The Little Prince (56) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (56)
" It is entertaining, " thought the little prince.
" it is rather poetic. But it is of no great consequence. "
On matters of consequence, the little prince had ideas which were very different from those of the grown-ups.
" I myself own a flower, " he continueed his conversation with the businessman, " which I water every day. I own the three volcanoes, which I clean out every week (for I also clean out the one that is extinct ; one never knows). It is of some use to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my flower, that I own them. But you are of no use to the stars. . . "
The businessman opened his mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer.
And the little prince went away.
" The grown-ups are certainly altogether extraordinary, " he said simply, talking to himself as he continueed on his journey.
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次回、次のPlanetへ。
" It is entertaining, " thought the little prince.
" it is rather poetic. But it is of no great consequence. "
On matters of consequence, the little prince had ideas which were very different from those of the grown-ups.
" I myself own a flower, " he continueed his conversation with the businessman, " which I water every day. I own the three volcanoes, which I clean out every week (for I also clean out the one that is extinct ; one never knows). It is of some use to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my flower, that I own them. But you are of no use to the stars. . . "
The businessman opened his mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer.
And the little prince went away.
" The grown-ups are certainly altogether extraordinary, " he said simply, talking to himself as he continueed on his journey.
(56)
次回、次のPlanetへ。
The Little Prince (57) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (57)
XIV
THE FIFTH PLANET was very strange.
It is the smallest of all.
There was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter.
The little prince was not able to reach any explanation of the use of street lamp and a lamplighter, somewhere in the heavens, on a planet which had no people, and not one house.
But he said to himself, neverthless :
" It may well be that this man is absurd. But he is not so absurd as the king, the conceited man, the businessman, and the tippler. For at least his work has some meaning. When he lights his street lamp, it is as if he brought one more star to life, or one flower. When he puts out his lamp, he sends the flower, or star, to sleep. that is a beautiful occupation. And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful. "
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XIV
THE FIFTH PLANET was very strange.
It is the smallest of all.
There was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter.
The little prince was not able to reach any explanation of the use of street lamp and a lamplighter, somewhere in the heavens, on a planet which had no people, and not one house.
But he said to himself, neverthless :
" It may well be that this man is absurd. But he is not so absurd as the king, the conceited man, the businessman, and the tippler. For at least his work has some meaning. When he lights his street lamp, it is as if he brought one more star to life, or one flower. When he puts out his lamp, he sends the flower, or star, to sleep. that is a beautiful occupation. And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful. "
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The Little Prince (58) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (58)
When he arrived on the planet he respectfully saluted the lamplighter.
" Good morning. Why have you just put out your lamp ? "
" These are the orders, " replied the lamplighter.
" Good morning. "
" What are the orders ? "
" The orders are that I put out my lamp. Good evening. "
And he lighted his lamp again.
"But why have you just lighted it again ? "
" Those are the orders, " replied the lamplighter.
" I do not understand, " said the little prince.
" There is nothing to understand, " said the lamplighter.
" Orders are orders. Good morning. "
And he put out his lamp.
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When he arrived on the planet he respectfully saluted the lamplighter.
" Good morning. Why have you just put out your lamp ? "
" These are the orders, " replied the lamplighter.
" Good morning. "
" What are the orders ? "
" The orders are that I put out my lamp. Good evening. "
And he lighted his lamp again.
"But why have you just lighted it again ? "
" Those are the orders, " replied the lamplighter.
" I do not understand, " said the little prince.
" There is nothing to understand, " said the lamplighter.
" Orders are orders. Good morning. "
And he put out his lamp.
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The Little Prince (59) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (59)
Then he mopped his forehead with a handkerchief decorated with red squares.
" I follow a terrible profession. In the old days it was rasonable. I put the lamp out in the morning, and in the evening I lighted it again. I had the rest of the night for sleep. "
" And the orders have been changed since that time ? "
" The orders have not been changed, " said the lamplighter.
