ea1i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c n\u1ed1i v\u1edbi th\u00e2n h\u00ecnh \u0111\u1ed3 s\u1ed9 b\u1eb1ng m\u1ed9t chi\u1ebfc c\u1ed5 m\u1ea3nh kh\u1ea3nh, nh\u1ecf nh\u01b0 eo ong b\u1eafp c\u00e0y. \u0110i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y g\u1ee3i cho S\u01b0 T\u1eed \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng v\u1ec1 c\u00e1ch t\u1ea5n c\u00f4ng hi\u1ec7u qu\u1ea3 nh\u1ea5t. Bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng \u0111\u00e1nh b\u1ea1i con qu\u00e1i v\u1eadt khi n\u00f3 \u0111ang ng\u1ee7 s\u1ebd d\u1ec5 d\u00e0ng h\u01a1n nhi\u1ec1u, S\u01b0 T\u1eed b\u1eadt m\u1ed9t c\u00fa nh\u1ea3y m\u1ea1nh m\u1ebd, \u0111\u00e1p th\u1eb3ng l\u00ean l\u01b0ng nh\u1ec7n. Sau \u0111\u00f3, ch\u1ec9 v\u1edbi m\u1ed9t c\u00fa \u0111\u1eadp t\u1eeb b\u00e0n ch\u00e2n n\u1eb7ng n\u1ec1 c\u00f9ng nh\u1eefng m\u00f3ng vu\u1ed1t s\u1eafc nh\u1ecdn, n\u00f3 \u0111\u00e1nh b\u1eadt \u0111\u1ea7u con nh\u1ec7n kh\u1ecfi th\u00e2n. Nh\u1ea3y xu\u1ed1ng \u0111\u1ea5t, S\u01b0 T\u1eed quan s\u00e1t cho \u0111\u1ebfn khi nh\u1eefng chi\u1ebfc ch\u00e2n d\u00e0i ng\u1eebng gi\u00e3y gi\u1ee5a, l\u00fac \u0111\u00f3 n\u00f3 bi\u1ebft ch\u1eafc r\u1eb1ng con nh\u1ec7n \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ebft h\u1eb3n.<\/p>\n
S\u01b0 T\u1eed tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i kho\u1ea3ng \u0111\u1ea5t tr\u1ed1ng n\u01a1i \u0111\u00e0n th\u00fa r\u1eebng \u0111ang ch\u1edd \u0111\u1ee3i, ng\u1ea9ng cao \u0111\u1ea7u n\u00f3i v\u1edbi v\u1ebb \u0111\u1ea7y ki\u00eau h\u00e3nh:<\/p>\n
“T\u1eeb nay c\u00e1c ng\u01b0\u01a1i kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n ph\u1ea3i s\u1ee3 k\u1ebb th\u00f9 n\u1eefa.”<\/i><\/p>\n
\u0110\u00e0n th\u00fa l\u1eadp t\u1ee9c c\u00fai r\u1ea1p m\u00ecnh tr\u01b0\u1edbc S\u01b0 T\u1eed, t\u00f4n n\u00f3 l\u00e0m Vua c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang. S\u01b0 T\u1eed h\u1ee9a s\u1ebd tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i tr\u1ecb v\u00ec ngay khi Dorothy \u0111\u00e3 an to\u00e0n l\u00ean \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng v\u1ec1 Kansas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":21,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-69","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/69\/revisions\/174"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/69\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khosachviet.com\/phu-thuy-xu-oz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}