第十五章[第1页/共6页]

"Well" said the geographer expectantly.

"Your planet is very beautiful," he said. "Has it any oceans""I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.

“恰好，你是从远方来的！你是个探险家！你来给我先容一下你的星球吧！”

"I have also a flower."

“啊！”小王子大失所望，“那么，山脉呢？”

“这确切难说。”地理学家说道。

“这是斑斓的星球。上面有陆地吗？”

因而小王子就走了，他一边走一边想着他的花。

"No. That would be too complicated. But one requires the explorer to furnish proofs. For example, if the discovery in question is that of a large mountain, one requires that large stones be brought back from it."The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement.

“但是燃烧的火山也能够会再复苏的。”小王子打断了地理学家，“甚么叫长久？”

“我不晓得。”地理学家说。

“那么，有都会、河道、戈壁吗？”

“一点不错，”地理学家说，“但是我不是探险家。我部下一个探险家都没有。地理学家是不去计算都会、河道、山脉、陆地、戈壁的。地理学家很首要，不能到处跑。他不能分开他的办公室。但他能够在办公室里访问探险家。他扣问探险家，把他们的回想记录下来。如果他以为此中有个探险家的回想是成心机的，那么地理学家就对这个探险家的品德做一番调查。”

“我们是不记录花草的。”地理学家说。

“我们不记录它们，”地理学家说，“因为花草是长久的。”

"Oh, where I live," said the little prince, "it is not very interesting. It is all so small. I have three volcanoes. Two volcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows.""One never knows," said the geographer.

"What is a geographer" asked the little prince.