)."
friend [frend], bite [baIt], secret ['si:krIt], match [mxtS]
"Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to her new friend.
"He never bites."
"Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the Scarecrow. "He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't get tired. I'll tell you a secret," he continued, as he walked along. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of."
"What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?"
"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a lighted match."
4. The Road Through the Forest (Дорога через лес)
After a few hours the road began to be rough (спустя несколько часов дорога начала становиться ухабистой; rough — грубый; неровный; ухабистый /о дороге/), and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks (и ходьба становилась такой трудной = и идти становилось так трудно, что Страшила часто спотыкался о желтые кирпичи), which were here very uneven (которые были здесь очень неровными). Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether (иногда, на самом деле, они были разбиты или вовсе отсутствовали; to miss — промахнуться; недоставать; missing — недостающий, отсутствующий, пропавший), leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around (оставляя /после себя такие/ ямы, через которые Тото перепрыгивал, а Дороти обходила вокруг). As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead (что же касается Страшилы, то, так как у него не было мозгов: «не имея мозгов», он шел прямо вперед), and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks (и поэтому наступал прямо в эти ямы и падал во весь рост на жесткие кирпичи; to step — шагать, ступать; length — длина; one's length — чей-либо рост; to fall all one's length — растянуться во весь рост). It never hurt him, however (это, однако, никогда = вовсе /не/ вредило ему), and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again (и Дороти поднимала его и снова ставила его на ноги), while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap (и они вместе весело смеялись над его /собственной/ неудачей: «в то время как он присоединялся к ней в том, что смеялся весело…»; to join — соединять, объединять; присоединяться /принять участие в чем-либо/).
stumble [stAmbl], uneven [An'i:v(q)n], jump [dZAmp], straight [streIt], length [leNT], merrily ['merIlI], mishap ['mIshxp]
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around. As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.
