英中英42_toward a spring of fresh water_林_乐明无念

[ Chapter 23 ] - the little prince encounters amerchant"Good morning," said the little prince."Good morning," said the merchant.This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quenchthirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need ofanything to drink."Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince."Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said themerchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, yousave fifty-three minutes in every week.""And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?""Anything you like...""Asfor me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-threeminutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring offresh water."