第十七章[第1頁/共6頁]

"Ah! Then there are no people on the Earth""This is the desert. There are no people in the desert. The Earth is large," said the snake.

"This is the Earth; this is Africa," the snake answered.

“我有些迷惑，”他說，“是否這些在天空點亮的星星是為了有一天，讓我們每小我都能夠重新找到本身本來的星球……看，我那顆行星。它剛幸虧我們頭頂上……但是，它離我們好遠喲！”

小王子坐在一塊石頭上，抬眼望著天空。

“我和一朵花鬨了彆扭。”小王子說。

"Good evening," said the snake.

"Where are the men" the little prince at last took up the conversation again. "It is a little lonely in the desert...""It is also lonely among men," the snake said.

“噢……莫非說地球上冇有人嗎？”

“早晨好。”蛇說道。

“啊！我很明白你的意義。”小王子說，“但是你為甚麼說話老是像讓人猜謎語似的？”

因而他們都沉默下來。

“我能夠把你帶到很遠的處所去，比任何一隻船能去的處所還要遠。”蛇說道。

When the little prince arrived on the Earth, he was very much surprised not to see any people. He was beginning to be afraid he had come to the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.