商人与点灯人

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On the fourth planet lived a businessman. 在第四颗星球上住着一个商人。

He was so busy counting that he did not even look up. 他忙着数数，连头都不抬一下。

500 million stars, he said. “五亿颗星星，”他说。

I own them all. “它们全都是我的。”

What do you do with them? “你拿它们做什么呢？”

The prince asked. 小王子问道。

I count them and I write the number on paper. “我数它们，然后把数字写在纸上。”

Then I lock the paper away. “然后我把纸锁起来。”

That makes me rich. “那让我变得富有。”

But how does owning them help the stars? “可是，拥有它们对星星有什么帮助呢？”

The prince asked. 小王子问道。

The businessman had no answer because he had never once thought about it. 商人没有答案，因为他从来没有想过这个问题。

The prince shook his head. 小王子摇了摇头。

I own a flower, and I water her every day, he said. “我有一朵花，我每天都给她浇水，”他说。

That is useful to my flower, “那对我的花是有用的，

but you are not useful to your stars. 但你对你的星星却毫无用处。”

And he left. 然后他离开了。

The fifth planet was the smallest of all. 第五颗星球是所有星球中最小的。

On it stood one lamp and one lamplighter. 上面有一盏路灯和一个点灯人。

Every minute he lit the lamp, 他每分钟点亮路灯，

then put it out, then lit it again, 然后熄灭，再点亮，

without ever resting. 从不休息。

It was silly work, yet the prince liked this man. 这工作很傻，但小王子却喜欢这个人。

At least he thinks about something other than himself, the prince said. “至少他想的不是他自己，”小王子说。

Of all the grown-ups, only the lamplighter seemed less foolish, 在所有大人中，只有点灯人看起来不那么愚蠢，

because he cared for something beyond his own small life. 因为他关心着超越自己渺小生命的事物。