原来,在小王子的星球上就像其他所有星球上一样,有好草和坏草;因此,也就有益草的草籽和毒草的草籽,可是草籽是看不见的。它们沉睡在泥土里,直到其中的一粒忽然想要苏醒过来……于是它就伸展开身子,开始腼腆地朝着太阳长出一棵秀丽可爱的小嫩苗。如果是小萝卜或是玫瑰的嫩苗,就让它去自由地生长。如果是一棵坏苗,一旦被辨认出来,就应该马上把它拔掉。
Now there were some terrible seeds on the planet that was the home of the little prince; and these were the seeds of the baobab. The soil of that planet was infested with them. A baobab is something you will never, never be able to get rid of if you attend to it too late. It spreads over the entire planet. It bores clear through it with its roots. And if the planet is too small, and the baobabs are too many, they split it in pieces…
因为在小王子的星球上,有些非常可怕的种子……这就是猴面包树的种子。在那里的泥土里,这种种子多得成灾。而一棵猴面包树苗,假如你拔得太迟,就再也无法把它清除掉。它就会盘踞整个星球。它的树根能把星球钻透,如果星球很小,而猴面包树很多,它就把整个星球搞得支离破碎。
"It is a question of discipline," the little prince said to me later on. "When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care. You must see to it that you pull up regularly all the baobabs, at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rosebushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth. It is very tedious work," the little prince added, "but very easy."
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