第十五章[第1页/共6页]

“那当然。”

“啊！”小王子大失所望，“那么，山脉呢？”

“我们不记录它们，”地理学家说，“因为花草是长久的。”

"And towns, and rivers, and deserts""I couldn't tell you that, either.""But you are a geographer!"

“在这里！瞧！来了一名探险家。”老先生看到小王子时喊道。

"Oh, look! Here is an explorer!" he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming.

"Because intoxicated men see double. Then the geographer would note down two mountains in a place where there was only one.""I know some one," said the little prince, "who would make a bad explorer.""That is possible. Then, when the moral character of the explorer is shown to be good, an inquiry is ordered into his discovery.""One goes to see it"

小王子拜候的第六颗星球比上一颗要大十倍。这颗星球上面住着一名老先生，他写了一本庞大的书。

"I have also a flower."

“但是燃烧的火山也能够会再复苏的。”小王子打断了地理学家，“甚么叫长久？”

"It means, ‘which is in danger of speedy disappearance.'""Is my flower in danger of speedy disappearance""Certainly it is."

“这一大本厚厚的是甚么书？你在这里干甚么？”小王子问道。

“我不晓得。”地理学家说。

“意义就是有很快就会消逝的伤害。”

"No. That would be too complicated. But one requires the explorer to furnish proofs. For example, if the discovery in question is that of a large mountain, one requires that large stones be brought back from it."The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement.