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第九章（第2页）

至于大动物，我并不怕，我有我的爪子。”

于是，她天真地显露出她那四根刺，随后又说道：“别这么磨蹭了。

你既然决定离开这儿，就不要让我难过，那么，快走吧！”

她这样说是因为怕小王子看见她流泪。

她可是一朵非常骄傲的花……

Chapter9

Ibelievethatforhisescapehetookadvantageofthemigrationofaflockofwildbirds.Onthemorningofhisdepartureheputhisplanetinperfectorder.Hecarefullycleanedouthisactivevolcanoes.Hepossessedtwoactivevolcanoes;andtheywereveryconvenientforheatinghisbreakfastinthemorning.Healsohadonevolcanothatwasextinct.But，ashesaid，"

Oneneverknows!"

Sohecleanedouttheextinctvolcano，too.Iftheyarewellcleanedout，volcanoesburnslowlyandsteadily，withoutanyeruptions.Volcaniceruptionsarelikefiresinachimney.

Onourearthweareobviouslymuchtoosmalltocleanoutourvolcanoes.Thatiswhytheybringnoendoftroubleuponus.

Thelittleprincealsopulledup，withacertainsenseofdejection，thelastlittleshootsofthebaobabs.Hebelievedthathewouldneverwanttoreturn.Butonthislastmorningallthesefamiliartasksseemedveryprecioustohim.Andwhenhewateredtheflowerforthelasttime，andpreparedtoplaceherundertheshelterofherglassglobe，herealisedthathewasveryclosetotears.

"

Goodbye，"

hesaidtotheflower.

Butshemadenoanswer.

"

Goodbye，"

hesaidagain.

Theflowercoughed.Butitwasnotbecauseshehadacold.

"

Ihavebeensilly，"

shesaidtohim，atlast."

Iaskyourforgiveness.Trytobehappy..."

Hewassurprisedbythisabsenceofreproaches.Hestoodthereallbewildered，theglassglobeheldarrestedinmid-air.Hedidnotunderstandthisquietsweetness.

"

OfcourseIloveyou，"

theflowersaidtohim."

Itismyfaultthatyouhavenotknownitallthewhile.Thatisofnoimportance.Butyou—youhavebeenjustasfoolishasI.Trytobehappy...lettheglassglobebe.Idon’twantitanymore."

"

Butthewind—"

"

Mycoldisnotsobadasallthat...thecoolnightairwilldomegood.Iamaflower."

"

Buttheanimals—"

"

Well，ImustendurethepresenceoftwoorthreecaterpillarsifIwishtobecomeacquaintedwiththebutterflies.Itseemsthattheyareverybeautiful.Andifnotthebutterflies—andthecaterpillars—whowillcalluponmeYouwillbefaraway...asforthelargeanimals—Iamnotatallafraidofanyofthem.Ihavemyclaws."

And，navely，sheshowedherfourthorns.Thensheadded:"

Don’tlingerlikethis.Youhavedecidedtogoaway.Nowgo!"

Forshedidnotwanthimtoseehercrying.Shewassuchaproudflower...