英文小說(shuō)連載《小王子》No.3“他從哪里來(lái)”
2019-01-09 21:00:53三好網(wǎng)
It took me a long time to learn where he came from. The little prince， who asked me so many questions， never seemed to hear the ones I asked him. It was from words dropped by chance that， little by little， everything was revealed to me.
The first time he saw my airplane， for instance (I shall not draw my airplane； that would be much too complicated for me)， he asked me：
"What is that object？"
"That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane."
And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly.
He cried out， then：
"What！ You dropped down from the sky？"
"Yes，" I answered， modestly.
"Oh！ That is funny！"
And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter， which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.
Then he added：
"So you， too， come from the sky！ Which is your planet？"
At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence； and I demanded， abruptly：
"Do you come from another planet？"
But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently， without taking his eyes from my plane：
"It is true that on that you can't have come from very far away..."
And he sank into a reverie， which lasted a long time. Then， taking my sheep out of his pocket， he buried himself in the contemplation of his treasure.
You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-confidence about the "other planets." I made a great effort， therefore， to find out more on this subject.
"My little man， where do you come from？ What is this 'where I live，' of which you speak？ Where do you want to take your sheep？"
After a reflective silence he answered：
"The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house."
"That is so. And if you are good I will give you a string， too， so that you can tie him during the day， and a post to tie him to."
But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer：
"Tie him！ What a queer idea！"
"But if you don't tie him，" I said， "he will wander off somewhere， and get lost."
My friend broke into another peal of laughter：
"But where do you think he would go？"
"Anywhere. Straight ahead of him."
Then the little prince said， earnestly：
"That doesn't matter. Where I live， everything is so small！"
And， with perhaps a hint of sadness， he added：
"Straight ahead of him， nobody can go very far..."
我費(fèi)了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才弄清楚他是從哪里來(lái)的。小王子向我提出了很多問(wèn)題，可是，對(duì)我提出的問(wèn)題，他好象壓根沒(méi)有聽(tīng)見(jiàn)似的。他無(wú)意中吐露的一些話逐漸使我搞清了他的來(lái)歷。例如，當(dāng)他第一次瞅見(jiàn)我的飛機(jī)時(shí)（我就不畫出我的飛機(jī)了，因?yàn)檫@種圖畫對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)太復(fù)雜），他問(wèn)我道：
“這是個(gè)啥玩藝？”
“這不是‘玩藝兒’。它能飛。這是飛機(jī)。是我的飛機(jī)。”
我當(dāng)時(shí)很驕傲地告訴他我能飛。于是他驚奇地說(shuō)道：
“怎么？你是從天上掉下來(lái)的？”
“是的”。我謙遜地答道。
“啊？這真滑稽。”
此時(shí)小王子發(fā)出一陣清脆的笑聲。這使我很不高興。我要求別人嚴(yán)肅地對(duì)待我的不幸。然后，他又說(shuō)道：
“那么，你也是從天上來(lái)的了！你是哪個(gè)星球上的？”
即刻，對(duì)于他是從哪里來(lái)的這個(gè)秘密我隱約發(fā)現(xiàn)到了一點(diǎn)線索；于是，我就突然問(wèn)道：
“你是從另一個(gè)星球上來(lái)的嗎？”
可是他不回答我的問(wèn)題。他一面看著我的飛機(jī)，一面微微地點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，接著說(shuō)道：
“可不是么，乘坐這玩藝兒，你不可能是從很遠(yuǎn)的地方來(lái)的…”
說(shuō)到這里，他就長(zhǎng)時(shí)間地陷入沉思之中。然后，從口袋里掏出了我畫的小羊，看著他的寶貝入了神。
你們可以想見(jiàn)這種關(guān)于“別的星球”的若明若暗的話語(yǔ)使我心里多么好奇。因此我竭力地想知道其中更多的奧秘。
“你是從哪里來(lái)的，我的小家伙？你的家在什么地方？你要把我的小羊帶到哪里去？”
他沉思了一會(huì)，然后回答我說(shuō)：
“好在有你給我的那只箱子，夜晚可以給小羊當(dāng)房子用。”
“那當(dāng)然。如果你聽(tīng)話的話，我再給你畫一根繩子，白天可以栓住它。再加上一根扦桿。”
我的建議看來(lái)有點(diǎn)使小王子反感。
“栓住它，多么奇怪的主意。”
“如果你不栓住它，它就到處跑，那么它會(huì)跑丟的。”
我的這位朋友又笑出了聲：
“你想要它跑到哪里去呀？”
“不管什么地方。它一直往前跑…”
這時(shí)，小王子鄭重其事地說(shuō)：
“這沒(méi)有什么關(guān)系，我那里很小很小。”
接著，他略帶傷感地又補(bǔ)充了一句：
“一直朝前走，也不會(huì)走出多遠(yuǎn)…”
