因而他们又都沉默起来。
"Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence he came," the snake spoke again. "But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star..."The little prince made no reply.
"This is the Earth; this is Africa," the snake answered.
小王子达到地球时一小我都看不到，他感到非常奇特，当一圈金黄色的玉轮的光芒，闪烁在沙地上时，他开端惊骇他来到了一个弊端的星球。
当然，大人们是不会信赖你们的。他们自发得占有了很大处所，他们把本身看得像猴面包树那样了不起。你们能够建议他们计算一下。如许会使他们很欢畅，因为他们崇拜数字。但是你不必华侈时候去做这类无聊的连篇累牍的演算。这没有需求。你们能够完整信赖我。
小王子坐在一块石头上，抬眼望着天空。
The little prince smiled.
He twined himself around the little prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet.
When the little prince arrived on the Earth, he was very much surprised not to see any people. He was beginning to be afraid he had come to the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.
蛇就盘结在小王子的脚腕子上，像一只金镯子。
Chapter 17
And they were both silent.
小王子久久地看着蛇。
小王子很有规矩地说：“早晨好。”
“你是个奇特的植物，和手指头普通大……”小王子终究说道。
“在人群里也一样孤傲的。”蛇说。
“早晨好。”蛇说道。
“啊！我很明白你的意义。”小王子说，“但是你为甚么说话老是像让人猜谜语似的？”