讀書使人進步，書中的故事總會告訴我們不一樣的道理。學會讀書，享受讀書。

思考令人明智，故事中的情境總會帶給你不一樣的思索。來到必克，一起閱讀。

今天與大家分享的是《小王子》經典故事。

- the narrator speculates as to which asteroid from which the little prince came
I had thus learned a second fact of great importance: this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house!

But that did not really surprise me much. I knew very well that in addition to the great planets-- such as the Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Venus-- to which we have given names, there are also hundreds of others, some of which are so small that one has a hard time seeing them through the telescope. When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name, but only a number. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325."
I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B-612.
This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer, in 1909.

On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.
Grown-ups are like that…

Fortunately, however, for the reputation of Asteroid B-612, a Turkish dictator made a law that his subjects, under pain of death, should change to European costume. So in 1920 the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again, dressed with impressive style and elegance. And this time everybody accepted his report.

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我給你們講關于小行星B612的這些細節，并且告訴你們它的編號，這是由于這些大人的緣故。這些大人們就愛數目字。當你對大人們講起你的一個新朋友時，他們從來不向你提出實質性的問題。他們從來不講：“他說話聲音如何??？他喜 愛什么樣的游戲啊？他是否收集蝴蝶標本呀？”他們卻問你：“他多大年紀呀？弟兄幾個呀？體重多少呀？他父親掙多少錢呀？”他們以為這樣才算了解朋友。 如果你對大人們說：“我看到一幢用玫瑰色的磚蓋成的漂亮的房子，它的窗戶上有天竺葵，屋頂上還有鴿子……”他們怎么也想象不出這種房子有多么好。必須對他們說：“我看見了一幢價值十萬法郎的房子?！蹦敲此麄兙腕@叫道：“多么漂亮的房子啊！”
要是你對他們說：“小王子存在的證據就是他非常漂亮，他笑著，想要一只羊。他想要一只小羊，這就證明他的存在?！彼麄円欢〞柭柤绨?，把你當作孩子看待！但是，如果你對他們說：“小王子來自的星球就是小行星B612”，那么他們就十分信服，他們就不會提出一大堆問題來和你糾纏。他們就是這樣的。小孩子們對大人們應該寬厚些，不要埋怨他們。
當然，對我們懂得生活的人來說，我們才不在乎那些編號呢！我真愿意象講神話那樣來開始這個故事，我真想這樣說：
“從前呀，有一個小王子，他住在一個和他身體差不多大的星球上，他希望有一個朋友……”對懂得生活的人來說，這樣說就顯得真實。
我可不喜歡人們輕率地讀我的書。我在講述這些往事時心情是很難過的。我的朋友帶著他的小羊已經離去六年了。我之所以在這里盡力把他描寫出來，就是為了不要忘記他。忘記一個朋友，這太叫人悲傷了。并不是所有的人都有過一個朋友。再說，我也可能變成那些大人那樣，只對數字感興趣。也正是為了這個緣故，我買了一盒顏料和一些鉛筆。象我這樣年紀的人，而且除了六歲時畫過閉著 肚皮的和開著肚皮的巨蟒外，別的什么也沒有嘗試過，現在，重新再來畫畫，真費勁啊！當然，我一定要把這些畫盡量地畫得逼真，但我自己也沒有把握。一張畫得還可以，另一張就不象了。還有身材大小，我畫得有點不準確。在這個地方小王子畫得太大了些，另一個地方又畫得太小了些。對他衣服的顏色我也拿不準。 于是我就摸索著這么試試那么改改，畫個大概齊。我很可能在某些重要的細節上畫錯了。這就得請大家原諒我了。因為我的這個朋友，從來也不加說明解釋。他 認為我同他一樣?？墒?，很遺憾，我卻不能透過盒子看見小羊。我大概有點和大人們差不多。我一定是變老了。

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