TheThe LittleLittle PrincePrince 法法 Antoine deSaint-Exupery 圣埃克苏圣埃克苏 佩里佩里This magical musical fable begins as a pilot makes a forced landing on the barren Sahara Desert. He is befriended by a “little“ prince from the other planet. The Prince was in love with his flower, a vain rose, who complained about her conditions, knowing the Little Prince would attend to her every desire. Eventually, the Little Prince leaves his planet because of his inability to confront the flower.In the days that follow, the pilot learns of the small boys history and planet- hopping journeys in which he met a King, a businessman, the drunk,an historian, and a general It isnt until he comes to Earth that the Little Prince learns the secrets of the importance of life from a Fox.“My“My lifelife isis veryvery monotonous,“monotonous,“ thethe foxfox said.said. “I“I hunthunt chickens;chickens; menmen hunthunt me.me. AllAll thethe chickenschickens areare justjust alike,alike, andand allall thethe menmen areare justjust alike.alike. And,And, inin consequence,consequence, I I amam a a littlelittle bored.bored. ButBut ifif youyou tametame me,me, itit willwill bebe asas ifif thethe sunsun camecame toto shineshine onon mymy lifelife . . I I shallshall knowknow thethe soundsound ofof a a stepstep thatthat willwill bebe differentdifferent fromfrom allall thethe others.others. OtherOther stepssteps sendsend meme hurryinghurrying backback underneathunderneath thethe ground.ground. YoursYours willwill callcall me,me, likelike music,music, outout ofof mymy burrow.burrow. AndAnd thenthen look:look: youyou seesee thethe grain-grain- fieldsfields downdown yonder?yonder? I I dodo notnot eateat bread.bread. WheatWheat isis ofof nono useuse toto me.me. TheThe wheatwheat fieldsfields havehave nothingnothing toto saysay toto me.me. AndAnd thatthat isis sad.sad. ButBut youyou havehave hairhair thatthat isis thethe colourcolour ofof gold.gold. ThinkThink howhow wonderfulwonderful thatthat willwill bebe whenwhen youyou havehave tamedtamed me!me! TheThe grain,grain, whichwhich isis alsoalso golden,golden, willwill bringbring meme backback thethe thoughtthought ofof you.you. AndAnd I I shallshall lovelove toto listenlisten toto thethe windwind inin thethe wheat.“wheat.“ The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time. “Please- tame me!“ he said. “I want to, very much,“ the little prince replied. “But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.“ “One only understands the things that one tames,“ said the fox. “Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me.“ “What must I do, to tame you?“ asked the little prince. “You must be very patient,“ replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me- like that- in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But yo u will sit a little closer to me, every day.“ The next day the little prince came back. “It would have been better to come back at the same hour,“ said the fox. “If, for example, you come at four oclock in the afternoon, then at three oclock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four oclock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you. One must observe the proper rites.“ So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near- “Ah,“ said the fox, “I shall cry.“ “It is your own fault,“ said the little prince. “I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you.“ “Yes, that is so,“ said the fox. “But now you are going to cry!“ said the little prince. “Yes, that is so,“ said the fox. “Then it has done you no good at all!“ “It has done me good,“ said the fox, “because of the color of the wheat fields.“ And then he added: “Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret.“ The little prince went away, to look again at the roses. “You are not at all like my rose,“ he said. “As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world.“ And the roses were very much embarrassed. “You“You arear