"No, indeed. I don’t know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all," he answered sadly.
"Oh," said Dorothy, "I’m awfully sorry for you."
"Do you think," he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?"
"I cannot tell
(не могу сказать = не знаю)," she returned, "but you may come with me, if you like (но ты можешь пойти со мной, если хочешь). If Oz will not give you any brains (если Оз не даст тебе /никаких/ мозгов) you will be no worse off than you are now (тебе /все равно/ будешь не хуже, чем сейчас;"That is true
(это правда)," said the Scarecrow. "You see (видишь ли)," he continued confidentially (продолжил он доверительно); "I don’t mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed (я не возражаю, /чтобы/ мои ноги и руки, и тело были набиты /соломой/;But I do not want people to call me a fool
(но я не хочу, чтобы люди называли меня дураком;worse [wɜːs], confidentially [ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃ(ə)lɪ], hurt [hɜːt], toe [təʊ], instead [ɪn’sted]
"I cannot tell," she returned, "but you may come with me, if you like. If Oz will not give you any brains you will be no worse off than you are now."
"That is true," said the Scarecrow. "You see," he continued confidentially, "I don’t mind my legs and arms and body being stuffed, because I cannot get hurt. If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn’t matter, for I can’t feel it.
But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?"
"I understand how you feel
(я понимаю, что ты чувствуешь)," said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him (сказала маленькая девочка, которой было действительно жалко его). "If you will come with me I’ll ask Oz to do all he can for you (если ты пойдешь со мной, я попрошу Оза сделать для тебя все, что он сможет).""Thank you
(спасибо)," he answered gratefully (ответил он с благодарностью).They walked back to the road
(они пошли назад к дороге). Dorothy helped him over the fence (Дороти помогла ему /перелезть/ через забор), and they started along the path of yellow brick for the Emerald City (и они двинулись по дороге из желтого кирпича в Изумрудный Город).Toto did not like this addition to the party at first
(Тото сначала не понравилось это прибавление к /их/ компании).