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[交流] 【Chapter 13】The Little Prince(小王子)

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Chapter 13


The fourth planet belonged to a businessman. This man was so much occupied that he did not even raise his head at the little prince's arrival.
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"Good morning," the little prince said to him. "Your cigarette has gone out. "
"Three and two make five.Five and seven make twelve.Twelve and three make fifteen.Good morning.FIfteen and seven make twenty-two.Twenty-two and six make twenty-eight.I haven't time to light it again.Twenty-six and five make thirty-one.Phew!

"The grown-ups are certainly very, very odd," he said to himself, as he continued on his journey.
Then that makes five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two-thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one. "

"Five hundred million what? " asked the little prince.

"Eh? Are you still there? Five-hundred-and-one million--I can't stop . . . I have so much to do! I am concerned with matters of consequence. I don't amuse myself with balderdash. Two and five make seven . . . "

"Five-hundred-and-one million what? " repeated the little prince, who never in his life had let go of a question once he had asked it.

The businessman raised his head.

"During the fifty-four years that I have inhabited this planet, I have been disturbed only three times. The first time was twenty-two years ago, when some giddy goose fell from goodness knows where. He made the most frightful noise that resounded all over the place, and I made four mistakes in my addition. The second time, eleven years ago, I was disturbed by an attack of rheumatism. I don't get enough exercise. I have no time for loafing. The third time--well, this is it! I was saying, then, five-hundred-and-one millions--"

"Millions of what? "

The businessman suddenly realized that there was no hope of being left in peace until he answered this question.

"Millions of those little objects," he said, "which one sometimes sees in the sky. "

"Flies? "

"Oh, no. Little glittering objects. "

"Bees? "

"Oh, no. Little golden objects that set lazy men to idle dreaming. As for me, I am concerned with matters of consequence. There is no time for idle dreaming in my life. "

"Ah! You mean the stars? "

"Yes, that's it. The stars. "

"And what do you do with five-hundred millions of stars? "

"Five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one. I am concerned with matters of consequence: I am accurate. "

"And what do you do with these stars? "

"What do I do with them? "

"Yes. "
"Nothing. I own them. "

"You own the stars? "

"Yes. "

"But I have already seen a king who--"

"Kings do not own, they reign over. It is a very different matter. "

"And what good does it do you to own the stars? "

"It does me the good of making me rich. "

"And what good does it do you to be rich? "

"It makes it possible for me to buy more stars, if any are discovered. "

"This man," the little prince said to himself, "reasons a little like my poor tippler . . . "

Nevertheless, he still had some more questions.

"How is it possible for one to own the stars? "
"To whom do they belong? " the businessman retorted, peevishly.

"I don't know. To nobody. "

"Then they belong to me, because I was the first person to think of it. "

"Is that all that is necessary? "

"Certainly. When you find a diamond that belongs to nobody, it is yours. When you discover an island that belongs to nobody, it is yours. When you get an idea before any one else, you take out a patent on it: it is yours. So with me: I own the stars, because nobody else before me ever thought of owning them. "

"Yes, that is true," said the little prince. "And what do you do with them? "

"I administer them," replied the businessman. "I count them and recount them. It is difficult. But I am a man who is naturally interested in matters of consequence. "

The little prince was still not satisfied.

"If I owned a silk scarf," he said, "I could put it around my neck and take it away with me. If I owned a flower, I could pluck that flower and take it away with me. But you cannot pluck the stars from heaven . . . "

"No. But I can put them in the bank. "
"Whatever does that mean? "

"That means that I write the number of my stars on a little paper. And then I put this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key. "

"And that is all? "

"That is enough," said the businessman.

"It is entertaining," thought the little prince. "It is rather poetic. But it is of no great consequence. "

On matters of consequence, the little prince had ideas which were very different from those of the grown-ups.

"I myself own a flower," he continued his conversation with the businessman, "which I water every day. I own three volcanoes, which I clean out every week (for I also clean out the one that is extinct; one never knows). It is of some use to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my flower, that I own them. But you are of no use to the stars . . . "

The businessman opened his mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer. And the little prince went away.

"The grown-ups are certainly altogether extraordinary," he said simply, talking to himself as he continued on his journey.




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 楼主| 发表于 2017-3-31 00:42:29 | 显示全部楼层
matters of consequence 正经事
几则读后感分享:
挣钱的人啊,你们用钱投资是为了挣更多的钱,然后满足地宣布这一切都是自己的。但生活真谛是的快乐给予,照顾需要帮助的花儿,打扫火山,不是虚荣地数星星。
另外,乍一看商人号称拥有星星完全没有道理,但当他阐述所有权和发现发明权之后,他对星星的所有似乎不无道理。让我再次反思人类社会对自然资源的拥有。


数星星是多么有诗意的事,然而动机一显露出来,就变得索然无味了,反而小王子每天清理火山,照顾玫瑰的琐碎生活显得格外美好。生活的美好并非取决于所做的事,而在乎所怀的心态。

挣钱的人啊,你们用钱投资是为了挣更多的钱,然后满足地宣布这一切都是自己的。但生活真谛是的快乐给予,照顾需要帮助的花儿,打扫火山,不是虚荣地数星星。
另外,乍一看商人号称拥有星星完全没有道理,但当他阐述所有权和发现发明权之后,他对星星的所有似乎不无道理。让我再次反思人类社会对自然资源的拥有


我给玫瑰浇水,打扫火山灰,都是对他们有意义的,但是你的计数之于星星,毫无意义。

耳得之而成声,目遇之而成色。山间之清风与明月,取之不尽,用之不竭。心若想拥有整个世界,那么整个世界便都是你的。
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发表于 2017-3-31 08:40:44 | 显示全部楼层
其实自己拥有没法用的东西也挺好,不用费心照顾
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 楼主| 发表于 2017-3-31 12:14:38 | 显示全部楼层
alltolove 发表于 2017-3-31 08:40
其实自己拥有没法用的东西也挺好,不用费心照顾

所以就像女朋友,没有也就不用费心去照顾
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发表于 2017-3-31 12:36:17 | 显示全部楼层
joker11111 发表于 2017-3-31 12:14
所以就像女朋友,没有也就不用费心去照顾

现在这社会那哪是女朋友,那就是亲娘啊
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 楼主| 发表于 2017-3-31 15:25:45 | 显示全部楼层
alltolove 发表于 2017-3-31 12:36
现在这社会那哪是女朋友,那就是亲娘啊

泪如西湖啊
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