出自小王子第26章：
- the little prince converses with the snake; the little prince consoles the narrator; the little prince returns to his planet。.
Beside the well there was the ruin of an old stone wall. When I came back from my work, the next evening, I saw from some distance away my little price sitting on top of a wall, with his feet dangling. And I heard him say:
"Then you don‘t remember. This is not the exact spot." Another voice must have answered him, for he replied to it:
"Yes, yes! It is the right day, but this is not the place."
I continued my walk toward the wall. At no time did I see or hear anyone. The little prince, however, replied once again:
"--Exactly. You will see where my track begins, in the sand. You have nothing to do but wait for me there. I shall be there tonight."
I was only twenty metres from the wall, and I still saw nothing.
After a silence the little prince spoke again:
"You have good poison? You are sure that it will not make me suffer too long?"
I stopped in my tracks, my heart torn asunder; but still I did not understand.
"Now go away," said the little prince. "I want to get down from the wall."
I dropped my eyes, then, to the foot of the wall-- and I leaped into the air. There before me, facing the little prince, was one of those yellow snakes that take just thirty seconds to bring your life to an end. Even as I was digging into my pocked to get out my revolver I made a running step back. But, at the noise I made, the snake let himself flow easily across the sand like the dying spray of a fountain, and, in no apparent hurry, disappeared, with a light metallic sound, among the stones.
I reached the wall just in time to catch my little man in my arms; his face was white as snow.
"What does this mean?" I demanded. "Why are you talking with snakes?"
I had loosened the golden muffler that he always wore. I had moistened his temples, and had given him some water to drink. And now I did not dare ask him any more questions. He looked at me very gravely, and put his arms around my neck. I felt his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird, shot with someone‘s rifle...
"I am glad that you have found what was the matter with your engine," he said. "Now you can go back home--"
"How do you know about that?"
I was just coming to tell him that my work had been successful, beyond anything that I had dared to hope. He made no answer to my question, but he added:
"I, too, am going back home today..."
Then, sadly--
"It is much farther... it is much more difficult..."
I realised clearly that something extraordinary was happening. I was holding him close in my arms as if he were a little child; and yet it seemed to me that he was rushing headlong toward an abyss from which I could do nothing to restrain him...
His look was very serious, like some one lost far away.
"I have your sheep. And I have the sheep‘s box. And I have the muzzle..." And he gave me a sad smile.
I waited a long time. I could see that he was reviving little by little.
"Dear little man," I said to him, "you are afraid..." He was afraid, there was no doubt about that. But he laughed lightly.
"I shall be much more afraid this evening..."
Once again I felt myself frozen by the sense of something irreparable. And I knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing that laughter any more. For me, it was like a spring of fresh water in the desert.
"Little man," I said, "I want to hear you laugh again."
But he said to me:
"Tonight, it will be a year... my star, then, can be found right above the place where I came to the Earth, a year ago..."
"Little man," I said, "tell me that it is only a bad dream-- this affair of the snake, and the meeting-place, and the star..."
But he did not answer my plea. He said to me, instead: "The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen..."
"Yes, I know..."
"It is just as it is with the flower. If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers..."
"Yes, I know..."
"It is just as it is with the water. Because of the pulley, and the rope, what you gave me to drink was like music. You remember-- how good it was."
"Yes, I know..."
"And at night you will look up at the stars. Where I live everything is so small that I cannot show you where my star is to be found. It is better, like that. My star will just be one of the stars, for you. And so you will love to watch all the stars in the heavens... they will all be your friends. And, besides, I am going to make you a present..."
He laughed again.
"Ah, little prince, dear little prince! I love to hear that laughter!"
"That is my present. Just that. It will be as it was when we drank the water..."
"What are you trying to say?"
"All men have the stars," he answered, "but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems . For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You-- you alone-- will have the stars as no one else has them--"
"What are you trying to say?"
"In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night... you-- only you-- will have stars that can laugh!"
And he laughed again.
"And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure... and your friends w ill be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, ‘Yes, the stars always make me laugh!‘ And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you..."
And he laughed again.
"It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh..." And he laughed again. Then he quickly became serious: "Tonight-- you know... do not come," said the little prince.
"I shall not leave you," I said.
"I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Do not come to see that. It is not worth the trouble..."
