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第十四章（第2页）

小王子接着解释：

“你的这颗行星这样小，你三步就可以绕它一圈。你只要慢慢地走，就可以一直在太阳的照耀下，你想休息的时候，你就这样走……那么，你要白天有多长它就有多长。”

“这办法帮不了我多少，生活中我喜欢的就是睡觉。”点灯人说。

“那你真不走运。”小王子说。

“真不走运。”点灯人说，“早上好。”

于是他又熄灭了路灯。

小王子在他继续往前旅行的途中，自言自语地说道：“这个人一定会被其他那些人，国王呀，狂妄自负的人呀，酒鬼呀，商人呀，所瞧不起。可是唯有他不使我感到荒唐可笑。这可能是因为他所关心的是别的事，而不是他自己。”

他惋惜地叹了口气，并且又对自己说道：“这个人是所有人当中唯一可能和我交朋友的，可是他的星球确实太小了，住不下两个人……”

小王子没有勇气承认，他之所以在离开这颗星球时感到最不舍，是因为这里每一个被祝福的日子里，有一千四百四十次日落！

Chapter14

Thefifthplanetwasverystrange.Itwasthesmallestofall.Therewasjustenoughroomonitforastreetlampandalamplighter.Thelittleprincewasnotabletoreachanyexplanationoftheuseofastreetlampandalamplighter，somewhereintheheavens，onaplanetwhichhadnopeople，andnotonehouse.Buthesaidtohimself，nevertheless:"Itmaywellbethatthismanisabsurd.Butheisnotsoabsurdastheking，theconceitedman，thebusinessman，andthetippler.Foratleasthisworkhassomemeaning.Whenhelightshisstreetlamp，itisasifhebroughtonemorestartolife，oroneflower.Whenheputsouthislamp，hesendstheflower，orthestar，tosleep.Thatisabeautifuloccupation.Andsinceitisbeautiful，itistrulyuseful."Whenhearrivedontheplanetherespectfullysalutedthelamplighter.

"Goodmorning.Whyhaveyoujustputoutyourlamp""Thosearetheorders，"repliedthelamplighter."Goodmorning.""Whataretheorders"

"TheordersarethatIputoutmylamp.Goodevening."Andhelightedhislampagain.

"Butwhyhaveyoujustlighteditagain""Thosearetheorders，"repliedthelamplighter.

"Idonotunderstand，"saidthelittleprince.

"Thereisnothingtounderstand，"saidthelamplighter."Ordersareorders.Goodmorning."Andheputouthislamp.

Thenhemoppedhisforeheadwithahandkerchiefdecoratedwithredsquares.

"Ifollowaterribleprofession.Intheolddaysitwasreasonable.Iputthelampoutinthemorning，andintheeveningIlighteditagain.Ihadtherestofthedayforrelaxationandtherestofthenightforsleep.""Andtheordershavebeenchangedsincethattime""Theordershavenotbeenchanged，"saidthelamplighter."Thatisthetragedy!Fromyeartoyeartheplanethasturnedmorerapidlyandtheordershavenotbeenchanged!""Thenwhat"askedthelittleprince.

"Then—theplanetnowmakesacompleteturneveryminute，andInolongerhaveasinglesecondforrepose.OnceeveryminuteIhavetolightmylampandputitout!""Thatisveryfunny!Adaylastsonlyoneminute，herewhereyoulive!""Itisnotfunnyatall!"saidthelamplighter."Whilewehavebeentalkingtogetheramonthhasgoneby.""Amonth"

"Yes，amonth.Thirtyminutes.Thirtydays.Goodevening."Andhelightedhislampagain.

Asthelittleprincewatchedhim，hefeltthathelovedthislamplighterwhowassofaithfultohisorders.Herememberedthesunsetswhichhehimselfhadgonetoseek，inotherdays，merelybypullinguphischair;andhewantedtohelphisfriend.

"Youknow，"hesaid，"Icantellyouawayyoucanrestwheneveryouwantto...""Ialwayswanttorest，"saidthelamplighter.

Foritispossibleforamantobefaithfulandlazyatthesametime.

Thelittleprincewentonwithhisexplanation:"Yourplanetissosmallthatthreestrideswilltakeyouallthewayaroundit.Tobealwaysinthesunshine，youneedonlywalkalongratherslowly.Whenyouwanttorest，youwillwalk—andthedaywilllastaslongasyoulike.""Thatdoesntdomemuchgood，"saidthelamplighter."TheonethingIloveinlifeistosleep.""Thenyoureunlucky，"saidthelittleprince.

"Iamunlucky，"saidthelamplighter."Goodmorning."Andheputouthislamp.

"Thatman，"saidthelittleprincetohimself，ashecontinuedfartheronhisjourney，"thatmanwouldbescornedbyalltheothers:bytheking，bytheconceitedman，bythetippler，bythebusinessman.Neverthelessheistheonlyoneofthemallwhodoesnotseemtomeridiculous.Perhapsthatisbecauseheisthinkingofsomethingelsebesideshimself."Hebreathedasighofregret，andsaidtohimself，again:"ThatmanistheonlyoneofthemallwhomIcouldhavemademyfriend.Buthisplanetisindeedtoosmall.Thereisnoroomonitfortwopeople..."Whatthelittleprincedidnotdareconfesswasthathewassorrymostofalltoleavethisplanet，becauseitwasblesteverydaywith1440sunsets!

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