请画一只羊
类别:经典文学
飞行员在沙漠中遇到一个神秘小男孩,小男孩坚持让他画一只羊,最终飞行员画了一个盒子,小男孩却欣喜地看到了里面的羊。
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I stared at the little boy. 我盯着那个小男孩看。
We were a thousand miles from any home, yet he did not look lost or afraid. 我们离家千里,但他看起来一点也不迷茫,也不害怕。
Please, he said again, draw me a sheep. “请你再给我画一只羊。”他又说。
I did not know how to draw a sheep, 我不知道怎么画羊,
but I remembered my old picture, so I drew the snake with the elephant inside. 但我记得我以前画的画,所以我画了那条肚子里有大象的蛇。
The little boy shook his head. 小男孩摇了摇头。
No, no, “不,不,
I do not want a snake with an elephant. 我不要肚子里有大象的蛇。
I want a sheep. 我想要一只羊。”
So I drew a sheep. 于是我画了一只羊。
It is sick, he said. “它病了。”他说。
I drew another. 我又画了一只。
That is a ram. It has horns. “那是一只公羊。它有角。”
I drew a third. 我画了第三只。
That one is too old. “那只太老了。”
I want a sheep that will live a long time. “我想要一只能活很久的羊。”
I was tired, and I needed to fix my engine, 我很累,而且我需要修理我的引擎,
so I quickly drew a box with three small holes. 所以我赶紧画了一个有三个小孔的盒子。
Your sheep is inside this box, I said. “你的羊就在这个盒子里。”我说。
To my surprise, the little face lit up. 令我惊讶的是,那张小脸亮了起来。
That is exactly what I wanted, “这正是我想要的,”
he said. 他说。
Look, he has gone to sleep. “看,他睡着了。”
Sometimes the most important things cannot be seen at all. 有时候,最重要的东西根本看不到。
And that is how I met the little prince. 我就是这样遇到小王子的。
But I still knew nothing about him. 但我对他还是一无所知。