어린왕자 04장_RA_이가연_0830-172957.mp3

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잘 봐주세여 ^^

Chapter 4/

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./

If I have told you these details/

about the asteroid,/

and made a note of its number for you,/

it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways./

Grown-ups love figures./

When you tell them/

that you have made a new friend,/

they never ask you/

any questions about essential matters./

They never say to you,/

"What does his voice sound like?/

What games does he love best?/

Does he collect butterflies?"/

Instead, they demand:/

"How old is he?/

How many brothers has he?/

How much does he weigh?/

How much money does his father make?"/

Only from these figures/

do they think/

they have learned anything about him./

If you were to say to the grown-ups:/

"I saw a beautiful house/

made of rosy brick,/

with geraniums in the windows/

and doves on the roof,"/

they would not be able to get any idea/

of that house at all./

You would have to say to them:/

"I saw a house that cost $ 20,000."/

Then they would exclaim:/

"Oh, what a pretty house that is!"/

Just so,/

you might say to them:/

"The proof that the little prince existed/

is that he was charming,/

that he laughed,/

and that he was looking for a sheep./

If anybody wants a sheep,/

that is a proof that he exists."/

And what good would it do to tell them that?/

They would shrug their shoulders,/

and treat you like a child./

But if you said to them:/

"The planet he came from/

is Asteroid B-612,"/

then they would be convinced,/

and leave you in peace/

from their questions./

They are like that./

One must not hold it against them./

Children should always show great forbearance/

toward grown-up people./

But certainly,/

for us who understand life,/

figures are a matter of indifference./

I should have liked to begin this story/

in the fashion of the fairy-tales./

I should have like to say:/

"Once upon a time/

there was a little prince/

who lived on a planet/

that was scarcely any bigger than himself,/

and who had need of a sheep..."/

To those who understand life,/

that would have given a much greater air of truth/

to my story./

For I do not want any one/

to read my book carelessly./

I have suffered too much grief/

in setting down these memories./

Six years have already passed/

since my friend went away from me,/

with his sheep./

If I try to describe him here,/

it is to make sure/

that I shall not forget him./

To forget a friend is sad./

Not every one has had a friend./

And if I forget him,/

I may become like the grown-ups/

who are no longer interested in anything but figures.../

It is for that purpose,/

again, that I have bought a box of paints and some pencils./

It is hard to take up drawing again/

at my age,/

when I have never made any pictures/

except those of the boa constrictor from the outside/

and the boa constrictor from the inside,/

since I was six./

I shall certainly try to make my portraits/

as true to life as possible./

But I am not at all sure of success./

One drawing goes along all right,/

and another has no resemblance to its subject./

I make some errors, too,/

in the little prince's height:/

in one place he is too tall/

and in another too short./

And I feel some doubts/

about the color of his costume./

So I fumble along as best I can,/

now good, now bad,/

and I hope generally fair-to-middling./

In certain more important details/

I shall make mistakes, also./

But that is something that/

will not be my fault./

My friend never explained anything to me./

He thought,/

perhaps, that I was like himself./

But I, alas,/

do not know how to see sheep/

through the walls of boxes./

Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups./

I have had to grow old./

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