第十三章[第1页/共6页]

不管这些，小王子另有更多的题目。

The fourth planet belonged to a businessman. This man was so much occupied that he did not even raise his head at the little prince's arrival.

"Yes."

这位贩子抬开端，说：

“嗯？你还待在这儿？五亿零一百万……我也不晓得是甚么了。我的事情很多……我是个端庄的人，没有工夫去闲谈！二加五即是七……”

"Good morning," the little prince said to him. "Your cigarette has gone out.""Three and two make five. Five and seven make twelve. Twelve and three make fifteen. Good morning. Fifteen and seven make twenty-two. Twenty-two and six make twenty-eight. I haven't time to light it again. Twenty-six and five make thirty-one. Phew! Then that makes five-hundred-and-one-million, six-hundred-twenty-two-thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one.""Five hundred million what" asked the little prince.

“那么，它们就属于我，因为是我第一个想到这件事情的。”

“是的。”

这个贩子张口结舌、无言以对。因而小王子分开了。

"I don't know. To nobody."

“但是我已经见到过一个国王，他……”

“蜜蜂吗？”

"That means that I write the number of my stars on a little paper. And then I put this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key.""And that is all"

“五亿零一百万甚么呀？”小王子对峙问道。他提出题目以后，没有答案是向来不会放弃的。

"How is it possible for one to own the stars""To whom do they belong" the businessman retorted, peevishly.