小王子 第56期:周年紀(jì)念

I don't know how to draw anything except boa constrictors from the outside and boa constrictors from the inside.

我過去只會畫開著肚皮和閉著肚皮的巨蟒。

"Oh, that will be all right," he said, "children understand."

“啊!這就行了。”他說：“孩子們認(rèn)得出來。”

So then I made a pencil sketch of a muzzle. And as I gave it to him my heart was torn.

我就用鉛筆勾畫了一個嘴套。當(dāng)我把它遞給小王子時，我心里很難受：

"You have plans that I do not know about," I said.

“你的打算，我一點也不知道。”

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，他對我說：“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."

接著，沉默了一會兒，他又說道：“我就落在這附近…”

And he flushed.

此時，他的面頰緋紅。

And once again, without understanding why, I had a queer sense of sorrow.

我不知為什么，又感到一陣莫名其妙的心酸。

One question, however, occurred to me:

這時，我產(chǎn)生了一個問題：

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，我認(rèn)識你的那天早上，你單獨一個人在這曠無人煙的地方走著;

a thousand miles from any inhabited region?

這么說，這并不是偶然的了?

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嗎!

The little prince flushed again.

小王子的臉又紅了。

And I added, with some hesitancy: "Perhaps it was because of the anniversary?"

我猶豫不定地又說了一句：“可能是因為周年紀(jì)念吧?”

The little prince flushed once more.

小王子臉又紅了。

He never answered questions– but when one flushes does that not mean "Yes"?

他從來也不回答這些問題，但是，臉紅，就等于說“是的”，是吧?

"Ah," I said to him, "I am a little frightened–"

“啊!”我對他說：“我有點怕…”

But he interrupted me. "Now you must work. You must return to your engine."

但他卻回答我說：“你現(xiàn)在該工作了。你應(yīng)該回到你的機(jī)器那里去。”

I will be waiting for you here. Come back tomorrow evening...

我在這里等你。你明天晚上再來…

But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox.

但是，我放心不下。我想起了狐貍的話。

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed...

如果被人馴服了，就可能會要哭的…