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| I was very much worried, for it was becoming clear to me that the breakdown of my plane was extremely serious. And I had so little drinking-water left that I had to fear the worst. "The thorns......what use are they?" The little prince never let go of a question, on ce he had asked it. As for me, I was upset over that bolt. And I answered with the first thing that came into my head: "The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!" "Oh!" There was a moment of complete silence. Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness: "I don't believe you! Flowers are weak c reatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons......" I did not answer. At that instant I was saying to myself: "If this bolt still won't turn, I am going to knock it out with the hammer." Again the little prince disturbed my thoughts: "And you actually believe that the flowers����" | 我忧心忡忡，因为我发现飞机的毁损程度超乎我的想象。 而且饮水所剩无几，逼得我不得不做最坏的打算。 "那些刺......它们有什么作用呢？" 一旦小王子提出心中的疑惑时，就势必不会善罢甘休。 而我，我则正为那颗螺丝钉烦躁不已。 于是就脱口而出："那刺根本没有用处。 花有刺是因为它心眼坏。" "嗯！" 小王子沉默片刻。 随后用愤慨不以为然的眼神望着我说："我才不信你。 花是那么娇弱。 它们是天真可爱的。 为了使自己能安心。 那么它们身上的刺是可以确保自身安全的武器......" 我并没有回答。 只是自忖着："如果这颗螺丝钉仍无法松动的话，我就得用铁锤把它敲打出来。" 可是小王子再度打断我的思绪："你确定花--" |
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