" That is the tragedy ! From year to year the planet has turned more rapidly and the orders have not been changed ! "
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昨日は予約投稿に失敗し、申し訳ありませんでした。
本日、2日分をお出しします。
明日以降は、厳守のつもりです。
Then he mopped his forehead with a handkerchief decorated with red squares.
" I follow a terrible profession. In the old days it was rasonable. I put the lamp out in the morning, and in the evening I lighted it again. I had the rest of the night for sleep. "
" And the orders have been changed since that time ? "
" The orders have not been changed, " said the lamplighter.
" That is the tragedy ! From year to year the planet has turned more rapidly and the orders have not been changed ! "
(59)
昨日は予約投稿に失敗し、申し訳ありませんでした。
本日、2日分をお出しします。
明日以降は、厳守のつもりです。
The Little Prince (60) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (60)
" Then what ? " asked the little prince.
" Then ー the planet now makes a complete turn every minute, and I no longer have a single second for repose. Once every minute I have to light my lamp and put it out ! "
" That is very funny ! A day lasts only one minute, here where you live ! "
" It is not funny at all ! " said the lamplighter .
" While we have been talking together a month has gone by. "
" A month ? "
" Yes, a month. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good evening. "
And he lighted his lamp again.
As the little prince watched him, he felt that he loved this lamplighter who was so faithful to his orders.
He remembered the sunsets which he himself had gone to seek, in other days, merely by pulling up his chair ; and he wanted to help his friend.
(60)
昨日は予約投稿に失敗し、申し訳ありませんでした。
本日、2日分をお出しします。
明日以降は、厳守のつもりです。
" Then what ? " asked the little prince.
" Then ー the planet now makes a complete turn every minute, and I no longer have a single second for repose. Once every minute I have to light my lamp and put it out ! "
" That is very funny ! A day lasts only one minute, here where you live ! "
" It is not funny at all ! " said the lamplighter .
" While we have been talking together a month has gone by. "
" A month ? "
" Yes, a month. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good evening. "
And he lighted his lamp again.
As the little prince watched him, he felt that he loved this lamplighter who was so faithful to his orders.
He remembered the sunsets which he himself had gone to seek, in other days, merely by pulling up his chair ; and he wanted to help his friend.
(60)
昨日は予約投稿に失敗し、申し訳ありませんでした。
本日、2日分をお出しします。
明日以降は、厳守のつもりです。
The Little Prince (61) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (61)
" You know, " he said, " I can tell you a way you can rest whenever you want to. . . "
" I always want to rest, " replied the lamplighter.
For it is possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the same time.
The little prince went on with his explanation :
" Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it. To be always in the sunshine, you need only walk along rather slowly. When you want to rest, you will walk ー and the day will last as long as you like. "
" That doesn't do me much good, " said the lamplighter.
" The one thing I love in life is to sleep. "
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明日は二本きちんと出ます。
" You know, " he said, " I can tell you a way you can rest whenever you want to. . . "
" I always want to rest, " replied the lamplighter.
For it is possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the same time.
The little prince went on with his explanation :
" Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it. To be always in the sunshine, you need only walk along rather slowly. When you want to rest, you will walk ー and the day will last as long as you like. "
" That doesn't do me much good, " said the lamplighter.
" The one thing I love in life is to sleep. "
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明日は二本きちんと出ます。
The Little Prince(62) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince(62)
" That many " said the little prince to himself, as he continued farther on his journey, " that man would be scorned ny all the others : by the king, by the conceited man, by the tipplers by the businessman.
Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seen to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself. "
He breathed a sigh of regrets, and said to himself again :
" That man is the only one of them all whom I could have made my friend. But his planet is indeed too small. There is no room on it for two people. . ."
What the little prince did not dare confess was that he was sorry most of all to leave this planet, because it was blest every day with 1440 sunsets !
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明日は次のplanetへ。
The Little Prince (63) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (63)
XV
THE SIXTH PLANET was ten times larger than the last one.
It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.
" Oh, look ! Here is an explorer ! " he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming.
The little prince sat down on the table and panted a little.
He had already traveled so much and so far !
" Where do you come from ? " the old gentleman said to him.
