适合大人读的童话书：《小王子》第44章
小说简介
《小王子》是作家安东尼·德·圣埃克苏佩里于1942写成的著名法国儿童文学短篇小说。本书的主人公是来自外星球的小王子。书中以一位飞行员作为故事叙述者，讲述了小王子从自己星球出发前往地球的过程中，所经历的各种历险。作者以小王子的孩子式的眼光，透视出成人的空虚、盲目和愚妄，用浅显天真的语言写出了人类的孤独寂寞、没有根基随风流浪的命运。同时，也表达出作者对金钱关系的批判，对真善美的讴歌。
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But it happened that after walking for a long time through sand, and rocks, and snow,
在沙漠、岩石、雪地上行走了很长的时间以后，
the little prince at last came upon a road.
小王子终于发现了一条大路。
And all roads lead to the abodes of men.
所有的大路都是通往人住的地方的。
"Good morning," he said.
“你们好。”小王子说。
He was standing before a garden, all a-bloom with roses.
这是一个玫瑰盛开的花园。
"Good morning," said the roses.
“你好。”玫瑰花说道。
The little prince gazed at them. They all looked like his flower.
小王子瞅着这些花，它们全都和他的那朵花一样。
"Who are you?" he demanded, thunderstruck.
“你们是什么花?”小王子惊奇地问。
"We are roses," the roses said.
“我们是玫瑰花。”花儿们说道。
And he was overcome with sadness.
他心里面充满不幸。
His flower had told him that she was the only one of her kind in all the universe.
他的那朵花曾对他说她是整个宇宙中独一无二的一种花。
And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden!
可是，仅在这一座花园里就有五千朵完全一样的这种花朵!
"She would be very much annoyed," he said to himself, if she should see that... she would cough most dreadfully, and she would pretend that she was dying, to avoid being laughed at.
小王子自言自语地说,如果她看到这些，她是一定会很恼火…她会咳嗽得更厉害，并且为避免让人耻笑，她会佯装死去。
And I should be obliged to pretend that I was nursing her back to life,
那么，我还不得不装着去护理她，
for if I did not do that, to humble myself also, she would really allow herself to die...
因为如果不这样的话，她为了使我难堪，她可能会真的死去…
Then he went on with his refection, thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose.
接着他又说道,我还以为我有一朵独一无二的花呢，我有的仅是一朵普通的花。
A common rose, and three volcanoes that come up to my knees– and one of them perhaps extinct forever.
这朵花，再加上三座只有我膝盖那么高的火山，而且其中一座还可能是永远熄灭了的，
that doesn't make me a very great prince...
这一切不会使我成为一个了不起的王子…
And he lay down in the grass and cried.
于是，他躺在草丛中哭泣起来。
