"Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to her new friend.
"He never bites."
"Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the Scarecrow. "He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't get tired. I'll tell you a secret," he continued, as he walked along. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of."
"What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?"
"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a lighted match."
4. The Road Through the Forest (Дорога через лес)
After a few hours the road began to be rough (спустя несколько часов дорога начала становиться ухабистой;
stumble [stAmbl], uneven [An'i:v(q)n], jump [dZAmp], straight [streIt], length [leNT], merrily ['merIlI], mishap ['mIshxp]
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around. As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.
The farms were not nearly so well cared for here as they were farther back (фермы =
At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook (в полдень они присели на обочине, около маленького ручья), and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread (и Дороти открыла свою корзину и достала немного хлеба). She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he refused (она предложила кусочек Страшиле, но тот отказался).
care [keq], dismal ['dIzmql], lonesome ['lqunsqm], roadside ['rqudsaId], refuse [rI'fju:z]
The farms were not nearly so well cared for here as they were farther back. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more dismal and lonesome the country became.
At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he refused.
"I am never hungry (я никогда /не/ голоден)," he said, "and it is a lucky thing I am not (удачная вещь =
Dorothy saw at once that this was true (Дороти сразу же увидела, что это было правдой), so she only nodded and went on eating her bread (поэтому она только кивнула головой и продолжила есть хлеб;
lucky ['lAkI], painted ['peIntId], spoil [spOIl], bread [bred]
"I am never hungry," he said, "and it is a lucky thing I am not, for my mouth is only painted, and if I should cut a hole in it so I could eat, the straw I am stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil the shape of my head." Dorothy saw at once that this was true, so she only nodded and went on eating her bread.
"Tell me something about yourself and the country you came from (расскажи мне что-нибудь о себе и о той стране, откуда ты прибыла)," said the Scarecrow, when she had finished her dinner (сказал Страшила, когда она закончила свой обед). So she told him all about Kansas (поэтому она рассказала ему все о Канзасе), and how gray everything was there (и о том, каким серым там все было), and how the cyclone had carried her to this queer Land of Oz (и о том, как ураган принес ее в эту странную Страну Оз).
The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said (Страшила выслушал внимательно и сказал), "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country (я не могу понять, почему ты желаешь покинуть эту прекрасную страну) and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas (и вернуться в то засушливое серое место, которое ты называешь Канзасом;
"That is because you have no brains (это потому, что у тебя нет мозгов)," answered the girl.
listen ['lIs(q)n], understand ["Andq'stxnd], dry [draI], because [bI'kOz]
"Tell me something about yourself and the country you came from," said the Scarecrow, when she had finished her dinner. So she told him all about Kansas, and how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had carried her to this queer Land of Oz.
The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas."
"That is because you have no brains," answered the girl.
"No matter how dreary and gray our homes are (неважно, насколько унылы и серы наши дома;
The Scarecrow sighed (Страшила вздохнул).
"Of course I cannot understand it (конечно же, я не могу этого понять)," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine (если бы ваши головы были набиты соломой, как у меня: «как моя /голова/»), you would probably all live in the beautiful places (вы, возможно, все бы жили в прекрасных местах), and then Kansas would have no people at all (и тогда в Канзасе вовсе бы не осталось людей). It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains (Канзасу повезло, что у вас есть мозги;
"Won't you tell me a story, while we are resting (а ты не расскажешь мне какую-нибудь историю, пока мы отдыхаем)?" asked the child.
The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered (Страшила взглянул на нее укоризненно и ответил;
dreary ['drIqrI], flesh [fleS], blood [blAd], sigh [saI], reproachfully [rI'prqutSfulI]
"No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home." The Scarecrow sighed.
"Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains."
"Won't you tell me a story, while we are resting?" asked the child.
The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered: "My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever."
"I was only made day before yesterday (я был сделан только позавчера). What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me (что произошло в мире до того времени — мне это все =
"`Never mind (не беда;
world [wq:ld], unknown [An'nqun], heard [hq:d], farmer ['fQ:mq]
"I was only made day before yesterday. What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me. Luckily, when the farmer made my head, one of the first things he did was to paint my ears, so that I heard what was going on. There was another Munchkin with him, and the first thing I heard was the farmer saying, 'How do you like those ears?' 'They aren't straight,'" answered the other.
