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When Dorothy presently asked him a question the Tin Woodman could not open his mouth, for his jaws were tightly rusted together.
當多蘿茜跟他說話時，鐵皮人卻沒有答話，因為他的嘴巴都牢牢地銹在一起了。
He became greatly frightened at this and made many motions to Dorothy to relieve him, but she could not understand.
他非常驚慌，揮著手向多蘿茜做著許多手勢，要她幫助自己，但是多蘿茜卻不明白。
The Lion was also puzzled to know what was wrong.
獅子也不知道出了什么問題。
But the Scarecrow seized the oil-can from Dorothy's basket and oiled the Woodman's jaws, so that after a few moments he could talk as well as before.
幸虧稻草人迅速從多蘿茜的籃子里取出油罐，在鐵皮人的嘴上加著油，所以不一會兒功夫，他便能夠像以前一樣地說話了。
"This will serve me a lesson," said he, "to look where I step.
“這真是給了我一個教訓，”他說，“我要看清楚才踏上去。
For if I should kill another bug or beetle I should surely cry again, and crying rusts my jaws so that I cannot speak."
一旦我踏死了旁的小蟲或甲蟲，我一定會很難受，會哭銹了我的嘴，這樣我就說不了話了。”
Thereafter he walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it.
于是他十分小心地盯在路面上，慢慢地走著，他看見一個小螞蟻，正在辛苦地向前爬過來，他便跨了過去，不傷害它。
The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.
鐵皮人很清楚，他是沒有心的，所以他要小心翼翼，永遠不要殘忍地對待著任何東西。
"You people with hearts," he said, " have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
你們大家都有心。”他說，“仁慈的心會指導你們，一定永遠不去做壞事；但是我卻沒有心，所以必須十分地謹慎。
When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much."
等到奧芝給了我一顆心，當然，我就不必這么緊張了。”
