第六章

小王子啊，就这样，我逐渐了解了你那充满忧伤的生活。原来在过去很长的时间里，你唯一的乐趣就是静默地观赏那夕阳西下的温柔晚景。这个新的细节是我在第四天早晨知道的。当时你对我说：“我喜欢日落。我们一起去看日落吧……”

“可是我们需要等待……”

“等什么？”

“等太阳落山。”

开始，你显得很惊讶，随后你笑自己的糊涂，然后说：“我总以为是在自己的星球呢！”

确实，大家都知道，美国的正午时分在法国正夕阳西下，只要在一分钟内赶到法国就可看到日落。可惜法国是那么的遥远。而在你那样的小行星上，我的小王子，你只要把你的椅子挪动几步就行了。这样，你便可随时看到你想看的夕阳余晖……

Chaptr 6

Oh, lttl prnc! Bt y t I ca to undrstand th scrts of your sad lttl lf... For a long t you had found your only ntrtannt n th qut plasur of lookng at th sunst. I larnd that n dtal on th ornng of th fourth day, hn you sad to : "I a vry fond of sunsts. Co, lt us go look at a sunst no.""But ust at." I sad.

"Wat For hat"

"For th sunst. W ust at untl t s t."At frst you sd to vry uch surprsd. And thn you laughd to yourslf. You sad to :"I a alays thnkng that I a at ho!"Just so. Evryody knos that hn t s noon n th Untd Stats th sun s sttng ovr Franc.

If you could fly to Franc n on nut, you could go straght nto th sunst, rght fro noon. Unfortunatly, Franc s too far aay for that. But on your tny plant, y lttl prnc, all you nd do s ov your char a f stps. You can s th day nd and th tlght fallng hnvr you lk...

"On day," you sad to , "I sa th sunst forty-thr ts!"And a lttl latr you addd:

"You kno— on lovs th sunst, hn on s so sad...""Wr you so sad, thn" I askd, "on th day of th forty-thr sunsts"But th lttl prnc ad no rply.