暖心小說《小王子》第3章

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 chance that, little by little, everything was revealed to me.
我費(fèi)了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才弄清楚他是從哪里來的。小王子向我提出了很多問題。可是對(duì)我提出的問題，他好像壓根沒有聽見似的。他無意中吐露的一些話逐漸使我搞清了他的來歷。

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:
例如，當(dāng)他第一次瞅見我的飛機(jī)時(shí)(我就不畫出我的飛機(jī)了，因?yàn)檫@種圖畫對(duì)我來說太復(fù)雜)，他問我道：

"What is that object？"
“這是個(gè)啥玩藝？”

"That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane."
“這不是‘玩藝兒’。它能飛。這是飛機(jī)。是我的飛機(jī)?！?/p>

And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly. He cried out, then:
我當(dāng)時(shí)很驕傲地告訴他我能飛。于是他驚奇地說道：

"What！ You dropped down from the sky？"
“怎么？你是從天上掉下來的？”

"Yes," I answered, modestly.
“是的”。我謙遜地答道。

"Oh！ That is funny！"
“??？這真滑稽。”

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.
此時(shí)小王子發(fā)出一陣清脆的笑聲。這使我很不高興。我要求別人嚴(yán)肅地對(duì)待我的不幸。

Then he added:
然后，他又說道：

"So you, too, come from the sky！ Which is your planet？"
“那么，你也是從天上來的了！你是哪個(gè)星球上的？”

At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence； and I demanded, abruptly:
即刻，對(duì)于他是從哪里來的這個(gè)秘密我隱約發(fā)現(xiàn)到了一點(diǎn)線索；于是，我就突然問道：

"Do you come from another planet？"
“你是從另一個(gè)星球上來的嗎？”

But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently, without taking his eyes from my plane:
可是他不回答我的問題。他一面看著我的飛機(jī)，一面微微地點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，接著說道：

"It is true that on that you can't have come from very far away…"
“可不是么，乘坐這玩藝兒，你不可能是從很遠(yuǎn)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.
說到這里，他就長(zhǎng)時(shí)間地陷入沉思之中。然后，從口袋里掏出了我畫的小羊，看著他的寶貝入了神。

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.
你們可以想見這種關(guān)于“別的星球”的若明若暗的話語使我心里多么好奇。因此我竭力地想知道其中更多的奧秘。

"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？"
“你是從哪里來的，我的小家伙？你的家在什么地方？你要把我的小羊帶到哪里去？”

After a reflective silence he answered:
他沉思了一會(huì)，然后回答我說：

"The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house."
“好在有你給我的那只箱子，夜晚可以給小羊當(dāng)房子用?！?/p>

"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."
“那當(dāng)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。”

But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer:
我的建議看來有點(diǎn)使小王子反感。

"Tie him！ What a queer idea！"
“栓住它，多么奇怪的主意?！?/p>

"But if you don't tie him," I said, "he will wander off somewhere, and get lost."
“如果你不栓住它，它就到處跑，那么它會(huì)跑丟的。”

My friend broke into another peal of laughter:
我的這位朋友又笑出了聲：

"But where do you think he would go？"
“你想要它跑到哪里去呀？”

"Anywhere. Straight ahead of him."
“不管什么地方。它一直往前跑……”

Then the little prince said, earnestly:
這時(shí)，小王子鄭重其事地說：

"That doesn't matter. Where I live, everything is so small！"
“這沒有什么關(guān)系，我那里很小很小?！?/p>

And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added:
接著，他略帶傷感地又補(bǔ)充了一句：

"Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far…"
“一直朝前走，也不會(huì)走出多遠(yuǎn)……”

（來源：愛詞霸? 編輯：Julie）