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小王子計畫 The Little Prince Project 01｜English
英文朗讀《小王子》第一章
朗讀／吳家恆
播出日期 2023/6/28 Tue

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1943年4月6日，聖修伯里的《小王子》在紐約出版，問世以來，至今已經翻譯成許多語言，以各種版本出現在讀者面前。同時，更改編成舞台劇、動畫、電影，歷久不衰。今年是《小王子》出版80周年，各國都有許多紀念活動，數位傳聲推出「小王子計畫」，將以不同的語言朗讀《小王子》的第一章，以此凸顯《小王子》流傳的廣度。

The Little Prince Project 01｜English
Chapter 1
read by Chiaheng Wu
2023/6/28 Tue

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince" was published in New York on April 6, 1943. Since then, it has been translated into many languages, and presented in in a variety of forms, including plays, animations and movies. In 2023, Echo Digital celebrates the 80th anniversary of "The Little Prince", and launches the "Little Prince Project"-- reading the first chapters of "The Little Prince" in different languages, as a proof of the popularity of "The Little Prince".

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
produced by Echo Digital, 2023

Chapter I

When I was six years old, I once saw a magnificent picture in a book on the virgin forest called Stories of Life. It was a boa constrictor that had swallowed a wild beast. Here is a copy of the drawing.

It was written in the book, Boa constrictors swallow their whole prey without chewing. Then they can not move and they sleep during the six months of their digestion. I then thought a lot about the adventures of the jungle and, in turn, succeeded, with a colored pencil, in drawing my very first drawing. It was like this:

I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups and asked them if my drawing frightened them.

They said, Why would a hat be scary?

My drawing was not of a hat. It was a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. I then drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could understand. They always required more explanation. My second drawing was like this:

The grown-ups advised me to leave aside the drawings of boa constrictors from the outside or the inside, and to interest myself instead in geography, history, calculation, and grammar. Thus, at the age of six, I abandoned a magnificent career as a painter. I had been discouraged by the failure of my first drawing and my second drawing. Grown-ups never understand anything on their own, and it is tiring for children to always have to give them explanations.

So I had to choose another profession. I learned to fly planes. I flew all over the world. And geography, that’s right, served me well. I knew how to recognize, at first glance, China, or Arizona. It is useful if you have gone astray during the night.

I have had, in the course of my life, a lot of contact with many serious people. I have lived among the grown-ups. I saw them up close. It did not really improve my opinion of them.

When I met one that seemed to me a little lucid, I had them experience my drawing number 1, which I had preserved. I wanted to know if they could come to a real understanding. But they always replied: It’s a hat. After that I spoke to them neither of boa constrictors, nor of virgin forests, nor of stars. I put myself within their reach. I talked about bridge, golf, politics, and ties. And the grown-ups were glad to know such a reasonable man.

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