4. Scary Scarecrow

Chapter 4 Scary Scarecrow Bradley carried the shirt and jeans across the yard to the barn. Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose were sweeping the floor. They had piled a lot of stuff on the workbench. Bradley noticed a tricycle he used to ride. He also saw an old basketball and a rolledup fishing net.

第四章可怕的稻草人布莱德雷拿着衬衫和牛仔裤穿过院子来到谷仓。 乔希、丁克和露丝·罗斯在扫地。 他们在工作台上堆了很多东西。 布拉德利注意到一辆他以前骑过的三轮车。 他还看到了一个旧篮球和一个卷起来的渔网。

At the other end of the barn, Brian, Nate, and Lucy were looking through a pile of boards. "Mom let me have Dad's old shirt and jeans," he told the other kids. "They'll be perfect," Lucy said.

在谷仓的另一端，布莱恩、内特和露西正在一堆木板中寻找。 “妈妈让我穿爸爸的旧衬衫和牛仔裤，”他告诉其他孩子。 “它们会很完美的。”露茜说。

"So what do we do?" Brian asked. "I got a hammer and nails." Lucy pulled out some thin boards. "This tall one can be the body," she said. "And these can be the arms and legs. We just nail them together." "That's supposed to scare animals away?" Nate said. "It'll just be a big stick figure." "No, it'll look like a big human after we put the shirt and pants on and stuff it with straw," Lucy explained. The kids knelt on the floor. Lucy arranged the boards. "See? Arms and legs. Who wants to hammer?" she asked. "I will," Nate said. Brian handed Nate a nail. "Don't hit your thumb," he said. "I won't," Nate said. He held the nail in place, lifted the hammer, and hit his thumb. "Ouch!" he said. "Told you," Brian said. "Let me try," Bradley said, taking the hammer. "I helped my dad build a bird-house last year." Soon the boards were nailed together. "Okay, now we dress him," Lucy said.

“那我们该怎么办？”布莱恩问。 “我有锤子和钉子。” 露西拿出一些薄木板。 “这个高个子可以做身体，”她说。 “这些可以是胳膊和腿。 我们只是把它们钉在一起。” “那是用来吓跑动物的吗？”内特说。 “它只是一个大的简笔画。” “不，等我们穿上衬衫和裤子，把稻草塞进去，它看起来就像一个大个子了。”露茜解释说。 孩子们跪在地上。 露西摆好板子。“看到了吗? 胳膊和腿。谁想锤？”她问。 “我会的，”内特说。布莱恩递给内特一颗钉子。 “别打到你的拇指，”他说。 “我不会的，”内特说。他把钉子钉好，举起锤子，砸到了拇指。 “哎哟！”他说。“告诉过你，”布莱恩说。 “让我试试，”布拉德利说着，拿起了锤子。 “去年我帮爸爸建了一个鸟屋。” 木板很快就钉在一起了。 “好吧，现在我们给他穿衣服。”露茜说。

The kids tugged the shirt and jeans onto the wood frame. "He looks like he's starving," Nate said. "Grab some straw," Lucy said. "We'll make him look fat!" They each brought an armful of straw and began filling the shirt and jeans. "Give him a big chest," Brian said. "He'll look like a giant!" Bradley found some rope, and they tied it around the scarecrow's waist for a belt. They tied more around his wrists and ankles so the straw wouldn't fall out. When they were done, the scarecrow looked almost real. "He's cool!" Nate said. "Except for one thing. He needs a head." "Wait a sec," Bradley said. He ran into Polly's stall. His pony was munching from her pail of oats. He patted her neck, then took the empty oats bag. It said OATS on one side, but the bag would make a perfect scarecrow head. He ran back to the others. "How's this?" he asked.

孩子们把衬衫和牛仔裤拖到木架上。 “他看起来饿坏了，”内特说。 “拿点稻草。”露茜说。 “我们要让他看起来很胖！”他们每个人都抱了一把稻草，开始往衬衫和牛仔裤里塞东西。 “给他一个大胸膛，”布赖恩说。 “他看起来会像个巨人！”布拉德利找了一些绳子，他们把它系在稻草人的腰上作为腰带。 他们在他的手腕和脚踝上绑了更多的稻草，这样稻草就不会掉出来。 当他们完成后，稻草人看起来几乎是真的。 “他很酷!”内特说。“除了一件事。 他需要一个脑袋。”“等一下，”布拉德利说。 他跑进波莉的摊位。 他的小马正在大嚼她的燕麦桶。 他拍了拍她的脖子，然后拿起了空燕麦袋。 一面写着燕麦，但这个袋子可以做一个完美的稻草人头。 他跑回其他人身边。 “这是怎么回事？”

"Great," Lucy said. "Stuff it with straw." After the head was filled with straw, the kids tied it onto the frame with more rope. "It's not very scary," Brian said. "But I know how to fix that!" He raced out of the barn toward the house. "We could draw a scary face with Magic Markers," Bradley suggested. "Let's splash his face with red paint that looks like blood!" Nate said. Brian ran back into the barn. He showed the other kids a Halloween mask. The face had warts, snaggly teeth, a big scar, and one eyeball hanging out of its socket. "What do you think?" Brian asked. "Awesome!" Nate said. Bradley laughed. "Cool, Brian. Not even Dad will go in the garden when he sees this!" Brian tugged the mask over the stuffed oats bag. "Okay, let's bring him outside," Lucy said. The kids each took an arm or a leg, and they lugged the scarecrow into the garden. Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose stared as the younger kids and the scarecrow moved through the barn.

“太好了。”露茜说。“用稻草填满它。” 在脑袋里装满稻草后，孩子们用更多的绳子把它绑在框架上。 “这不是很可怕，”布莱恩说。 “但我知道怎么解决这个问题！”他冲出谷仓向房子跑去。 “我们可以用魔笔画一张吓人的脸，”布拉德利建议道。 “让我们在他脸上涂上看起来像血的红色颜料！”内特说。 布莱恩跑回谷仓。 他给其他孩子看了一个万圣节面具。 他的脸上长着疣，牙齿粗糙，有一个大伤疤，还有一个眼珠从眼窝里露了出来。 “你觉得怎么样？”布莱恩问。 “棒极了!”内特说。布拉德利笑了。 “酷,布莱恩。即使是爸爸看到这个也不会再去花园里了！”布莱恩把面罩拉到塞满燕麦的袋子上。 “好吧，我们把他带到外面去。”露茜说。 孩子们每人拿起一只胳膊或一条腿，把稻草人拖进了花园。 乔希、丁克和露丝·罗斯盯着小孩子们和稻草人穿过谷仓。

They used rope to tie the scarecrow to the fence. "That is so amazingly awesome!" Nate said. "It looks like someone I know," Brian said. He closed his eyes, pretending to think. "Oh yeah! It looks like you, Bradley." Bradley grinned. "Well, if it looks like me, then it looks like you, twin brother!"

他们用绳子把稻草人绑在篱笆上。 “这真是太棒了！”内特说。 “看起来像我认识的人，”布莱恩说。 他闭上眼睛，假装在思考。 “噢,是的!它看起来像你，布拉德利。” 布拉德利咧嘴一笑。“嗯，如果它长得像我，那么它就长得像你，双胞胎兄弟！”