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He looked at it carefully, then he said:“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”
他專心地看著，隨后又說：“我不要，這只羊已經(jīng)病得很重了。給我重新畫一只?！?/p>
So I made another drawing.
我又畫了起來。
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.
我的這位朋友天真可愛地笑了，并且客氣地拒絕道：
“You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”
你看，你畫的不是小羊，是頭公羊，還有犄角呢。
So then I did my drawing over once more.
于是我又重新畫了一張。
But it was rejected too, just like the others.
這副畫同前幾副一樣又被拒絕了。
This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.
這一只太老了。我想要一只能活得長的羊。
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart.
我不耐煩了。因?yàn)槲壹庇谝獧z修發(fā)動機(jī)，
So I tossed off this drawing. And I threw out an explanation with it.
于是就草草畫了這張畫，并且匆匆地對他說道：
This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.
這是一只箱子，你要的羊就在里面。
I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:
這時我十分驚奇地看到我的這位小評判員喜笑顏開。他說：
That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?
這正是我想要的，你說這只羊需要很多草嗎？
Why?
為什么問這個呢？
Because where I live everything is very small.
因?yàn)槲夷抢锏胤椒浅Ｐ?/p>
“There will surely be enough grass for him,” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you.”
我給你畫的是一只很小的小羊，地方小也夠喂養(yǎng)它的。
He bent his head over the drawing:“Not so small that– Look! He has gone to sleep.
他把腦袋靠近這張畫。“并不象你說的那么小瞧！它睡著了”
And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.
就這樣，我認(rèn)識了小王子。
