ToLeonWerth小王子英语版
Iasktheindulgenceofthechildrenwhomayreadthisbookfordedicatingittoagrown-up.Ihaveaseriousreason:heisthebestfriendIhaveintheworld.Ihaveanotherreason:thisgrown-upunderstandseverything
evenbooksaboutchildren.Ihaveathirdreason:helivesinFrancewhereheishungryandcold.Heneedscheeringup.Ifallthesereasonsarenotenough
Iwilldedicatethebooktothechildfromwhomthisgrown-upgrew.Allgrown-upswereoncechildren--althoughfewofthemrememberit.AndsoIcorrectmydedication:
ToLeonWerth
whenhewasalittleboy
[Chapter1]
-weareintroducedtothenarrator
apilot
andhisideasaboutgrown-ups
OncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificentpictureinabook
calledTrueStoriesfromNature
abouttheprimevalforest.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Hereisacopyofthedrawing.
Inthebookitsaid:Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirpreywhole
withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove
andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion.
Ipondereddeeply
then
overtheadventuresofthejungle.AndaftersomeworkwithacoloredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:
Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown-ups
andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.
Buttheyanswered:Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?
Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit
Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor
sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis:
Thegrown-upsresponse
thistime
wastoadvisemetolayasidemydrawingsofboaconstrictors
whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside
anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography
history
arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy
attheageofsix
Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter.IhadbeendisheartenedbythefailureofmyDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves
anditistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysandforeverexplainingthingstothem.
SothenIchoseanotherprofession
andlearnedtopilotairplanes.Ihaveflownalittleoverallpartsoftheworld;anditistruethatgeographyhasbeenveryusefultome.AtaglanceIcandistinguishChinafromArizona.Ifonegetslostinthenight
suchknowledgeisvaluable.
InthecourseofthislifeIhavehadagreatmanyencounterswithagreatmanypeoplewhohavebeenconcernedwithmattersofconsequence.Ihavelivedagreatdealamonggrown-ups.Ihaveseenthemintimately
closeathand.Andthathasntmuchimprovedmyopinionofthem.
WheneverImetoneofthemwhoseemedtomeatallclear-sighted
ItriedtheexperimentofshowinghimmyDrawingNumberOne
whichIhavealwayskept.Iwouldtrytofindout
so
ifthiswasapersonoftrueunderstanding.But
whoeveritwas
he
orshe
wouldalwayssay:
Thatisahat.
ThenIwouldnevertalktothatpersonaboutboaconstrictors
orprimevalforests
orstars.Iwouldbringmyselfdowntohislevel.Iwouldtalktohimaboutbridge
andgolf
andpolitics
andneckties.Andthegrown-upwouldbegreatlypleasedtohavemetsuchasensibleman.
[Chapter2]
-thenarratorcrashesinthedesertandmakestheacquaintanceofthelittleprince
SoIlivedmylifealone
withoutanyonethatIcouldreallytalkto
untilIhadanaccidentwithmyplaneintheDesertofSahara
sixyearsago.Somethingwasbrokeninmyengine.AndasIhadwithmeneitheramechanicnoranypassengers
Isetmyselftoattemptthedifficultrepairsallalone.Itwasaquestionoflifeordeathforme:Ihadscarcelyenoughdrinkingwatertolastaweek.
Thefirstnight
then
Iwenttosleeponthesand
athousandmilesfromanyhumanhabitation.Iwasmoreisolatedthanashipwreckedsailoronaraftinthemiddleoftheocean.Thusyoucanimaginemyamazement
atsunrise
whenIwasawakenedbyanoddlittlevoice.Itsaid:
Ifyouplease--drawmeasheep!
What!
Drawmeasheep!
Ijumpedtomyfeet
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