第五章[第1页/共6页]

They sleep deep in the heart of the earth’s darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken. Then this little seed will stretch itself and begin― timidly at first― to push a charming little sprig inoffensively upward toward the sun.

每天我都体味到一些关于小王子的星球、他的出走和观光等事情。这些都是偶尔和他扳谈中不经意渐渐获得的。就如许，在碰到小王子的第三天，我就体味到关于猴面包树的伤害。

But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe. I knew a planet that was inhabited by a lazy man. He neglected three little bushes..."So, as the little prince described it to me, I have made a drawing of that planet. I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist. But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid, that for once I am breaking through my reserve. "Children," I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs!"My friends, like myself, have been skirting this danger for a long time, without ever knowing it; and so it is for them that I have worked so hard over this drawing. The lesson which I pass on by this means is worth all the trouble it has cost me.

我不明白绵羊吃矮小灌木这件事为甚么如此首要。可小王子又弥补说道：“那么，它们也吃猴面包树吗？”

然后，他又给出了一个非常聪敏的批评：“猴面包树在长大之前，开端也是小小的。”