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第十一章（第2页）

saidthelittleprince."

Thatisaqueerhatyouarewearing."

"

Itisahatforsalutes，"

theconceitedmanreplied."

Itistoraiseinsalutewhenpeopleacclaimme.Unfortunately，nobodyatalleverpassesthisway."

"

Yes"

saidthelittleprince，whodidnotunderstandwhattheconceitedmanwastalkingabout.

"

Clapyourhands，oneagainsttheother，"

theconceitedmannowdirectedhim.

Thelittleprinceclappedhishands.Theconceitedmanraisedhishatinamodestsalute.

"

Thisismoreentertainingthanthevisittotheking，"

thelittleprincesaidtohimself.Andhebeganagaintoclaphishands，oneagainsttheother.Theconceitedmanagainstraisedhishatinsalute.

Afterfiveminutesofthisexercisethelittleprincegrewtiredofthegamesmonotony.

"

Andwhatshouldonedotomakethehatcomedown"

heasked.

Buttheconceitedmandidnothearhim.Conceitedpeopleneverhearanythingbutpraise.

"

Doyoureallyadmiremeverymuch"

hedemandedofthelittleprince.

"

Whatdoesthatmean—admire"

"

Toadmiremeanthatyouregardmeasthehandsomest，thebest-dressed，therichest，andthemostintelligentmanonthisplanet."

"

Butyouaretheonlymanonyourplanet!"

"

Domethiskindness.Admiremejustthesame."

"

Iadmireyou，"

saidthelittleprince，shrugginghisshouldersslightly，"

butwhatisthereinthattointerestyousomuch"

Andthelittleprincewentaway.

"

Thegrown-upsarecertainlyveryodd，"

hesaidtohimself，ashecontinuedonhisjourney.