" What is that big book ? " asked the little prince.
" What are you doing ? "
" I am a geographer, " said the old gentleman.
" What is a geographer ? " asked the little prince.
" A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts. "
" That is very interesting, " said the little prince.
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XV
THE SIXTH PLANET was ten times larger than the last one.
It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.
" Oh, look ! Here is an explorer ! " he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming.
The little prince sat down on the table and panted a little.
He had already traveled so much and so far !
" Where do you come from ? " the old gentleman said to him.
" What is that big book ? " asked the little prince.
" What are you doing ? "
" I am a geographer, " said the old gentleman.
" What is a geographer ? " asked the little prince.
" A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts. "
" That is very interesting, " said the little prince.
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The Little Prince (64) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (64)
" Here at last is a man who has a real profession ! "
And he cast a look around his at the planet of the geographer.
It was the most magnificent and stately planet that he had ever seen.
" Your planet is very beautiful, " he said.
" Has it any oceans ? "
" I couldn't tell you, " said the geographer.
" Ah ! " The little ptince was disappointed.
" Has it any mountains ? "
" I couldn't tell you, " said the geographer.
" And towns, and rivers, and deserts ? "
" I couldn't tell you that, either. "
" But you are a geographer ! "
" Exactly, " the geographer said.
" But I am not an explorer. I haven't a single explorer on my planet. It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts. The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.
He does not leave this desk.
But he receives the explorers in his study. He ask them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels. And if the recollections of any one among them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer's moral charactor. "
" Why is that ? "
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" Here at last is a man who has a real profession ! "
And he cast a look around his at the planet of the geographer.
It was the most magnificent and stately planet that he had ever seen.
" Your planet is very beautiful, " he said.
" Has it any oceans ? "
" I couldn't tell you, " said the geographer.
" Ah ! " The little ptince was disappointed.
" Has it any mountains ? "
" I couldn't tell you, " said the geographer.
" And towns, and rivers, and deserts ? "
" I couldn't tell you that, either. "
" But you are a geographer ! "
" Exactly, " the geographer said.
" But I am not an explorer. I haven't a single explorer on my planet. It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts. The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.
He does not leave this desk.
But he receives the explorers in his study. He ask them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels. And if the recollections of any one among them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer's moral charactor. "
" Why is that ? "
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The Little Prince (65) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (65)
" Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer. So would an explorer who drink too much. "
" Why is that ? " asked the little prince.
" Because intoxicated men see double. Then the geographer would note down two mountains in place where there was only one. "
" I know someone, " said the little prince, " who would make a bad explorer. "
" That is possible. Then, when the moral character of the explorer is shown to be good, an inquiry is ordered into his discovery. "
" One goes to see it ? "
" No. That would be too complicated. But one requires the explorer to finish proofs. For example, if the discovery in question is that of a large mountain, one requires that large stones be brought back from it. "
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遅くなり申し訳ありません。明日は午後4時に出ます。
" Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer. So would an explorer who drink too much. "
" Why is that ? " asked the little prince.
" Because intoxicated men see double. Then the geographer would note down two mountains in place where there was only one. "
" I know someone, " said the little prince, " who would make a bad explorer. "
" That is possible. Then, when the moral character of the explorer is shown to be good, an inquiry is ordered into his discovery. "
" One goes to see it ? "
" No. That would be too complicated. But one requires the explorer to finish proofs. For example, if the discovery in question is that of a large mountain, one requires that large stones be brought back from it. "
(65)
遅くなり申し訳ありません。明日は午後4時に出ます。
The Little Prince (66) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (66)
The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement.
" But you ー you come from far away ! You are an explorer ! You shall describe your planet to me ! "
And, having opened his big register, the geographer sharpened his pencil. The recitals of explorer are put down first in pencil.
One waits until the explorer has finished proofs, before putting them down in ink.
" Well ? " said the geographer expectantly.
" Oh, where I live, " said the little prince, " it is not very interesting. It is so small. I have three valcanoes. Two valcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows. "
" One never knows, " said the geographer.
