"Of course I cannot understand it
(конечно же, я не могу этого понять)," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine (если бы ваши головы были набиты соломой, как у меня: «как моя /голова/»), you would probably all live in the beautiful places (вы, возможно, все бы жили в прекрасных местах), and then Kansas would have no people at all (и тогда в Канзасе вовсе бы не осталось людей). It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains (Канзасу повезло, что у вас есть мозги;"Won’t you tell me a story, while we are resting
(а ты не расскажешь мне какую-нибудь историю, пока мы отдыхаем)?" asked the child.The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered
(Страшила взглянул на нее укоризненно и ответил;dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ], flesh [fleʃ], blood [blʌd], sigh [saɪ], reproachfully [rɪˈprəʊʧfəlɪ]
"No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home." The Scarecrow sighed.
"Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains."
"Won’t you tell me a story, while we are resting?" asked the child.
The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered: "My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever."
"I was only made day before yesterday
(я был сделан только позавчера). What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me (что произошло в мире до того времени — мне это все ="‘Never mind
(не беда;world [wɜːld], unknown [ʌnˈnəʊn], heard [hɜːd], farmer [ˈfɑːmə]