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“拴住它？多麼奇特的主張啊！”

我花了好長時候才明白他是從那裡來的。小王子問我很多題目，我有很多迷惑，但是，對我提出的題目，小王子彷彿壓根兒冇有聞聲似的。一點一點的，偶爾間他偶然中透露的一些隻言片語逐步使我搞清了他的來源。比方，當他第一次瞥見我的飛機時（我就不畫出我的飛機了，因為這類丹青對我來講太龐大），他問我道：“這是個甚麼玩意兒呀？”

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.

“是的。”我謙遜地答道。

“你是從那裡來的，我的小傢夥？你說的‘我住的處所’是指甚麼？你要把你的小綿羊帶到那裡去？”

此時小王子敬愛地笑了起來。這讓我很活力。我不但願本身嚴厲的痛苦遭到彆人嘲笑。然後，他又說道：“那麼，你也是從天上來的了！你是哪個星球上的？”

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.