" I have also a flower. "
" We do not record flower. "
" Why is that ? The flower is the most beautiful thing on my planet ! "
" We do not record them, " said the geographer, " because they are ephemeral. "
" What does that mean ー ephemeral ? "
" Geographies, " said the geographer, " are the books which, of all books, are most concerned with matters of consequence. They never become old-fashioned. It is very rarely that a mountain changes its position. It is rarely that an ocean empties itself of its waters. We write of eternal things. "
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The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement.
" But you ー you come from far away ! You are an explorer ! You shall describe your planet to me ! "
And, having opened his big register, the geographer sharpened his pencil. The recitals of explorer are put down first in pencil.
One waits until the explorer has finished proofs, before putting them down in ink.
" Well ? " said the geographer expectantly.
" Oh, where I live, " said the little prince, " it is not very interesting. It is so small. I have three valcanoes. Two valcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows. "
" One never knows, " said the geographer.
" I have also a flower. "
" We do not record flower. "
" Why is that ? The flower is the most beautiful thing on my planet ! "
" We do not record them, " said the geographer, " because they are ephemeral. "
" What does that mean ー ephemeral ? "
" Geographies, " said the geographer, " are the books which, of all books, are most concerned with matters of consequence. They never become old-fashioned. It is very rarely that a mountain changes its position. It is rarely that an ocean empties itself of its waters. We write of eternal things. "
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The Little Prince (67) [The Little Prince]
The Liitle Prince(67)
" But extinct volcanoes may come to life again, " the little prince interrupted.
" What does that mean ー 'ephemeral' "
" Whether volcanoes are extinct or alive, it comes to the same thing for use " said the geographer.
" The thing that matters to us is the mountain. It does not change. "
" abut what does that mean ー ' ephemeral' "repeated the little princes whonever in his life had let go of a questions once he had asked it.
" It means, ' which is in danger of speedy disappearances. ' "
" Is my flower in danger of speedy disappearance ? "
" Certainly it is. "
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The Little Prince (68) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (68)
" My flower is ephemeral, " the little prince said to himself, " and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. I have left her on my planet, all alone ! "
That was his first moment of regret. But he took courage once more.
" What place would you advice me to visit now ? " he asked.
" The planet Earth, " replied the geographer.
" It has a good reputation. "
And the little prince went away, thinking of his flower.
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明日より7番目のplanet、いよいよEarthへまいります。
The Little Prince (69) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (69)
XVI
SO THEN THE SEVENTH PLANET was the Earth.
The Earth is not just an ordinary planet !
One can count, there, III Kings ( not forgetting, to be sure, the Negro Kings among them ), 7000geographers, 900,000 businessman, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conceited men ー that is to say, about 2,000,000,000 grown-ups.
To give you an idea of the size of the Earth, I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of six continents, a veritable army of 462,511 Lamplighters for the street lamp.
Seen from a sight distance, that would make a splendid spectacle.
The movements of this army would be regulated like those of the ballet in the opera.
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XVI
SO THEN THE SEVENTH PLANET was the Earth.
The Earth is not just an ordinary planet !
One can count, there, III Kings ( not forgetting, to be sure, the Negro Kings among them ), 7000geographers, 900,000 businessman, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conceited men ー that is to say, about 2,000,000,000 grown-ups.
To give you an idea of the size of the Earth, I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of six continents, a veritable army of 462,511 Lamplighters for the street lamp.
Seen from a sight distance, that would make a splendid spectacle.
The movements of this army would be regulated like those of the ballet in the opera.
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The Little Prince (70) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (70)
First would come the turn of the lamplighters of New Zealand and Austraria. Having set their lamps alight, these would go off to sleep. Next, the lamplighters of China and Siberia would enter for their steps in the dance, and then they too would be waved back into the wings. After that would come of the turn of the lamplighters of Russia and the Indies ; then those of Africa and Europe ; then those of South America ; then those of North America. And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage. It would be magnificent.
Only the man who was in charge of the single lamp at the North Pole, and his colleague who was responsible for the single lamp at the South Pole ー only these two would live free from toil and care : they would be busy twice a year.
