我过去只会画开着肚皮和闭着肚皮的巨蟒。
"Oh, that will be all right," he said, "children understand."
“啊!这就行了。”他说：“孩子们认得出来。”
So then I made a pencil sketch of a muzzle. And as I gave it to him my heart was torn.
我就用铅笔勾画了一个嘴套。当我把它递给小王子时，我心里很难受：
"You have plans that I do not know about," I said.
“你的打算，我一点也不知道。”
But he did not answer me. He said to me, instead: "You know– my descent to the earth...Tomorrow will be its anniversary."
但是，他不回答我，他对我说：“你知道，我落在地球上…到明天就一周年了…”
Then, after a silence, he went on: "I came down very near here."
接着，沉默了一会儿，他又说道：“我就落在这附近…”
And he flushed.
此时，他的面颊绯红。
And once again, without understanding why, I had a queer sense of sorrow.
我不知为什么，又感到一阵莫名其妙的心酸。
One question, however, occurred to me:
这时，我产生了一个问题：
Then it was not by chance that on the morning when I first met you， a week ago you were strolling along like that, all alone,
一星期以前，我认识你的那天早上，你单独一个人在这旷无人烟的地方走着;
a thousand miles from any inhabited region?
这么说，这并不是偶然的了?
You were on the your back to the place where you landed?
你是要回到你降落的地方去是吗!
The little prince flushed again.
小王子的脸又红了。
And I added, with some hesitancy: "Perhaps it was because of the anniversary?"
我犹豫不定地又说了一句：“可能是因为周年纪念吧?”
The little prince flushed once more.
小王子脸又红了。
He never answered questions– but when one flushes does that not mean "Yes"?
他从来也不回答这些问题，但是，脸红，就等于说“是的”，是吧?
"Ah," I said to him, "I am a little frightened–"
“啊!”我对他说：“我有点怕…”
But he interrupted me. "Now you must work. You must return to your engine."
但他却回答我说：“你现在该工作了。你应该回到你的机器那里去。”
I will be waiting for you here. Come back tomorrow evening...
我在这里等你。你明天晚上再来…
But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox.
但是，我放心不下。我想起了狐狸的话。
One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed...
如果被人驯服了，就可能会要哭的…
