The little prince—–第三章截取

And he sank into a reverie, which lasted a long time. Then, taking my sheep out of his pocket, he buried himself in the contemplation of his treasure.

然后他就沉浸到自己的想象中了。过了好一会儿，他把我画的羊从口袋里掏出来，像宝贝似的，从头到尾仔细看了一遍。

You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-confidence about the "other planets." I made a great effort, therefore, to find out more on this subject.

你可以想见，在这种对”另一个星球“ 半知半解的心里下，我努力地想找出更多线索的样子。

"My little man, where do you come from? What is this 'where I live,' of which you speak? Where do you want to take your sheep?"

”小兄弟，你是从哪里来的？你住在哪里？你要把我的羊带到哪里去？“

After a reflective silence he answered:"The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house."

他静静地想了一会儿，然后回答：”你给我画的盒子是最棒的，一到晚上，我的羊就可以舒服地住在里面。“

"That is so. And if you are good I will give you a string, too, so that you can tie him during the day, and a post to tie him to."

”当然啰！而且，如果你够乖的话，我还可以帮你画一条绳子，这样，白天的时候，你就可以把羊拴起来了。喔，对了！还要一根柱子才可以。“

But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer:" Tie him! What a queer idea!"

小王子被这个想法吓了一大跳：”把它拴起来！多么奇怪的想法！“

"But if you don't tie him." I said, " he will wander off somewhere, and get lost."

”但是，如果你不栓住它的话，它就会好奇地到处乱跑，然后就会走丢了。“

My friend broke into another peal pf laughter:"But where do you think he would go?"

这个小朋友又再度笑了起来：”你认为它可以跑到哪里去呢？“

"Anywhere. Straight ahead of him."

”哪儿都行啊。只要往前走就行了。“

Then the little prince said, earnestly:" That doesn't matter. Where I live, everything is small!"

谁知道，小王子忧郁地说：”没关系的。我来的地方每样东西都好小！“

And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added:" Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far.."

接着他的语气似乎透着一丝哀伤，他说：”即使往前走，他也走不了多远......."