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小王子攀上了一座高山的顶巅。从前，他见过的山，只有他家乡那三座高不过膝的火山，而且，他还把那座死火山，当做小板凳来用呢。现在他来到这么高的高山之巅，心里以为就能一眼看到地球上所有的人了……然而，除了一大片高峰的尖顶外，什么也没有见到。 "你好。"他漫不经心地叫了一声。"你好……你好……你好…”下面的群山发出回音。 "你是谁？”小王子问了一声。"你是谁……你是谁……你是谁…”又响起了一阵回音。 "当我的朋友吧，我孤孤单单呀。"他喊了一声。"我孤孤单单呀……我孤孤单单……我孤孤单单……”又是一阵回音。 这时，小王子心想："这个星球真古怪，它贫瘠枯燥，瘦骨嶙岣，苦涩发咸。还有，那些地球人，完全没有个性，没有想象力，只会重复别人对他们说过的话……还不如在我那颗星球上，好歹我还有一朵花儿，她总是主动先跟我说话……” After that, the little prince climbed a high mountain. The only mountains he had ever known were the three volcanoes, which came up to his knees. And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool. "From a mountain as high as this one," he said to himself, "I shall be able to see the whole planet at one glance, and all the people…” But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like needles. "Good morning," he said courteously. "Good morning—Good morning—Good morning," answered the echo. "Who are you?" said the little prince. "Who are you—Who are you—Who are you?" answered the echo. "Be my friends. I am all alone," he said. "I am all alone—all alone—all alone," answered the echo. "What a queer planet!" he thought. "It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed, and altogether harsh and forbidding. And the people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them... On my planet I had a flower; she always was the first to speak..." |
