The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 4 of 25
The Straw Man
稻草人
On the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy meets a cheerful scarecrow who wants brains more than anything, and the road leads into a dark forest.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天下午，多萝西要去翡翠城了。
Nà tiān xiàwǔ, Duōluóxī yào qù Fěicuìchéng le.
That afternoon, Dorothy was ready to set off for the Emerald City.
- Dorothy 我的鞋坏了……托托，我穿银鞋，好不好？
Wǒ de xié huài le… Tuōtuō, wǒ chuān yínxié, hǎo bu hǎo?
My shoes are worn out… Toto, shall I wear the silver shoes?
- Dorothy 正好！面包在篮子里。走吧，托托！
Zhènghǎo! Miànbāo zài lánzi lǐ. Zǒu ba, Tuōtuō!
A perfect fit! Bread's in the basket. Let's go, Toto!
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- Dorothy 托托，这家蓝衣人请我吃晚饭！他们说我是大女巫！就因为我穿着银鞋！
Tuōtuō, zhè jiā Lányīrén qǐng wǒ chī wǎnfàn! Tāmen shuō wǒ shì dà nǚwū! Jiù yīnwèi wǒ chuān zhe yínxié!
Toto, this family of People in Blue asked me to dinner! They say I'm a great witch! Just because I'm wearing silver shoes!
- Narrator 第二天中午，多萝西在路边休息。
Dì èr tiān zhōngwǔ, Duōluóxī zài lùbiān xiūxi.
At noon the next day, Dorothy sat down to rest by the road.
- Dorothy 托托，你看那个稻草人！他的眼睛……动了一下！
Tuōtuō, nǐ kàn nàge dàocǎorén! Tā de yǎnjing… dòng le yíxià!
Toto, look at that scarecrow! His eye… just moved!
- Toto 汪汪！汪汪！
Wāngwāng! Wāngwāng!
Woof woof! Woof woof!
- Scarecrow 你好！
Nǐ hǎo!
Good day!
- Dorothy 你……你会说话？
Nǐ… nǐ huì shuōhuà?
You… you can talk?
- Scarecrow 会！你好吗？
Huì! Nǐ hǎo ma?
Of course! How are you?
- Dorothy 我很好，谢谢。你呢？
Wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxie. Nǐ ne?
I'm very well, thank you. And you?
- Scarecrow 不好！天天在木头上，没意思！你能帮我吗？
Bù hǎo! Tiāntiān zài mùtou shang, méi yìsi! Nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
Not good! Stuck up on this pole day after day, so boring! Could you help me?
- Dorothy 来，我抱你！你真轻！
Lái, wǒ bào nǐ! Nǐ zhēn qīng!
Here, I'll lift you down! You're so light!
- Scarecrow 谢谢，你救了我！我是稻草做的。
Xièxie, nǐ jiù le wǒ! Wǒ shì dàocǎo zuò de.
Thank you, you've saved me! I'm made of straw.
- Dorothy 你的眼睛、鼻子和嘴，都是画的！
Nǐ de yǎnjing, bízi hé zuǐ, dōu shì huà de!
Your eyes, your nose and your mouth are all painted on!
- Scarecrow 对，我是前天做的。可是我没有脑子。
Duì, wǒ shì qiántiān zuò de. Kěshì wǒ méiyǒu nǎozi.
That's right, I was made the day before yesterday. But I have no brains.
- Scarecrow 黑鸟都不怕我。一只老黑鸟说，有脑子才是人。
Hēi niǎo dōu bú pà wǒ. Yì zhī lǎo hēi niǎo shuō, yǒu nǎozi cái shì rén.
The crows aren't a bit afraid of me. An old crow told me it's brains that make a man.
- Dorothy 我叫多萝西。我要去翡翠城，找巫师奥兹。他也许能给你脑子！
Wǒ jiào Duōluóxī. Wǒ yào qù Fěicuìchéng, zhǎo wūshī Àozī. Tā yěxǔ néng gěi nǐ nǎozi!
I'm Dorothy. I'm going to the Emerald City to find Oz the Wizard. Maybe he can give you brains!
- Scarecrow 真的？那我们一起去！
Zhēn de? Nà wǒmen yìqǐ qù!
Really? Then let's go together!
- Scarecrow 我转了一圈，又倒了！没事，我不疼！
Wǒ zhuàn le yì quān, yòu dǎo le! Méi shì, wǒ bù téng!
I spun right around, and down I go again! Never mind, it doesn't hurt!
- Dorothy 你什么都不怕吗？
Nǐ shénme dōu bú pà ma?
Aren't you afraid of anything?
- Scarecrow 我就怕一个东西：火。
Wǒ jiù pà yí gè dōngxi: huǒ.
There's only one thing I'm afraid of: fire.
- Dorothy 我想快点儿回堪萨斯。我的家没有颜色……
Wǒ xiǎng kuài diǎnr huí Kānsàsī. Wǒ de jiā méiyǒu yánsè…
I want to get back to Kansas soon. My home has no color at all…
- Scarecrow 没有颜色？这儿这么好看，你为什么还要回去？
Méiyǒu yánsè? Zhèr zhème hǎokàn, nǐ wèishénme hái yào huíqu?
No color? It's so beautiful here, so why go back?
- Dorothy 因为那是我的家。哪儿都没有家好。
Yīnwèi nà shì wǒ de jiā. Nǎr dōu méiyǒu jiā hǎo.
Because it's my home. There is no place like home.
- Scarecrow 如果你们的头里边也是稻草，你们都会住在好看的地方。
Rúguǒ nǐmen de tóu lǐbian yě shì dàocǎo, nǐmen dōu huì zhù zài hǎokàn de dìfang.
If your heads were full of straw like mine, you'd all live in pretty places.
- Scarecrow 堪萨斯就没有人了！还好你们有脑子！
Kānsàsī jiù méiyǒu rén le! Háihǎo nǐmen yǒu nǎozi!
Then nobody would be left in Kansas! Lucky for Kansas that you have brains!
- Narrator 天黑了。黄砖路通到一片大森林里。
Tiān hēi le. Huángzhuān Lù tōng dào yí piàn dà sēnlín lǐ.
Night fell. The Yellow Brick Road led into a great forest.
- Dorothy 好黑……我什么都看不见。北方女巫亲过我，没有人敢动我……对吧？
Hǎo hēi… wǒ shénme dōu kàn bu jiàn. Běifāng Nǚwū qīn guo wǒ, méiyǒu rén gǎn dòng wǒ… duì ba?
It's so dark… I can't see a thing. The Witch of the North kissed me, so nobody will dare hurt me… right?
- Scarecrow 我能看见。来，拉着我的手。
Wǒ néng kànjiàn. Lái, lā zhe wǒ de shǒu.
I can see. Come, hold my hand.
Hear the chapter
What changed in the story?
- Why does Dorothy put on the silver shoes?
“我的鞋坏了”
- Why does the family in blue think Dorothy is a great witch?
“他们说我是大女巫！就因为我穿着银鞋！”
- What does the Scarecrow hope Oz will give him?
“我没有脑子”……“他也许能给你脑子！”
- What is the one thing the Scarecrow is afraid of?
“我就怕一个东西：火”
- Why does Dorothy want to go back to Kansas, though it has no color?
“因为那是我的家。哪儿都没有家好”