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“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.”

Chapter 3

但是，我的建议看来有点儿使小王子震惊。

He cried out, then: "What! You dropped down from the sky""Yes," I answered, modestly.

“拴住它？多么奇特的主张啊！”

“如果你不拴住它，”我说，“它就到处跑，会跑丢的。”

我的这位朋友又收回清脆的笑声：“你想它能跑到那里去呀？”

我当时很高傲地奉告他我能飞。他听到后迷惑地大声说：“甚么！你是从天上掉下来的？”

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.