XVⅡ
When one wishes to play wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters.
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First would come the turn of the lamplighters of New Zealand and Austraria. Having set their lamps alight, these would go off to sleep. Next, the lamplighters of China and Siberia would enter for their steps in the dance, and then they too would be waved back into the wings. After that would come of the turn of the lamplighters of Russia and the Indies ; then those of Africa and Europe ; then those of South America ; then those of North America. And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage. It would be magnificent.
Only the man who was in charge of the single lamp at the North Pole, and his colleague who was responsible for the single lamp at the South Pole ー only these two would live free from toil and care : they would be busy twice a year.
XVⅡ
When one wishes to play wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters.
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The Little Prince (71) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (71)
XVⅡ
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters.
And I realize that I run the risk of giving a false idea of our palnet to those who do not know it.
Men occury a very small place upon the Earth. If the two billion inhabitants who peple its surface were all to stand upright and somewhat croded together, as they do for some big public assembly, they could easily be put into one public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide.
All humanity could be piled up on a small Pacific islet.
The grown-ups, to be sure, will not believe you when you tell them that.
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XVⅡ
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters.
And I realize that I run the risk of giving a false idea of our palnet to those who do not know it.
Men occury a very small place upon the Earth. If the two billion inhabitants who peple its surface were all to stand upright and somewhat croded together, as they do for some big public assembly, they could easily be put into one public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide.
All humanity could be piled up on a small Pacific islet.
The grown-ups, to be sure, will not believe you when you tell them that.
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The Little Prince (73) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (73)
They imagine that they fill a great deal of space.
They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs. You should advice them, then, to make their own calcultions.
They adore figures, and that will please them.
But do not waste your time on this extra task. It is unnecesary. You have, I know, confidence in me.
When the little prince arrived on the Earth, he was very much surprised not to see any people.
he was beginning to be afraid he had cometo the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.
" Good evening, " said the little prince courteously.
" Good evening, " said the snake.
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They imagine that they fill a great deal of space.
They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs. You should advice them, then, to make their own calcultions.
They adore figures, and that will please them.
But do not waste your time on this extra task. It is unnecesary. You have, I know, confidence in me.
When the little prince arrived on the Earth, he was very much surprised not to see any people.
he was beginning to be afraid he had cometo the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.
" Good evening, " said the little prince courteously.
" Good evening, " said the snake.
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The Little Prince (74) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (74)
" What planet is this on which I have come down ? " asked the little princes
" This is the Earth; this is African " the snake answered.
" Ah ! Then there are no people on the Earth ? "
" This is the desert. There are no people in the desert. The Earth is larger " said the snakes
The Little prince sat down on a stone and raised his eyes toward the sky.
" I wonders " he said, " whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again. . . Look at my planet. Itis right there above us. But how far away it is ! "
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The Little Prince(75) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince(75)
" It is beautiful, " the snake said.
" What has brought you here ? "
I have been having some trouble with a flower," said the little prince.
" Ah ! " said the snake.
And they were both silent.
" Where are the men ? " the little prince at last took up the conversation again " It is a little lonly in the desert. . . "
" It is a little lonely among menu " the snake said.
The little prince gazed at him for a long time.
" You are a funny animal, " he said at last.
" You are no thicker than a fingers . . "
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The Little Prince (76) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (76)
" But I am more powerful than the finger of a King, " said the snake.
The little prince smiled.
" You are not very powerful. You haven't even any feet. You cannot even travel. . . "
" I can carry you farter than any ship could take you, " said the snake.
He twined himself around the little prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet.
" Whoever I touch, I send back to the earth frrom where he came, " the snake spoke again.
" But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star. . ."
The little prince made no reply.
" You move me to pity ー you are so weak on this Earth made of granite, " the snake said.
" I can help you, some day, if you grow too homesick for your own planet, I can ー "
" Oh ! I understand you very well, " said the little prince.
" But why do you always speak in riddles ? "
" I solve them all, " said the snake.
And they were both silent.
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" But I am more powerful than the finger of a King, " said the snake.
The little prince smiled.
" You are not very powerful. You haven't even any feet. You cannot even travel. . . "
" I can carry you farter than any ship could take you, " said the snake.
He twined himself around the little prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet.
" Whoever I touch, I send back to the earth frrom where he came, " the snake spoke again.
" But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star. . ."
The little prince made no reply.
" You move me to pity ー you are so weak on this Earth made of granite, " the snake said.
" I can help you, some day, if you grow too homesick for your own planet, I can ー "
" Oh ! I understand you very well, " said the little prince.
" But why do you always speak in riddles ? "
" I solve them all, " said the snake.
And they were both silent.
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The Little Prince (77) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (77)
XVⅢ
THE LITTLE PRINCE crossed the desert and met with only one flower.
It was a flower with three petals, a flower of no account at all.
" Good morning, " said the litlle prince.
" Good morning, " said the flower.
" Where are the men ? " the little prince asked, politely.
The flower had once seen a caravan passing.
" Men ? " she echoed.
" I think there are six or seven of them in existence. I saw them, several years ago. But one never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very defficult. "
" Goodbye, " said the little prince.
" Goodbye, " said the flower.
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XVⅢ
THE LITTLE PRINCE crossed the desert and met with only one flower.
It was a flower with three petals, a flower of no account at all.
" Good morning, " said the litlle prince.
" Good morning, " said the flower.
" Where are the men ? " the little prince asked, politely.
The flower had once seen a caravan passing.
" Men ? " she echoed.
" I think there are six or seven of them in existence. I saw them, several years ago. But one never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very defficult. "
" Goodbye, " said the little prince.
" Goodbye, " said the flower.
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The Little Prince (78) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (78)
XIX
AFTER THAT, the little prince climbed a high mountain.
The only mountains he had ever known was the three volcanoes, which came up to his knees.
And he used the extinct volcano as a foot-stool.
" From a mountains as high as this one, " he said to himself, " I shall be able to see the whole planet at one glance, and all the people. . ."
But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like needles.
" Good morning, " he said courteously.
" Good morning ー Good morning － Good morning, " answered the echo.
" Who are you ? " said the little prince.
" Who are you ー Who are you ー Who are you ? " answered the echo.
" Be my friends. I am all alone, " he said.
" I am all alone ー all alone, " answered the echo.
" What a queer planet ! " he thought.
" It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed, and altogether harsh and forbdding. And people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them. . .On my palnet I had a flower, she always was first to speak. . ."
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The Little Prince (79) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (79)
XX
BUT IT HAPPENED that after walking for a long time through sand, and rocks, and snow, the little prince at last came upon a road.
And all roads lead to the abodes of men.
" Good morning, " he said.
He saw standing before a garden, all a-bloom with roses.
" Good morning, " said the roses.
The little prince gazed at them. They all looked like his flower.
" Who are you, " he demanded, thunderstruck.
" We are roses, " the roses said.
And he was overcome with sadness. His flower had told him that she was the only one of her kind in all the universe. And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden !
" She would be very much annoyed, " he said to himself, " if she should see that. . . "
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XX
BUT IT HAPPENED that after walking for a long time through sand, and rocks, and snow, the little prince at last came upon a road.
And all roads lead to the abodes of men.
" Good morning, " he said.
He saw standing before a garden, all a-bloom with roses.
" Good morning, " said the roses.
The little prince gazed at them. They all looked like his flower.
" Who are you, " he demanded, thunderstruck.
" We are roses, " the roses said.
And he was overcome with sadness. His flower had told him that she was the only one of her kind in all the universe. And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden !
" She would be very much annoyed, " he said to himself, " if she should see that. . . "
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The Little Prince (80) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince(80)
" If she should see that. . . She would cough most dreadfully, and she would pretend that she was dying, to avoid being laughed at.
And I should be obliged to pretend that I was nursing her back to life ー for if I did not do that, to humble myself also, she would really allow herself to die. . . "
Then he went on withhisreflections : " 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, and three volcanoes that come up to my knees ー and one of them perhaps extinct forever. . . That doesn't make me a very great princes . . "
And he lay down in the grass andcried.
