The Little Prince｜小王子

原著作者｜安托万·德·圣埃克苏佩里  My name is the Little Prince I live on a very small planet so small that I only need to move my chair a few steps to see the sunset One day I watched the sunset forty four times When a person is sad they love to watch the sunset And at that time I was so lonely My most important work every day is to clear the baobab seedlings If I dont they will grow and burst the whole planet I lived alone day after day until one day the wind brought a rose seed I took care of her carefully watered her and shielded her from the wind Finally in one early morning she bloomed I thought she was incredibly beautiful But she told me she had just woken up and was not ready for the world She said she was born with the sun She became my rose She made my planet no longer quiet But I soon found that beneath her beauty there were thorns that could hurt She was afraid of the wind and wanted a glass globe She was afraid of the cold and wanted me to guard her She used proud words to test my heart If I hesitated she would feel unloved I began to feel tired Love can be so heavy I only saw her wilfulness but not the insecurity behind it I only heard her hurtful words but did not understand her heart was afraid of being abandoned Before I left she acted very strong She told me to take away the glass globe saying she no longer needed protection But I saw her petals trembling slightly Later I understood she urged me to leave because she was afraid I would see her tears At the last moment she admitted her love and admitted she failed to let me feel it I was too young then I didnt know how to love So I left my planet I started to travel I visited a King who only ruled at the right time I met a vain man who craved praise even when he was alone I met a drunkard who drank to forget I met a businessman who counted stars to own them all I met a lamplighter loyal to his duty pushed by the fast pace Finally I met a geographer who only recorded eternal things He refused to record the fleeting flowers This made me worry about my rose Later I came to Earth In the desert I met a snake It told me that even among people one can still feel lonely It said it could help me go back one day I didnt fully understand then but I kept it in my heart On Earth I met a fox It told me it had not been tamed To tame means to create ties If I tamed it it would be the only one in the world to me The fox said rituals are needed If I come at four then from three o clock it would feel happy The air would become gentle and waiting would become true happiness That was the first time I understood that waiting is part of love Later I saw five thousand roses looking exactly like mine But I was no longer confused Because I knew it was the time I spent that made my rose unique What is essential is invisible to the eye I decided to go home Back to my planet back to my rose The snake kept its promise The journey was too far I couldnt take this shell with me It looks like death but it is not Now when you look at the stars it feels as if silver bells are ringing Because on that invisible planet a boy is watering his rose前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动