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“是的。”我谦逊地答道。

“你是从那里来的，我的小家伙？你说的‘我住的处所’是指甚么？你要把你的小绵羊带到那里去？”

You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-confidence about the "other planets." I made a great effort, therefore, to find out more on this subject.

你们能够想见这类关于“别的星球”似是而非的话语使我内心多么猎奇。是以我极力地想晓得此中更多的奥妙。

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

但是，我的建议看来有点儿使小王子震惊。

“那当然。如果你听话的话，我再给你画一根绳索，白日能够拴住它。再加上一个木桩。”

The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall not draw my airplane; that would be much too complicated for me), he asked me: "What is that object""That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane." And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly.

Then he added: "So you, too, come from the sky! Which is your planet"At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence; and I demanded, abruptly: "Do you come from another planet"But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently, without taking his eyes from my plane: "It is true that on that you can’t have come from very far away..."And he sank into a reverie, which lasted a long time. Then, taking my sheep out of his pocket, he buried himself in the contemplation of his treasure.