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Then he mopped his forehead with a handkerchief decorated with red squares.

“我不明白。”小王子说。

“这是号令。”点灯人答复道。

小王子一到了这个行星上，就很尊敬地向点灯的人还礼打号召：“早上好。你刚才为甚么把路灯灭了呢？”

"You know," he said, "I can tell you a way you can rest whenever you want to...""I always want to rest," said the lamplighter.

小王子拜候的第五颗星球非常奇特，这个星球是这些星星中最小的一颗。星球上刚好只能容得下一盏路灯和一个点路灯的人。小王子没法了解，这个坐落在天空某一角落，既没有房屋又没有住民的行星上，要一盏路灯和一个点灯的人做甚么用。

“这体例帮不了我多少，糊口中我喜好的就是睡觉。”点灯人说。

“我干的是一种可骇的职业。之前还说得畴昔，早上熄灯，早晨点灯，剩下时候，白日我就歇息，夜晚我就睡觉……”

因而他又燃烧了路灯。

The little prince went on with his explanation:"Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it. To be always in the sunshine, you need only walk along rather slowly. When you want to rest, you will walk― and the day will last as long as you like.""That doesn't do me much good," said the lamplighter. "The one thing I love in life is to sleep.""Then you're unlucky," said the little prince.

“早上好。这是号令。”点灯人答复道。

“你晓得吗，我能够奉告你一种能使你歇息的体例，你要甚么时候歇息都能够。”

小王子看着他，他喜好这个点灯人如此忠守号令。这时，他想起了他本身畴前挪动椅子寻觅日落的事。他很想帮忙他的这位朋友。

小王子没有勇气承认，他之以是在分开这颗星球时感到最不舍，是因为这里每一个被祝贺的日子里，有一千四百四十次日落！

Chapter 14

"There is nothing to understand," said the lamplighter. "Orders are orders. Good morning."And he put out his lamp.