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"Now oil the joints of my arms." he said.
“現在，把油加在我手臂的關節上，”他說。
And Dorothy oiled them, and the Scarecrow bent them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.
多蘿茜把油加在它們上面。稻草人小心地把它們上下彎曲著，直等到鐵皮人的手臂完全自由靈活地像新生的一樣才罷手。
The Tin woodman gave a sigh of satisfaction and lowered his axe, which he leaned against the tree.
鐵皮人滿意地喘了一口氣，放下了他靠在樹上的斧頭。
"This is a great comfort," he said.
“真的太舒服了，”他說道，
"I have been holding that axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to put it down at last.
“我銹住以后這把斧頭一直舉在空中。我很高興最后把它放下來了。
Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I shall be all right once more."
現在，你把油加在我腿上的關節上，我就完全恢復了。”
So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely, and he thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful.
于是她們便把油加在他的腿上，直到他能自如的走動；他非常感激他們救活了自己。他似乎是一個十分懂得禮貌的并且知道感激的家伙。
"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly saved my life.
他說：“假如你們不跑進來，也許我會永遠舉著斧頭，是你們救活了我的命。
How did you happen to be here?"
那么你們怎么會到這里來？”
"We are on the way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz. ," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."
“我們是去翡翠城的，拜訪那偉大的奧芝，”她回答說，“我們昨天在你的茅舍里，住了一夜。”
"Why do you wish to see Oz?" he asked.
他問：“你們為什么要去拜訪奧芝？”
"I want him to send me back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains into his head," she replied.
她回答說：“我要請求他把我送回堪薩斯州去；稻草人要請求他給他一個腦子。”
The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment.
鐵皮人沉默了好一會兒。
Then he said: "Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?"
隨后他說：“你覺得奧芝能給我一顆心嗎？”