XX
IT WAS THEN that the fox appeared.
" Good mornings " said the fox.
" Good mornings " the little prince responded politely, although When he turned around he saw nothing.
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The Little Prince (81) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (81)
" I am right here, " the voice sais, " under the apple tree. "
" Who are you ? " asked the little princes and added, " You are very pretty to look at. "
" I am a fox , " the fox said.
" Come and play with men " proposed the little princes
" I am so unhappy. "
" I cannot play with your " the fox said, " I am not tamed. "
" Ah ! Please excuse me, " said the little prince.
But, after some thought, he said.
" What does that mean ー ' tame' ? "
" You do not live here, said the fox.
" What is it that you are looking for ? "
" I am looking for menu " said the little prince.
" What does that mean ー 'tame' ? "
" Menu " said the fox.
" They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens ? "
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The Little prince (82) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince(82)
" No, " said the little prince. I am looking for friends. What does that mean ー
' tame ' ? "
" It is an act too often neglected, " said the fox. " It means to establish ties. "
" To establish ties ? "
" Just that, " said the fox. " 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. An your on your part have no need of Mel 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. . . "
" I am beginning to understands " said the little prince.
" There is a flower. . . I think that she has tamed me. "
" It is possibles " said the fox.
" On the Earth one sees all sorts of things. "
" Oh, but this is not on the Earth ! " said the little prince.
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昨日はネットトラブルにつき、更新できず申し訳ありませんでした。
The Little Prince(83) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince(83)
" You must be very patients " replied the fox.
" First you will sit down at a little distance from me ー like that ー in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the souce of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day. . . "
The next the little prince came back.
" It would have been better to come back at the same hours " said the fox.
" If you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o' clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. "
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The Little Prince (84) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (84) 
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明日より、短い寓話物語6回予定、併設となります。
" But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you. . . One must observe the proper tites. . . "
" What is a rites ? " asked the little princes
" Those also are actions too often neglected, " said the fox.
" They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me ! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other days and I should never have any vacation at all.
SO THE LITTLE PRINCE tamed the fox.
And when the hour of his departure drew near ー
" Ah, " said the foxy " I shall cry.
" It is your own faults " said the little prince.
" I never wished you any sort of harm ; but you wanted me to tame you. . . "
"Yes, that is so, " said the fox.
" But now you are going to cry ! " said the little prince
" Yes, that is so" said the fox.
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明日より、短い寓話物語6回予定、併設となります。
The Little Prince (85) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (85)
" Then it has done you no good at all ! "
" It has done me good, " said the fox, " because of the color of the wheat fields. " And then he added:
" Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret. "
THE LITTLE PRINCE went away, to look again at the roses.
" You are not at all like my rose, " he said.
" As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world. "
And the roses were very much embarrassed.
" You are beautiful, but you are empty, " he went on.
" One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you ー the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses : because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe ; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen ; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies ) ; because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing.
Because she is my rose. "
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" Then it has done you no good at all ! "
" It has done me good, " said the fox, " because of the color of the wheat fields. " And then he added:
" Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret. "
THE LITTLE PRINCE went away, to look again at the roses.
" You are not at all like my rose, " he said.
" As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world. "
And the roses were very much embarrassed.
" You are beautiful, but you are empty, " he went on.
" One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you ー the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses : because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe ; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen ; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies ) ; because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing.
Because she is my rose. "
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The Little Prince (86) [The Little Prince]
The Little Prince (86)
And he went back to meet the fox.
" Goodbyes " he said.
" Goodbye, " said the fox.
" 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 eye. "
" What is essential is invisible to the eye, " the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
" It is the time you have devoted to your rose that makes your rose so important.
" It is the time I have devoted to my roseー " said the little princes so that he would be sure to remember.
" Men have forgotten this truths " said the fox.
" But you must not forget it. Youbecome responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose. . . "
" I am responsible for my roses " the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
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