Kitabı oku: «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. B1 / Удивительный волшебник из Страны Оз», sayfa 12

'“I wonder if that farmer wanted to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.” Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing he was not harmed by me, came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me.

'I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying, “If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.”

'After the crows had left I thought this over, and decided I have to try hard to get somebrains. Happily you came along and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City.'

They walkedalong the road for some hours, and then evening came. Dorothy was tired, and soon the Scarecrow saw a little house behind some trees. There was nobody there, so they entered. Dorothy and Toto slept, but the Scarecrow just stood all night beside them.

'Scarecrows don't sleep,' he said.

When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto was outside following birds around him and squirrels. She woke up and looked around her. Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waited for her.