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"Good morning," said the railway switchman.

“我在分流搭客，按每千报酬单位。”扳道工说，“我调配这些运载搭客的列车，一会儿发往右方，一会儿发往左方。”

"What do you do here" the little prince asked.

“你好。”小王子说。

And a second brilliantly lighted express thundered by, in the opposite direction.

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“他们真仓猝呀，”小王子说，“他们要寻觅甚么？”

"They are in a great hurry," said the little prince. "What are they looking for""Not even the locomotive engineer knows that," said the switchman.

And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express.

"They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes.""Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry...""They are lucky," the switchman said.

“他们甚么也不跟随。”扳道工说，“他们在内里睡觉，或是在打哈欠。只要孩子们把鼻子贴在玻璃窗上往外看。”

"No one is ever satisfied where he is," said the switchman.

"Are they coming back already" demanded the little prince.