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“可是你什么好处也没得到。”

“由于麦子的颜色，我得到了好处。”狐狸说。

然后，他又接着说：

“再去看看那些玫瑰花吧。你一定会明白，你的那朵是世界上独一无二的玫瑰。你回来和我告别时，我再赠送给你一个秘密。”

于是小王子又去看那些玫瑰。

“你们一点也不像我的那朵玫瑰，你们现在什么都不是呢！”小王子对她们说，“没有人驯服过你们，你们也没有驯服过任何人。你们就像我的狐狸过去那样，他那时只是和千万只别的狐狸一样的一只狐狸。但是，我和他成了朋友，于是他现在就是世界上独一无二的了。”

这时，那些玫瑰花显得十分难堪。

“你们很美，但你们是空虚的。”小王子仍然在对她们说，“没有人能为你们去死。当然，我的那朵玫瑰花，一个普通的过路人以为她和你们一样。可是，她比你们全部加起来更重要，因为她是我浇灌的，因为她是我放在花罩中的。因为她是我用屏风保护起来的，因为她身上的毛虫（除了留下两三只为了变蝴蝶而外）是我除灭的，因为我倾听过她的怨艾和自诩，甚至有时我聆听着她的沉默，因为她是我的玫瑰。”

他又回到了狐狸身边。

“再见了。”小王子说道。

“再见。”狐狸说，“喏，这就是我的秘密。很简单：只有用心才能看得清。重要的东西，用眼睛是看不见的。”

“重要的东西，用眼睛是看不见的。”小王子重复着这句话，以便能把它记在心间。

“正因为你为你的玫瑰花费了时间，这才使你的玫瑰变得如此重要。”

“正因为我为我的玫瑰花费了时间……”小王子又重复着，要使自己记住这些。

“人们已经忘记了这个道理，”狐狸说，“可是，你不应该忘记它。你现在要对你驯服过的一切负责到底。你要对你的玫瑰负责……”

“我要对我的玫瑰负责……”小王子又重复着……

Chapter21

Itwasthenthatthefoxappeared.

"Goodmorning，"saidthefox.

"Goodmorning，"thelittleprincerespondedpolitely，althoughwhenheturnedaroundhesawnothing.

"Iamrighthere，"thevoicesaid，"undertheappletree.""Whoareyou"askedthelittleprince，andadded，"Youareveryprettytolookat.""Iamafox，"saidthefox.

"Comeandplaywithme，"proposedthelittleprince."Iamsounhappy.""Icannotplaywithyou，"thefoxsaid."Iamnottamed.""Ah!Pleaseexcuseme，"saidthelittleprince.

But，aftersomethought，headded:"Whatdoesthatmean—‘tame""Youdonotlivehere，"saidthefox."Whatisitthatyouarelookingfor""Iamlookingformen，"saidthelittleprince."Whatdoesthatmean—‘tame""Men，"saidthefox."Theyhaveguns，andtheyhunt.Itisverydisturbing.Theyalsoraisechickens.Thesearetheironlyinterests.Areyoulookingforchickens""No，"saidthelittleprince."Iamlookingforfriends.Whatdoesthatmean—‘tame""Itisanacttoooftenneglected，"saidthefox.Itmeanstoestablishties.""Toestablishties"

"Justthat，"saidthefox."Tome，youarestillnothingmorethanalittleboywhoisjustlikeahundredthousandotherlittleboys.AndIhavenoneedofyou.Andyou，onyourpart，havenoneedofme.Toyou，Iamnothingmorethanafoxlikeahundredthousandotherfoxes.Butifyoutameme，thenweshallneedeachother.Tome，youwillbeuniqueinalltheworld.Toyou，Ishallbeuniqueinalltheworld...""Iambeginningtounderstand，"saidthelittleprince."Thereisaflower...Ithinkthatshehastamedme...""Itispossible，"saidthefox."OntheEarthoneseesallsortsofthings.""Oh，butthisisnotontheEarth!"saidthelittleprince.

Thefoxseemedperplexed，andverycurious.

"Onanotherplanet"

"Yes."

"Aretherehuntersonthisplanet""No."

"Ah，thatisinteresting!Aretherechickens""No."

"Nothingisperfect，"sighedthefox.

Buthecamebacktohisidea.

"Mylifeisverymonotonous，"thefoxsaid."Ihuntchickens;menhuntme.Allthechickensarejustalike，andallthemenarejustalike.And，inconsequence，Iamalittlebored.Butifyoutameme，itwillbeasifthesuncametoshineonmylife.Ishallknowthesoundofastepthatwillbedifferentfromalltheothers.Otherstepssendmehurryingbackunderneaththeground.Yourswillcallme，likemusic，outofmyburrow.Andthenlook:youseethegrain-fieldsdownyonderIdonoteatbread.Wheatisofnousetome.Thewheatfieldshavenothingtosaytome.Andthatissad.Butyouhavehairthatisthecolourofgold.Thinkhowwonderfulthatwillbewhenyouhavetamedme!Thegrain，whichisalsogolden，willbringmebackthethoughtofyou.AndIshalllovetolistentothewindinthewheat..."Thefoxgazedatthelittleprince，foralongtime.

