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I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying,
我當然為此發愁，因為這畢竟說明我不是一個盡職的稻草人；然而那老烏鴉安慰我說：
'If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them.
“假如在你的腦殼里有了腦子，你就會像那些農夫一樣好，甚至比他們更好。
Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.'
在這個世界上不論是烏鴉還是人類，腦子都是最有價值的東西。”
After the crows had gone I thought this over, and decided I would try hard to get some brains.
“烏鴉飛走了以后，我一直思考著這個問題，決心努力取得一個腦子。
By good luck, you came alone and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City."
我還算走運，你把我從火刑柱上解救下來，從你的說法來看，只要我們到了翡翠城，我相信偉大的奧芝會賜給我一個腦子。”
"I hope so," said Dorothy earnestly, "since you seem anxious to have them."
“但愿如此，”多蘿茜誠懇地說，“因為你非常渴望也非常需要它。”
"Oh, yes, I am anxious," returned the Scarecrow.
“啊，是的；我渴望得到它，”稻草人回答道。
“It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool."
“知道自己是一個笨蛋，感覺真是不愉快啊！”
"Well," said the girl."let us go." And she handed the basket to the Scarecrow.
小女孩子說：“對，我們繼續走吧。”她把籃子交給了稻草人。
There were no fences at all by the roadside now, and the land was rough and untilled.
路的兩邊沒有圍墻了，路面也高低不平。
Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick.
黃昏的時候，他們走進了一座大森林里，樹木長得十分高大，樹干緊挨著，枝葉互相叉錯著，完全遮蓋了遠處的黃磚路。
It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
因為濃密的枝葉隔絕了陽光，使得森林顯得很黑，然而他們并不停步，一直走進森林中去。
"If this road goes in, it must come out,” said the Scarecrow, " and as the Emerald City is at the other end of the road, we must go wherever it leads us."
“如果沿著這條路走，一定會走出森林去的，”稻草人說，“如果翡翠城是在路的盡頭，我們必須按照這條道路所指引的方向走去。”
"Anyone would know that," said Dorothy.
多蘿茜說：“那是誰都明白的。”
"Certainly; that is why I know it," returned the Scarecrow.
“當然，我也知道它，”稻草人回答。
"If it required brains to figure it out, I never should have said it."
“如果要用腦子計算，我就說不出來。”
