第十五章[第1页/共6页]

“你从那里来的呀？”老先生问小王子。

地理学家俄然镇静地慌乱起来。

“这是为甚么？这朵花是我的星球上最斑斓的东西！”

“那当然。”

"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"

“这是能够的。是以，如果探险家的品德不错，就调查他的发明。”

“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。”

“因为一个扯谎话的探险家会给地理书带来灾害性的结果。一样，一个太爱喝酒的探险家也是如此。”

因而，已经翻开记事簿的地理学家，削起他的铅笔来。他起首是用铅条记下探险家的论述，比及探险家提出了证据今后再用墨水条记下来。

"The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."And the little prince went away, thinking of his flower.

“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。

"Well" said the geographer expectantly.

“在这里！瞧！来了一名探险家。”老先生看到小王子时喊道。

"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.