我给你们讲关于小行星B612的这些细节,并且告诉你们它的编号,这是由于这些大人的缘故。这些大人们就爱数目字。当你对大人们讲起你的一个新朋友时,他们从来不向你提出实质性的问题。他们从来不讲:“他说话声音如何啊?他喜爱什么样的游戏啊?他是否收集蝴蝶标本呀?”他们却问你:“他多大年纪呀?弟兄几个呀?体重多少呀?他父亲挣多少钱呀?”他们以为这样才算了解朋友。
If you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof," they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say to them: "I saw a house that cost $20,000." Then they would exclaim: "Oh, what a pretty house that is!"
如果你对大人们说:“我看到一幢用玫瑰色的砖盖成的漂亮的房子,它的窗户上有天竺葵,屋顶上还有鸽子……”他们怎么也想象不出这种房子有多么好。必须对他们说:“我看见了一幢价值两万美元的房子。”那么他们就惊叫道:“多么漂亮的房子啊!”
Just so, you might say to them: "The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists." And what good would it do to tell them that? They would shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child. But if you said to them: "The planet he came from is Asteroid B-612," then they would be convinced, and leave you in peace from their questions. They are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.
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