"I shall not leave you."
But he was worried.
"I tell you-- it is also because of the snake. He must not bite you. Snakes-- they are malicious creatures. This one might bite you just for fun..."
"I shall not leave you."
But a thought came to reassure him:
"It is true that they have no more poison for a second bite."
That night I did not see him set out on his way. He got away from me without making a sound. When I succeeded in catching up with him he was walking along with a quick and resolute step. He said to me merely:
"Ah! You are there..."
And he took me by the hand. But he was still worrying.
"It was wrong of you to come. You will suffer. I shall look as if I were dead; and that will not be true..."
I said nothing.
"You understand... it is too far. I cannot carry this body with me. It is too heavy."
I said nothing.
"But it will be like an old abandoned shell. There is nothing sad about old shells..."
I said nothing.
He was a little discouraged. But he made one more effort:
"You know, it will be very nice. I, too, shall look at the stars. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out fresh water for me to drink..."
I said nothing.
"That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
And he too said nothing more, becuase he was crying...
"Here it is. Let me go on by myself."
And he sat down, because he was afraid. Then he said, again:
"You know-- my flower... I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! She is so naive! She has four thorns, of no use at all, to protect herself against all the world..."
I too sat down, because I was not able to stand up any longer.
"There now-- that is all..."
He still hesitated a little; then he got up. He took one step. I could not move.
There was nothing but a flash of yellow close to his ankle. He remained motionless for an instant. He did not cry out. He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound, because of the sand.
小王子经典语录英文版
1. The house, the stars, the desert – what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!古屋、星星和沙漠——赋予它们美丽的是某种看不见的东西
2. As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.如果是我，要是我有五十三分钟可以自由运用，那我会悠哉游哉向一道清泉走去。
3. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her?花总是表里不一，而我太年轻了，不知道该怎样爱护她
4. And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!但是，大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要!
5. My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left on my planet, all alone!我的花生命是短暂的，她只有四根刺可以保护自己，抵御世界，我却将她独自留在我的星球上了!
6. His flower had told him that she was only one of her kind in all universe.
And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden!他的花朵曾经告诉他，自己是宇宙间仅有的一种花;可是仅仅在这座花园里，就有五千朵和她一模一样的花!
7. I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose. A common rose?我总以为自己很富有，拥有一朵世上独一无二的花;实际上，我所拥有的不过是一朵普通的玫瑰而已。一朵普通的玫瑰花
8. To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.对我而言，你只是一个小男孩，和其他成千上万的小男孩没有什么不同。我不需要你。你也不需要我。对你而言，我也和其它成千上万的狐狸并没有差别。但是，假如你驯服了我，我们就彼此需要了。对我而言，你就是举世无双的;对你而言，我也是独一无二的
9. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat.麦田和我毫不相干，真令人沮丧。不过，你有金黄色的头发。想想看，如果你驯服了我，那该有多好啊!小麦也是金黄色的，那会使我想起你。我会喜欢听麦田里的风声
10. It is your own fault, I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you... but now you are going to cry! Then it has done you no good
at all!这是你的错，我根本无意伤害你，可是你却愿意让我驯服你可是你现在却想哭!那驯服根本对你毫无好处!
11. It has done me good, because of the color of the wheat fields. Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world.驯服对我是有好处的——因为麦田的颜色。再回头看那些玫瑰花吧!到时你就明白你的玫瑰花仍是举世无双的一朵花。
12. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.这是我的一个秘密，再简单不过的秘密：一个人只有用心去看，才能看到真实。事情的真相只用眼睛是看不见的。
13. It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.你在你的玫瑰花身上耗费的时间使得你的玫瑰花变得如此重要。
14. Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose?人们早已忘记了这个道理。可是你不应将它遗忘。你必须永远对自己所驯服的东西负责。你要对你的玫瑰花负责。
15. Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry?只有小孩子知道自己在找什么。他们把时间花费在布洋娃娃身上。因此对他们而言，洋娃娃就变得很重要。一旦有人将娃娃拿走，他们就会号啕大哭
16. For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower?她其实是不愿意让小王子看到自己哭泣。她曾经是多么高傲的一朵花
17. The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.星星真美，因为有一朵看不见的花。
18. What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well?沙漠之所以美丽，是因为在它的某个角落隐藏着一口井
19. If someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, "Somewhere, my flower is there?" But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened? And you think that is not important!倘若一个人对一朵花情有独钟，而那花在浩瀚的星河中，是独一无二的，那么，他只要仰望繁星点点，就心满意足了。他会喃喃自语：“我的花就在星河的某个角落”可是，这花一旦被羊吃掉了，一瞬间，所有星星都将随之黯淡无光那你也认为这不重要吗?
