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第二章（第2页）

我又另外画了一只。

我的这位朋友温和放任地笑了。

“你自己看看，”

他说，“你画的不是绵羊，是头公羊，还有两个角呢。”

于是我又重新画了一张。

这幅画同前几幅一样又被拒绝了。

“这一只羊太老了。

我想要一只长寿的绵羊。”

这次，我不耐烦了，因为我急于要检修发动机，于是就草草画了这张画，随手扔给他：“这是一只箱子，你要的绵羊就在里面。”

这时，我十分惊讶地看到我的这位小评判员喜笑颜开。

“这正是我想要的……你说这只羊需要很多草吗？”

“为什么问这个呢？”

“因为我住的地方，一切都非常小……”

“我确定会有足够的草给它。”

我说，“我给你的是一只非常小的绵羊。”

他歪着脑袋靠近这张画。

“并不像你说的那么小……瞧！

它睡着了……”

就这样，我认识了小王子。

Chapter2

SoIlivedmylifealone，withoutanyonethatIcouldreallytalkto，untilIhadanaccidentwithmyplaneintheDesertofSahara，sixyearsago.Somethingwasbrokeninmyengine.AndasIhadwithmeneitheramechanicnoranypassengers，Isetmyselftoattemptthedifficultrepairsallalone.Itwasaquestionoflifeordeathforme:Ihadscarcelyenoughdrinkingwatertolastaweek.

Thefirstnight，then，Iwenttosleeponthesand，athousandmilesfromanyhumanhabitation.Iwasmoreisolatedthanashipwreckedsailoronaraftinthemiddleoftheocean.Thusyoucanimaginemyamazement，atsunrise，whenIwasawakenedbyanoddlittlevoice.Itsaid:"

Ifyouplease，drawmeasheep!"

"

What!"

"

Drawmeasheep!"

Ijumpedtomyfeet，completelythunderstruck.Iblinkedmyeyeshard.Ilookedcarefullyallaroundme.AndIsawamostextraordinarysmallperson，whostoodthereexaminingmewithgreatseriousness.Hereyoumayseethebestpotraitthat，later，Iwasabletomakeofhim.Butmydrawingiscertainlyverymuchlesscharmingthanitsmodel.

That，however，isnotmyfault.Thegrown-upsdiscouragedmeinmypainter’scareerwhenIwassixyearsold，andIneverlearnedtodrawanything，exceptboasfromtheoutsideandboasfromtheinside.

NowIstaredatthissuddenapparitionwithmyeyesfairlystartingoutofmyheadinastonishment.Remember，Ihadcrashedinthedesertathousandmilesfromanyinhabitedregion.Andyetmylittlemanseemedneithertobestrayinguncertainlyamongthesands，nortobefaintingfromfatigueorhungerorthirstorfear.Nothingabouthimgaveanysuggestionofachildlostinthemiddleofthedesert，athousandmilesfromanyhumanhabitation.WhenatlastIwasabletospeak，Isaidtohim:"

But，whatareyoudoinghere"

Andinanswerherepeated，veryslowly，asifhewerespeakingofamatterofgreatconsequence:"

Ifyouplease，drawmeasheep..."