He looked at it carefully, then he said:“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”
他专心地看着，随后又说：“我不要，这只羊已经病得很重了。给我重新画一只。”
So I made another drawing.
我又画了起来。
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.
我的这位朋友天真可爱地笑了，并且客气地拒绝道：
“You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”
你看，你画的不是小羊，是头公羊，还有犄角呢。
So then I did my drawing over once more.
于是我又重新画了一张。
But it was rejected too, just like the others.
这副画同前几副一样又被拒绝了。
This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.
这一只太老了。我想要一只能活得长的羊。
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart.
我不耐烦了。因为我急于要检修发动机，
So I tossed off this drawing. And I threw out an explanation with it.
于是就草草画了这张画，并且匆匆地对他说道：
This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.
这是一只箱子，你要的羊就在里面。
I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:
这时我十分惊奇地看到我的这位小评判员喜笑颜开。他说：
That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?
这正是我想要的，你说这只羊需要很多草吗？
Why?
为什么问这个呢？
Because where I live everything is very small.
因为我那里地方非常小
“There will surely be enough grass for him,” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you.”
我给你画的是一只很小的小羊，地方小也够喂养它的。
He bent his head over the drawing:“Not so small that– Look! He has gone to sleep.
他把脑袋靠近这张画。“并不象你说的那么小瞧！它睡着了”
And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.
就这样，我认识了小王子。
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发表于 2023-10-30 15:11:38