小王子 第56期:周年紀(jì)念
我過去只會(huì)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(gè)嘴套。當(dāng)我把它遞給小王子時(shí)，我心里很難受：
"You have plans that I do not know about," I said.
“你的打算，我一點(diǎn)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(duì)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(huì)兒，他又說道：“我就落在這附近…”
And he flushed.
此時(shí)，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(shí)，我產(chǎn)生了一個(gè)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(shí)你的那天早上，你單獨(dú)一個(gè)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?yàn)橹苣昙o(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(duì)他說：“我有點(diǎn)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(huì)要哭的…
