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“成果现在每分钟转一圈，我连一秒钟的歇息时候都没有了。每分钟我就要点一次灯，熄一次灯！”

“那么，厥后号令窜改了，是吗？”

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。

"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.

“就是熄掉我的路灯。早晨好。”

“你的这颗行星如许小，你三步便能够绕它一圈。你只要渐渐地走，便能够一向在太阳的晖映下，你想歇息的时候，你就如许走……那么，你要白日有多长它就有多长。”

“那么为甚么你又把它点着了呢？”

“一个月？”

因而他又燃烧了路灯。

“那你真不交运。”小王子说。

“这是号令。”点灯人答复道。

Chapter 14

“这不需求明白，号令就是号令。”点灯人答复说，“早上好。”

“我不明白。”小王子说。

“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……”

因而他又点着了他的路灯。

因而他又扑灭了路灯。

“早上好。这是号令。”点灯人答复道。

点灯的人说：“号令没有改，悲剧在这里了。这颗行星一年比一年转得更快，而号令却没有改。”

"Good morning. Why have you just put out your lamp""Those are the orders," replied the lamplighter. "Good morning.""What are the orders"

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。

"I follow a terrible profession. In the old days it was reasonable. I put the lamp out in the morning, and in the evening I lighted it again. I had the rest of the day for relaxation and the rest of the night for sleep.""And the orders have been changed since that time""The orders have not been changed," said the lamplighter. "That is the tragedy! From year to year the planet has turned more rapidly and the orders have not been changed!""Then what" asked the little prince.