介绍： 这是一本写给大人的童话，它告诉我们：在遥远的星空上，住着一位小王子。他纤弱、孤独，他纯真如水，他喜欢看落日，他爱着一朵虚张声势的玫瑰花，他旅行，他见过大人世界里的荒诞，也遇见了一个落难的飞行员……

【Chapter 14】

THE FIFTH PLANET was very strange. It was the smallest of all. There was just enough room for a ...

介绍： 这是一本写给大人的童话，它告诉我们：在遥远的星空上，住着一位小王子。他纤弱、孤独，他纯真如水，他喜欢看落日，他爱着一朵虚张声势的玫瑰花，他旅行，他见过大人世界里的荒诞，也遇见了一个落难的飞行员……

【Chapter 14】

THE FIFTH PLANET was very strange. It was the smallest of all. There was just enough room for a street lamp and a lamplighter. The little prince couldn’t quite understand what use a street lamp and a lamplighter could be up there in the sky, on a planet without any people and not a single house.

However, he said to himself, It’s quite possible that this man is absurd. But he’s less absurd than the king, the very vain man, the businessman, and the drunkard. At least his work has some meaning. When he lights his lamp, It’s as if he’s bringing one more star to life, or one more flower. When he puts out his lamp, that sends the flower or the star to sleep. Which is a fine occupation. And therefore truly useful.

When the little prince reached this planet, he greeted the lamplighter respectfully. “Good morning, Why have you just put out your lamp?”

“Orders,” the lamplighter answered. “Good morning.”

“What orders are those?”

“To put out my street lamp. Good evening.” And he lit his lamp again.

“But why have you just lit your lamp again?”

“Orders.”

“I don’t understand,” said the little prince.

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