Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the figure off the pole, for, being stuffed with straw, it was quite light.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
ドロシーは かかしを もちあげた。
- predicate:
- 持ち上げる
“Thank you very much,” said the Scarecrow, when he had been set down on the ground. “I feel like a new man.”
「どうもありがとう」
Dorothy was puzzled at this, for it sounded queer to hear a stuffed man speak, and to see him bow and walk along beside her.
ドロシーは とまどった。
- predicate:
- 戸惑う
“Who are you?” asked the Scarecrow when he had stretched himself and yawned. “And where are you going?”
「あなたは だれで、どこにいくの？」
“My name is Dorothy,” said the girl, “and I am going to the Emerald City, to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas.”
「わたしの なまえは ドロシー、
エメラルドシティへ いくとちゅうだ」
“Where is the Emerald City?” he inquired. “And who is Oz?”
「エメラルドシティは どこにあるの？
オズって だれ？」
“Why, don’t you know?” she returned, in surprise.
「あなたは しらないの？」
“No, indeed. I don’t know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all,” he answered sadly.
「なにも しらない。
ワラが つまっているから」
“Oh,” said Dorothy, “I’m awfully sorry for you.”
「かわいそうに」
“Do you think,” he asked, “if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?”
「オズは わたしに ずのうを あたえてくれる？」
- predicate:
- 与える
“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.”
「わからない。
もしよければ、わたしと いっしょに きてもいいよ」
“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.
「ワラの つまった からだは きらいじゃない」
- predicate:
- 嫌いじゃない
- 一長一短（いっちょういったん, pros and cons）
- いっちょういったん refers to the positive and negative aspects of something, showing that every option or situation has both advantages and disadvantages.
If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn’t matter, for I can’t feel it.
「だれかが わたしの つまさきを ふんでも、
わたしは へいきだ」
- predicate:
- 平気だ
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?”
「でも、わたしは ひとびとに ばかだと いわれたくない」
“I understand how you feel,” said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him. “If you will come with me I’ll ask Oz to do all he can for you.”
「わたしが オズに あなたをたすけるように たのんでみよう」
- predicate:
- 頼む
“Thank you,” he answered gratefully.
「ありがとう」
Referenced from: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum