五千朵玫瑰

类别:经典文学

小王子发现五千朵与自己玫瑰相似的花,打破了他对独一无二的信念,感到悲伤。

时长 70 秒 · 语速 162 wpm

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The little prince walked on across the sand and the rocks. 小王子继续穿过沙地和岩石。

At last he came to a road, 最后他来到了一条路,

and beside the road he found a garden full of roses. 路边他发现了一个开满玫瑰的花园。

He stopped, and his heart went cold. 他停了下来,心都凉了。

There were five thousand roses in 那里有五千朵玫瑰。

that garden, 就在那个花园里,

and every single one looked exactly like his flower. 每一朵都和他的花一模一样。

Good morning, he said quietly. “早上好,”他轻声说。

Good morning, said the roses. “早上好,”玫瑰们说。

He stared at them, feeling suddenly very small. 他盯着它们,突然觉得自己很渺小。

His rose had told him 他的玫瑰曾告诉他,

that she was the only flower of her kind in the whole universe. 她是整个宇宙中独一无二的花。

She had been so proud, so sure that she was special. 她曾那么骄傲,那么确信自己是特别的。

And here were five thousand others. all just the same. 而这里却有五千朵一模一样的花。

She would be so upset if she saw this, he thought. “如果她看到这个,一定会很难过,”他想。

She would cough and pretend to be dying, just to hide her shame. 她会咳嗽,假装快要死了,只是为了掩饰她的羞耻。

And he lay down in the grass and cried. 于是他躺在草地上哭了。

He had believed he was rich, with a rare and wonderful flower, 他曾以为自己很富有,拥有一朵稀有而奇妙的花,

but he owned only an ordinary rose, like thousands of others. 但他拥有的只是一朵普通的玫瑰,和成千上万朵其他玫瑰一样。

I am not such a great prince after all, he thought sadly. “我终究不是一个了不起的王子,”他悲伤地想。

Then, through his tears, he heard a soft voice nearby. 然后,透过泪水,他听到附近传来一个轻柔的声音。