"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"
"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.
"Nothing. I own them."
“那当然。如果你发明了一颗无主的钻石，这颗钻石就属于你。如果你发明一个无主的岛，这个岛就属于你。如果你起首想出一个创意，并且申请了专利，这个创意就属于你。既然在我之前未曾有任何人想到要占有这些星星，那么这些星星就属于我。”
“是呀。”
"Millions of those little objects," he said, "which one sometimes sees in the sky.""Flies"
“是的，就是星星。”
“五亿零一百万甚么呀？”小王子对峙问道。他提出题目以后，没有答案是向来不会放弃的。
The businessman raised his head.
"The grown-ups are certainly altogether extraordinary," he said simply, talking to himself as he continued on his journey.
“是的。”
“啊，星星吗？”
“不是，是金黄色的小东西，这些小东西能够让人们胡思乱想。我是个端庄的人。我没偶然候胡思乱想。”
"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 ever discovered.""This man," the little prince said to himself, "reasons a little like my poor tippler..."Nevertheless, he still had some more questions.