"No. That would be too complicated. But one requires the explorer to furnish proofs. For example, if the discovery in question is that of a large mountain, one requires that large stones be brought back from it."The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement.
The little prince sat down on the table and panted a little. He had already traveled so much and so far!
“一点不错，”地理学家说，“但是我不是探险家。我部下一个探险家都没有。地理学家是不去计算都会、河道、山脉、陆地、戈壁的。地理学家很首要，不能到处跑。他不能分开他的办公室。但他能够在办公室里访问探险家。他扣问探险家，把他们的回想记录下来。如果他以为此中有个探险家的回想是成心机的，那么地理学家就对这个探险家的品德做一番调查。”
“这确切难说。”地理学家说道。
“恰好，你是从远方来的！你是个探险家！你来给我先容一下你的星球吧！”
小王子在桌旁坐下，有点气喘吁吁。他此次观光有点久。
The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.
“这是能够的。是以，如果探险家的品德不错，就调查他的发明。”
“甚么是地理学家？”
“啊！我那边，”小王子说道，“没有多粗心义，那儿甚么都很小。我有三座火山，两座是活的，一座是燃烧了的。但是也很难说它还会不会喷发。”
“这又是为甚么？”小王子说。
"The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."And the little prince went away, thinking of his flower.
"What is a geographer" asked the little prince.
"Exactly," the geographer said. "But I am not an explorer. I haven’t a single explorer on my planet. It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts. The geographer is much too important to go loafing about. He does not leave his desk. But he receives the explorers in his study. He asks them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels. And if the recollections of any one among them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer’s moral character.""Why is that"