第二十二篇
[ Chapter 22 ] - the little prince encounters a railway switchman
"What do you do here?" the little prince asked.
"Were they not satisfied where they were?" asked the little prince.
「他們怎麼又回來了呢？」小王子問道。
And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express.
「他們什麼也不追隨。」扳道工說，「他們在裏面睡覺，或是在打哈欠。只有孩子們把鼻子貼在玻璃窗上往外看。」
"They are in a grhttps://read.99csw.comeat hurry," said the little prince. "What are they looking for?"
"No one is ever satisfied where he is," said the switchman.
「他們真幸運。」扳道工說。
「他們不是原來那些人了。」扳道工說，「這是一次對開列車。」
此時，第三趟燈火明亮的快車又隆隆而過。
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And a second brilliantly lighted express thundered by, in the opposite direction.
"Are they pursuing the first travelers?&q九九藏書uot; demanded the little prince.
"They are lucky," the switchman said.
這時，一列燈火明亮的快車，雷鳴般地響著，把扳道房震得顫顫悠悠。
「我一包包地分選旅客，按每千人一包。」扳道工說，「我打發這些運載旅客的列車，一會兒發往右方，一會兒發往左方。」
"Good morning," said the railway switchman.
於是，第二列燈火通明的快車又朝著相反的方向轟隆轟隆地開過去。
"Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their timeｈｔtｐs://ｒead•９９ｃｓｗ•coｍ over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry..."
And a brilliantly lighted express train shook the switchmans cabin as it rushed by with a roar like thunder.
"These are not the same ones," said the switchman. "It is an exchange."
「他們是在追隨第一批旅客嗎？」小王子問道。
「人們是從來也不會滿意自己所在的地方的。」扳道工說。
"hｔｔｐｓ://reａｄ.9９ｃｓｗ•ｃｏｍ;Are they coming back already?" demanded the little prince.
"Good morning," said the little prince.
「開機車的人自己也不知道。」扳道工說道。
「只有孩子知道他們自己在尋找什麼。」小王子說，「他們為一個布娃娃花費不少時間，這個布娃娃就成了很重要的東西，如果有人奪走的他們的布娃娃，他們就哭泣……」
「他們不滿意他們原來所住的地方嗎？」
"Not even the locomotive engineer knows that," said the switchman.
「你好。」小王子說道。
「你在這裏做什麼？」小王子問。
「你好。」扳道工說道。
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「他們真匆忙呀，」小王子說，「他們要尋找什麼？」
"I sort out travelers, in bundles of a thousand," said the switchman. "I send off the trains that carry them; now to the right, now to the left."