And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added:

即刻，對於他是從哪裡來的這個秘密我隱約發現到了一點線索；於是，我就突然問道：

He cried out, then:

可是他不回答我的問題。他一面看著我的飛機，一面微微地點點頭，接著說道：

But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer:

「如果你不栓住它，它就到處跑，那麼它會跑丟的。」

[ Chapter 3 ] - the narrator learns more about from where the little prince came

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.

Then he added:

「怎麼？你是從天上掉下來的？」

"Oh! That is funny!ｈｔｔpｓ://ｒead•９9csｗ•ｃｏｍ"

「不管什麼地方。它一直往前跑……」

「這不是『玩藝兒』。它能飛。這是飛機。是我的飛機。」

我的建議看來有點使小王子反感。

"Yes," I answered, modestly.

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly.

"What! You dropped down from the sky?"

「這沒有什麼關係，我那裡很小很小。」

「栓住它，多麼奇怪的主意。」

It took me a long time to learn where he came from. The little prince, who asked me so many questions, never seemed to hear the ones I asked him. It was from words dropped by cha九_九_藏_書nce that, little by little, everything was revealed to me.

接著，他略帶傷感地又補充了一句：

Ⅲ

我費了好長時間才弄清楚他是從哪裡來的。小王子向我提出了很多問題，可是，對我提出的問題，他好象壓根沒有聽見似的。他無意中吐露的一些話逐漸使我搞清了他的來歷。例如，當他第一次瞅見我的飛機時（我就不畫出我的飛機了，因為這種圖畫對我來說太複雜），他問我道：

"That doesnt matter. Where I live, everything is so small!"

我當時很驕傲地告訴他我能飛。於是他驚奇地說道：

「你想要它跑到哪裡去呀？」

「你是從另一個星球上來的嗎？」

「是的」。我謙遜地答道。

我的這位朋友又笑出了聲：

"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."

My friend broke into another peal of laughter:

「這是個啥玩藝？」

"The thing thｒｅａｄ•９９ｃsｗ•cｏｍat is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house."

"But if you dont tie him," I said, "he will wander off somewhere, and get lost."

「你是從哪裡來的，我的小傢伙？你的家在什麼地方？你要把我的小羊帶到哪裡去？」

"What is that object?"

"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?"

But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently, without taking his eyes from my plane:

"That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane."

「可不是么，乘九*九*藏*書坐這玩藝兒，你不可能是從很遠的地方來的……」

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.

"Do you come from another planet?"

「好在有你給我的那隻箱子，夜晚可以給小羊當房子用。」

這時，小王子鄭重其事地說：

At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence; and I demanded, abruptly:

"But where do you think he would go?"

「一直朝前走，也不會走出多遠……」

「那當然。如果你聽話的話，我再給你畫一根繩子，白天可以栓住它。再加上一根扦桿。」

After a reflective silence he answered:

說到這裏，他就長時間地陷入沉思之中。然後，從口袋裡掏出了我畫的小羊，看著他的寶貝入了神。

你們可以想見這種關於「別的星球」的若明read.99csw.com若暗的話語使我心裏多麼好奇。因此我竭力地想知道其中更多的奧秘。

"Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far..."

"Anywhere. Straight ahead of him."

「啊？這真滑稽。」

The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall not draw my airplane; that would be much too complicated for me), he asked me:

"Tie him! What a queer idea!"

此時小王子發出一陣清脆的笑聲。這使我很不高興。我要求別人嚴肅地對待我的不幸。然後，他又說道：

"It is true that on that you cant have come from very far away..."

Then the little prince said, earnestly:

"So you, too, come from the sky! Which is your planet?"

「那麼，你也是從天上來的了！你是哪個星球上的？」

他沉思了一會，然後回答我說：