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小王子带着懊丧的表情，还把剩下的最后几棵猴面包树苗全拔了。他觉得他再也不会想返来了。但是，在阿谁最后的凌晨，统统这些再熟谙不过的事情使他感到特别贵重。当他最后一次浇花时，筹办把她放到玻璃罩内里庇护起来时。他感觉本身顿时要哭出来了。

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. On the morning of his departure he put his planet in perfect order. He carefully cleaned out his active volcanoes. He possessed two active volcanoes; and they were very convenient for heating his breakfast in the morning. He also had one volcano that was extinct. But, as he said, "One never knows!" So he cleaned out the extinct volcano, too. If they are well cleaned out, volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions. Volcanic eruptions are like fires in a chimney.

"I have been silly , " she said to him, at last. "I ask your forgiveness. Try to be happy..."He was surprised by this absence of reproaches. He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness.