“但是我不肯判任何人极刑，我想我还是应当走。”小王子答复道。
"Ah! Here is a subject," exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.
"Approach, so that I may see you better," said the king, who felt consumingly proud of being at last a king over somebody.
For his rule was not only absolute: it was also universal.
"I order you to do so," the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.
“如果国王陛下想要敏捷地获得从命，你能够给我下一个公道的号令。比如说，你能够号令我，一分钟以内必须分开。我以为这个前提是成熟的……”
国王又说：“嗯！嗯！我想，这个星球的某个处统统一只老鼠。夜里，我闻声它的声音。你能够审判它，每隔一段时候你就判处它极刑。是以它的生命取决于你的讯断。但是，你每次判刑后都要赦免它，我们必须有节制地对待这只老鼠，因为我们只要这一只老鼠。”
The first of them was inhabited by a king. Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.
Chapter 10
"It is contrary to etiquette to yawn in the presence of a king," the monarch said to him. "I forbid you to do so.""I can't help it. I can't stop myself," replied the little prince, thoroughly embarrassed. "I have come on a long journey, and I have had no sleep...""Ah, then," the king said. "I order you to yawn. It is years since I have seen anyone yawning. Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity. Come, now! Yawn again! It is an order.""That frightens me... I cannot, any more..." murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.