"My cold is not so bad as all that... the cool night air will do me good. I am a flower.""But the animals―"
“我想熟谙胡蝶，以是忍耐不了两三只毛毛虫的存在是不可的。传闻那些胡蝶看起来非常斑斓。如果没有胡蝶和毛毛虫，另有谁来看我呢？你就要到远方去了。至于大植物，我并不怕，我有我的爪子。”
“如果风来了如何办？”
“的确，我爱你，”花儿对他说道，“但因为我的错误，你一向都不晓得我爱你。这已经不首要了。不过，你也和我一样的笨。但愿你此后能幸运。把罩子放在一边吧，我用不着它了。”
"Of course I love you," the flower said to him. "It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you― you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy... let the glass globe be. I don’t want it any more.""But the wind―"
"Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies― and the caterpillars― who will call upon me You will be far away... as for the large animals― I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws."And, navely, she showed her four thorns. Then she added:"Don’t linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!"For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower...
“再见了。”他又说了一遍。
花儿竟然没有指责他，小王子感到很惊奇。他举着罩子，不知所措地鹄立在那边。他不明白她为甚么会如许和顺温馨。