" Why don't you sit down? " he asked the Pumpkinhead.

“你为什么不坐下？”他问南瓜头。

Tip looked at the saw-horse more carefully, and found that the Pumpkinhead was right.

蒂普更仔细地看了看锯木架， 发现南瓜头是对的。

" I'll make the Pumpkinhead work for me, " said Mombi.

“我会让南瓜头为我工作， ” 蒙比说。

" I was afraid of this! " moaned the Pumpkinhead.

“我害怕这个！ ” 南瓜头呻吟道。

Then he called out to the Pumpkinhead: " are you all right, Jack? " There was no reply.

然后他对南瓜头喊道：“你还好吗， 杰克？ ” 没有回答。

" I beg you to be more careful in your speech, " said the Pumpkinhead, sharply.

“我请求你说话要小心点，”南瓜头尖锐地说。

As for the Pumpkinhead, every stitch of his gorgeous clothing dripped water.

至于南瓜头，他华丽的衣服每一针都在滴水。

But the Pumpkinhead was quick to notice this, and began to take more pains to step carefully;so that he met with few accidents.

但是南瓜头很快就注意到了这一点，他开始更加小心翼翼地走着， 这样他就很少发生意外了。

" What a nice man! " remarked the Pumpkinhead, smilingly.

“真是个好人！”南瓜头笑着说。

Presently the Pumpkinhead asked: " What is that thing you are sitting on? " " Oh, this is a horse, " replied the boy, carelessly.

过了一会儿， 南瓜头问：“你坐的那个东西是什么？ ”“哦，这是一匹马， ” 男孩漫不经心地回答。

So the Pumpkinhead was again perched upon the back of the Saw-Horse and the journey was resumed.

于是南瓜头又骑上了锯木马， 继续赶路。

" I believe I must be color-blind, " said the Pumpkinhead, after staring about him.

“我相信我一定是色盲，”南瓜头环顾四周后说道。

" Aren't you a little hoarse? " asked the Pumpkinhead politely.

“你是不是有点沙哑？”南瓜头礼貌地问。

But if the strange appearance of his Majesty the Scarecrow seemed startling to Jack, no less wonderful was the form of the Pumpkinhead to the Scarecrow.

但是， 如果说稻草人陛下的怪异外表让杰克大吃一惊，那么南瓜头的外形对稻草人来说同样精彩。

" Where is the Saw-Horse you rode here? " he asked the Pumpkinhead.

“你在这里骑的锯木马在哪里？”他问南瓜头。

" Could seeds be considered in the light of brains? " enquired the Pumpkinhead, abruptly.

“从脑子的角度来看， 种子可以考虑吗？ ” 南瓜头突然问道。

They perched the one-legged Pumpkinhead upon the Saw-Horse, and tied him to his seat with cords, so that he could not possibly fall off.

他们把独足的南瓜头骑在锯木马上，用绳子把他绑在座位上， 以防他掉下来。

" Do not let us give up so easily, " said the Pumpkinhead.

“别让我们这么轻易放弃，”南瓜头说。

" To prove you are a Pumpkinhead! " retorted the Scarecrow.

“证明你是南瓜头！”稻草人反驳道。

" It's our interpreter! " said the Pumpkinhead, smiling pleasantly.

“是我们的翻译！”南瓜头愉快地笑着说。