"`Never mind,'" said the farmer. "`They are ears just the same,'" which was true enough.
"`Now I'll make the eyes (теперь я сделаю глаза),'" said the farmer. So he painted my right eye (и он нарисовал мой правый глаз), and as soon as it was finished (и как только он был закончен = нарисован) I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity (я обнаружил, что смотрю на него и на все вокруг себя с большой /долей/ любопытства;
"That's a rather pretty eye (вот, довольно хороший глаз;
"`I think I'll make the other a little bigger (я думаю, что сделаю другой /глаз/ немного побольше),'" said the farmer. And when the second eye was done I could see much better than before (и, когда второй глаз был выполнен, я смог видеть намного лучше, чем раньше). Then he made my nose and my mouth (затем он сделал =
great [greIt], deal [di:l], glimpse [glImps], rather ['rQ:Dq]
"`Now I'll make the eyes,'" said the farmer. So he painted my right eye, and as soon as it was finished I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my first glimpse of the world.
"That's a rather pretty eye," remarked the Munchkin who was watching the farmer. "`Blue paint is just the color for eyes.' "`I think I'll make the other a little bigger,'" said the farmer. And when the second eye was done I could see much better than before. Then he made my nose and my mouth. But I did not speak, because at that time I didn't know what a mouth was for.
"I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs (я позабавился, наблюдая, как они делают мое тело, руки и ноги;
"'This fellow will scare the crows fast enough (этот парень распугает ворон довольно быстро;
"'Why, he is a man (ба, так он и есть человек),' said the other, and I quite agreed with him (сказал другой, и я вполне с ним согласился).
The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield (фермер отнес меня под мышкой: «под рукой» на кукурузное поле), and set me up on a tall stick (и установил меня на высокую палку), where you found me (где ты и нашла меня). He and his friend soon after walked away and left me alone (он и его друг вскоре после этого ушли и оставили меня одного).
body ['bOdI], fasten ['fQ:s(q)n], head [hed], fellow ['felqu], cornfield ['kO:nfi:ld]
"I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs; and when they fastened on my head, at last, I felt very proud, for I thought I was just as good a man as anyone.
"`This fellow will scare the crows fast enough,' said the farmer. `He looks just like a man. '"`Why, he is a man,' said the other, and I quite agreed with him.
The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield, and set me up on a tall stick, where you found me. He and his friend soon after walked away and left me alone.
"I did not like to be deserted this way (мне не понравилось, /что я оказался/ покинутым таким вот образом;
Many crows and other birds flew into the cornfield (много ворон и других птиц прилетало на кукурузное поле;
desert [dI'zq:t], deserted [dI'zq:tId], touch [tAtS], ground [graund], important [Im'pO:t(q)nt]
"I did not like to be deserted this way. So I tried to walk after them. But my feet would not touch the ground, and I was forced to stay on that pole. It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before.
Many crows and other birds flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw me they flew away again, thinking I was a Munchkin; and this pleased me and made me feel that I was quite an important person.
By and by an old crow flew near me (вскоре один старый ворон подлетел близко ко мне), and after looking at me carefully he perched upon my shoulder and said (и, после того как он тщательно меня оглядел, он уселся мне на плечо и сказал): "'I wonder if that farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner (интересно, неужели фермер думал одурачить меня столь грубым образом;
Then he hopped down at my feet (затем он спрыгнул =
perch [pq:tS], clumsy ['klAmzI], bird [bq:d]
By and by an old crow flew near me, and after looking at me carefully he perched upon my shoulder and said: "'I wonder if that farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.' Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing he was not harmed by me, came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me.
"I felt sad at this (мне было грустно из-за этого), for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all (так как это показывало, что я, в конце концов, не был таким уж хорошим Страшилом: «пугалом»); but the old crow comforted me, saying (но старый ворон успокоил меня, сказав), `If you only had brains in your head (если бы только у тебя были мозги в твоей голове) you would be as good a man as any of them (ты был бы таким же хорошим человеком, как любой из них), and a better man than some of them (и /даже/ лучшим человеком, чем некоторые из них). Brains are the only things worth having in this world (мозги — это единственное, чем стоит обладать в этом мире;
"After the crows had gone I thought this over (после того, как вороны улетели, я обдумал это;