"Please—tameme!"hesaid.

"Iwantto，verymuch，"thelittleprincereplied."ButIhavenotmuchtime.Ihavefriendstodiscover，andagreatmanythingstounderstand.""Oneonlyunderstandsthethingsthatonetames，"saidthefox."Menhavenomoretimetounderstandanything.Theybuythingsallreadymadeattheshops.Butthereisnoshopanywherewhereonecanbuyfriendship，andsomenhavenofriendsanymore.Ifyouwantafriend，tameme...""WhatmustIdo，totameyou"askedthelittleprince.

"Youmustbeverypatient，"repliedthefox."Firstyouwillsitdownatalittledistancefromme—likethat—inthegrass.Ishalllookatyououtofthecornerofmyeye，andyouwillsaynothing.Wordsarethesourceofmisunderstandings.Butyouwillsitalittleclosertome，everyday..."Thenextdaythelittleprincecameback.

"Itwouldhavebeenbettertocomebackatthesamehour，"saidthefox."If，forexample，youcomeatfouroclockintheafternoon，thenatthreeoclockIshallbegintobehappy.Ishallfeelhappierandhappierasthehouradvances.Atfouroclock，Ishallalreadybeworryingandjumpingabout.IshallshowyouhowhappyIam!Butifyoucomeatjustanytime，Ishallneverknowatwhathourmyheartistobereadytogreetyou...Onemustobservetheproperrites...""Whatisarite"askedthelittleprince.

"Thosealsoareactionstoooftenneglected，"saidthefox."Theyarewhatmakeonedaydifferentfromotherdays，onehourfromotherhours.Thereisarite，forexample，amongmyhunters.EveryThursdaytheydancewiththevillagegirls.SoThursdayisawonderfuldayforme!Icantakeawalkasfarasthevineyards.Butifthehuntersdancedatjustanytime，everydaywouldbelikeeveryotherday，andIshouldneverhaveanyvacationatall."Sothelittleprincetamedthefox.Andwhenthehourofhisdeparturedrewnear—"Ah，"saidthefox，"Ishallcry.""Itisyourownfault，"saidthelittleprince."Ineverwishedyouanysortofharm;butyouwantedmetotameyou...""Yes，thatisso，"saidthefox.

"Butnowyouaregoingtocry!"saidthelittleprince.

"Yes，thatisso，"saidthefox.

"Thenithasdoneyounogoodatall!""Ithasdonemegood，"saidthefox，"becauseofthecolorofthewheatfields."Andthenheadded:"Goandlookagainattheroses.Youwillunderstandnowthatyoursisuniqueinalltheworld.Thencomebacktosaygoodbyetome，andIwillmakeyouapresentofasecret."Thelittleprincewentaway，tolookagainattheroses.

"Youarenotatalllikemyrose，"hesaid."Asyetyouarenothing.Noonehastamedyou，andyouhavetamednoone.YouarelikemyfoxwhenIfirstknewhiHewasonlyafoxlikeahundredthousandotherfoxes.ButIhavemadehimmyfriend，andnowheisuniqueinalltheworld."Andtheroseswereverymuchembarrassed.

"Youarebeautiful，butyouareempty，"hewenton."Onecouldnotdieforyou.Tobesure，anordinarypasserbywouldthinkthatmyroselookedjustlikeyou—therosethatbelongstome.Butinherselfalonesheismoreimportantthanallthehundredsofyouotherroses:becauseitisshethatIhavewatered;becauseitisshethatIhaveputundertheglassglobe;becauseitisshethatIhaveshelteredbehindthescreen;becauseitisforherthatIhavekilledthecaterpillars（exceptthetwoorthreethatwesavedtobecomebutterflies）;becauseitisshethatIhavelistenedto，whenshegrumbled，orboasted，orevensometimeswhenshesaidnothing.Becausesheismyrose.

Andhewentbacktomeetthefox.

"Goodbye，"hesaid.

"Goodbye，"saidthefox."Andnowhereismysecret，averysimplesecret:Itisonlywiththeheartthatonecanseerightly;whatisessentialisinvisibletotheeye.""Whatisessentialisinvisibletotheeye，"thelittleprincerepeated，sothathewouldbesuretoremember.

"Itisthetimeyouhavewastedforyourrosethatmakesyourrosesoimportant.""ItisthetimeIhavewastedformyrose—"saidthelittleprince，sothathewouldbesuretoremember.

"Menhaveforgottenthistruth，"saidthefox."Butyoumustnotforgetit.Youbecomeresponsible，forever，forwhatyouhavetamed.Youareresponsibleforyourrose...""Iamresponsibleformyrose，"thelittleprincerepeated，sothathewouldbesuretoremember.

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