第十五章[第1页/共6页]

“恰好，你是从远方来的！你是个探险家！你来给我先容一下你的星球吧！”

“地球，”地理学家答复他说，“它很着名……”

“不。那太庞大了。但是要求探险家提出证据来。比方，借使他发明了一座大山，就要求他带来一些大石头。”

"Well" said the geographer expectantly.

“但是，‘长久’是甚么意义？”小王子再三地问道。他一旦提出一个题目是从不放过的。

“这确切难说。”地理学家说道。

“甚么叫长久？”

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

"What place would you advise me to visit now" he asked.

"But you― you come from far away! You are an explorer! You shall describe your planet to me!"And, having opened his big register, the geographer sharpened his pencil. The recitals of explorers are put down first in pencil. One waits until the explorer has furnished proofs, before putting them down in ink.

“火山是燃烧了的也好，复苏的也好，这对我们这些人来讲都是一回事。”地理学家说，“对我们来讲，首要的是山。山是不会变更位置的。”

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

因而小王子就走了，他一边走一边想着他的花。

“因为喝醉了酒的人把一个当作两个，那么，地理学家就会把只要一座山的处所写成两座山。”

小王子自言自语地说：“我的花是长久的，并且她只要四根刺来对抗这个天下！可我还把她单独留在我的星球上！”

“我们不记录它们，”地理学家说，“因为花草是长久的。”

“我不晓得。”地理学家说。

“这太风趣了。”小王子说，“最后在这里终究遇见一小我有真正的专业啦。”他瞥了一眼这位地理学家星球的四周。他还向来没有见过一颗如此宏伟的行星。