他立即答复我道：“哦，行了，行了。”仿佛这是不言而喻的，我本身却被迫要费很大的脑力来处理这个题目。
“这是个端方题目。”小王子厥后向我解释道，“每天早上洗漱结束今后，必须非常细心地给星球做洁净和打扮。你必须规定本身定时去拔掉猴面包树苗。这类树苗小的时候与玫瑰苗长得差未几，一旦你把它们认出来，就要把它拔掉。这是一件非常有趣的事情，但也很轻易。”
A baobab is something you will never, never be able to get rid of if you attend to it too late. It spreads over the entire planet. It bores clear through it with its roots. And if the planet is too small, and the baobabs are too many, they split it in pieces...
的确，正如我之前体味到的，在小王子居住的星球上，也和别的星球一样，存在着好的植物和坏的植物，是以，也就存在来自好的植物的好的种子，和来自坏的植物的坏的种子。但是，我们是看不见种子的。
“是的，是真的。”
This time, once more, I had the sheep to thank for it. For the little prince asked me abruptly― as if seized by a grave doubt― "It is true, isn’t it, that sheep eat little bushes""Yes, that is true."
If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish. But when it is a bad plant, one must destroy it as soon as possible, the very first instant that one recognizes it.
“啊，我真欢畅。”
这一次，我还要再次感激那只绵羊，因为小王子仿佛是非常担忧地问我道：“绵羊吃矮小的灌木，这是真的吗？”
Now there were some terrible seeds on the planet that was the home of the little prince; and these were the seeds of the baobab. The soil of that planet was infested with them.