"You don’t need them
(ты не нуждаешься в них). You are learning something every day (ты учишься чему-нибудь каждый день). A baby has brains, but it doesn’t know much (у ребенка есть мозги, но он немногое знает). Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge (опыт — это единственное, что приносит ="That may all be true
(все это может быть правдой)," said the Scarecrow, "but I shall be very unhappy unless you give me brains (но я буду очень несчастлив, пока ты не дашь мне мозги)." The false Wizard looked at him carefully (мнимый Волшебник внимательно посмотрел на него;admit [əd’mɪt], learning [ˈlɜːnɪŋ], experience [ɪk’spɪ(ə)rɪəns], knowledge [ˈnɒlɪdʒ]
"I think you are a very bad man," said Dorothy.
"Oh, no, my dear; I’m really a very good man, but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit."
"Can’t you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow.
"You don’t need them. You are learning something every day.
A baby has brains, but it doesn’t know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get."
"That may all be true," said the Scarecrow, "but I shall be very unhappy unless you give me brains." The false Wizard looked at him carefully.
"Well
(что ж)," he said with a sigh (со вздохом сказал он), "I’m not much of a magician, as I said (я не Бог весть какой волшебник, как я уже сказал); but if you will come to me tomorrow morning (но если ты придешь ко мне завтра утром), I will stuff your head with brains (то я начиню твою голову мозгами). I cannot tell you how to use them, however (как бы то ни было, я не могу сказать тебе, как ими пользоваться); you must find that out for yourself (ты должен будешь сам это выяснить).""Oh, thank you
(о, спасибо тебе)— thank you!" cried the Scarecrow. "I’ll find a way to use them, never fear (я найду им применение, не бойся: «я найду способ их использовать»;"But how about my courage
(а как насчет моей смелости)?" asked the Lion anxiously (тревожно спросил Лев)."You have plenty of courage, I am sure
(я уверен, у тебя довольно храбрости;sigh [saɪ], magician [mə’dʒɪʃ(ə)n], plenty [ˈplentɪ], confidence [ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns]
"Well," he said with a sigh, "I’m not much of a magician, as I said; but if you will come to me tomorrow morning, I will stuff your head with brains. I cannot tell you how to use them, however; you must find that out for yourself."
"Oh, thank you — thank you!" cried the Scarecrow. "I’ll find a way to use them, never fear!"
"But how about my courage?" asked the Lion anxiously.
"You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty."