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小王子計畫 The Little Prince Project 02｜English Chapter 2
英文朗讀《小王子》第二章
朗讀／吳家恆
播出日期 2023/7/2 Sun

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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 2
read by Chiaheng Wu
2023/7/2 Sun

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 2

So I lived alone, with no one to talk to, until a breakdown in the Sahara desert six years ago. Something had broken in my engine. And since I had neither a mechanic nor a passenger with me, I prepared to try, by myself, to make a difficult reprieve. It was a matter of life and death. I had hardly any water to drink for a week.

The first night I fell asleep on the sand a thousand miles from any inhabited land. I was much more isolated than a castaway on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Then you imagine my surprise, at dawn, when a funny little voice woke me up. She said:

” Please draw me a sheep !
- Hein!
- Draw me a sheep…
“ I jumped on my feet as if I had been struck by lightning. I rubbed my eyes well. I watched. And I saw a very extraordinary little man who looked at me gravely. This is the best portrait I later managed to make of him.

But my drawing, of course, is much less ravishing than the model. It is not my fault. I had been discouraged in my career as a painter by the grown-ups at the age of six, and I had learned nothing to draw, except closed boas and open boas.

I looked at this apparition with eyes full of astonishment. Do not forget that I was a thousand miles from any inhabited region. Now my little fellow seemed to me neither astray, nor dead of fatigue, nor dead of hunger, nor death of thirst, nor dead of fear. He had not the appearance of a child lost in the middle of the desert, a thousand miles from any inhabited region. When I finally succeeded in speaking, I said to him.

” What are you doing here ?
“And he repeated to me, very gently, as a very serious thing:
”Please draw me a sheep… “

When the mystery is too impressive, we do not dare to disobey. As absurd as it seemed to me a thousand miles from all inhabited places and in danger of death, I took out of my pocket a sheet of paper and a pen. But I remembered that I had studied geography, history, calculation and grammar, and I told the little fellow (with a little bad humor) that I did not know how to draw. He replied,

” It does not matter. Draw me a sheep.
“As I had never drawn a sheep, I thought of him as one of the only two drawings of which I was capable. That of the boa closed. And I was astounded to hear the little fellow reply:

” No ! No ! I do not want an elephant in a boa. A boa is very dangerous, and an elephant is very cumbersome. My place is tight. I need a sheep. Draw me a sheep.”

I drew. Then
He looked attentively, then:
”No ! That one is already very ill. Do another one. “

I drew:
He looked attentively, then:
“No! That one is already very ill. Do another one. “

I drew:
My friend smiled gently, indulgently:
“You see … it’s not a sheep, it’s a ram. He has horns … “

So I still refused my drawing:
But he was refused, like the preceding ones:
“This one is too old. I want a long-lived sheep.

Then, for lack of patience, as I was anxious to begin the dismantling of my engine, I scribbled this drawing:

Then I threw :
“That’s the box. The sheep you want is in it. “ But I was much surprised to see the face of my young judge illuminated:
“That’s exactly how I wanted it!”
Do you think that sheep are to be found in this country?
- Why ?
- Because at home it’s very small …
- Surely that will suffice. I gave you a tiny sheep.
“ He leaned his head toward the drawing:
“Not so small as that. He fell asleep…
“ And so I made the acquaintance of the little prince.

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