第十五章[第3页/共6页]

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

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

“这是能够的。是以，如果探险家的品德不错，就调查他的发明。”

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

小王子在桌旁坐下，有点气喘吁吁。他此次观光有点久。

“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？”

“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。”

“这一大本厚厚的是甚么书？你在这里干甚么？”小王子问道。

"My flower is ephemeral," the little prince said to himself, "and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left her on my planet, all alone!"That was his first moment of regret. But he took courage once more.

“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。

“这是为甚么呢？”

"Where do you come from" the old gentleman said to him.

"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"