20.And when your sorrow is comforted time soothes all sorrows you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure? And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, "Yes, the stars always make me laugh!"当你不再感到伤心的时候(时间会冲淡一切伤痛)，你就会因认识我而感到心满意足。你是我永远的朋友。将会和我一起欢笑。为了欢乐，你会经常打开窗子当你的朋友看
到你因仰望天空而大笑时，一定会感到莫名其妙!到时候，你可以对他们说：“是的，星星总让我开心而笑!”
1) I own the stars, because nobody else before me ever thought of owning them.
因为在我之前没有任何人想到拥有星星，我想到了，所以我就拥有它们。
2）Good morning. Why have you just put out your lamp?
早上好。为什么你已经把你的街灯熄灭了？
3) And he lighted his lamp again.
他又一次点亮了他的街灯。
4)My flower is ephemeral,” the little prince said to himself, “and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left her on my planet, all alone!”
“我的花是短暂的，”小王子对自己说，“她只有四根刺来保护自己不受到外来的伤害。可是我还把她留在我的星球上，把她单独留在那里。”
4) Minster of –of Justice!
嗯?司法大臣！
5）But you are the only man on your planet!
可是你是你的星球上惟一的一个人呀！
6）Do me this kindness. Admire me just the same.
求求你，就像我刚才说的那样崇拜我吧。
7)That was his first moment of regret. (p210)
这是他第一次感到很后悔。
8) --- “Ashamed of what?” insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
--- “Ashamed of drinking!” The tipper brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.
——“为什么羞愧呢？”小王子追问着，希望能帮助他。
——“因为酗酒而羞愧。”酒鬼说完了这句话，就陷入了难以开启的沉默中，再也不说一句话。
9）The businessman suddenly realized that there was no hope of being left in peace until he answered this question.
这位商人忽然意识到，除非他回答了小王子的问题，否则就没有一点安静下来的机会。
10)"If I ordered a general to fly from one flower to another like a butterfly, or to write a tragic drama, or to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not carry out the order that he had received, which one of us would be in the wrong? " the king demanded. "The general, or myself? "
---“You,” said the little prince firmly.
——国王说道：“如果我命令一位将军像蝴蝶一样从一朵花飞到另一朵花，或者命令他去写一部悲剧，或者命令他把自己变成一只海鸟，并且如果这位将军不去执行接到的命令的话，那么，我们两人之间谁做错了——是将军，还是我？”
Written By Antoine de Saiot-Exupery (1900～1944)
Preface
To Leon Werth
ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up. I have a serious reason: he is the best friend I have in the world. I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book to the child from whom this grown-up grew. All grown-ups were once children-- although few of them remember it. And so I correct my dedication:
To Leon Werth when he was a little boy
前言
献给列翁.维尔特
我请孩子们原谅我把这本书献给了一个大人。我有一个很重要的理由：这个大人是我在世界上最好的朋友。我还有另一个理由：这个大人他什么都能懂，甚至给孩子们写的书他也能懂。我的第三个理由是：这个大人住在法国，他在那里挨饿、受冻。他很需要安慰。如果这些理由还不够的话，那么我愿意把这本书献给儿童时代的这个大人。所有的大人都曾经是个孩子。 （可惜，只有很少的一些大人记得这一点。）因此，我就把献词改为：
献给还是小男孩时的列翁·维尔特
省下的自己去看吧～
-One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.
只有用心才能看得清。 实质性的东西，用眼睛是看不见的。
-But eyes are blind. you have to look with the heart.
眼睛是什么也看不见的。应该用心去寻找。
-It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.
正因为你为你的玫瑰花费了时间，这才使你的玫瑰变得如此重要。
-Whether it's a house or the stars or the desert, what makes them beautiful is invisible!
无论是房子，星星，或是沙漠，使它们美丽的东西是看不见的！