英语故事-《小王子》Chapter 08-1

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今天与大家分享的是《小王子》经典故事。

- the rose arrives at the little prince's planet
I soon learned to know this flower better. On the little prince's planet the flowers had always been very simple. They had only one ring of petals; they took up no room at all; they were a trouble to nobody. One morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded peacefully away. But one day, from a seed blown from no one knew where, a new flower had come up; and the little prince had watched very closely over this small sprout which was not like any other small sprouts on his planet. It might, you see, have been a new kind of baobab.

The shrub soon stopped growing, and began to get ready to produce a flower. The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it. But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber. She chose her colours with the greatest care. She adjusted her petals one by one. She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled, like the field poppies. It was only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear. Oh, yes! She was a coquettish creature! And her mysterious adornment lasted for days and days.

Then one morning, exactly at sunrise, she suddenly showed herself.
And, after working with all this painstaking precision, she yawned and said:

"Ah! I am scarcely awake. I beg that you will excuse me. My petals are still all disarranged…"
But the little prince could not restrain his admiration:
"Oh! How beautiful you are!"
"Am I not?" the flower responded, sweetly. "And I was born at the same moment as the sun…"
The little prince could guess easily enough that she was not any too modest-- but how moving-- and exciting-- she was!

"I think it is time for breakfast," she added an instant later. "If you would have the kindness to think of my needs--"
And the little prince, completely abashed, went to look for a sprinkling-can of fresh water. So, he tended the flower.

VIII

很快我就进一步了解了这朵花儿。在小王子的星球上，过去一直都生长着一 些只有一层花瓣的很简单的花。这些花非常小，一点也不占地方，从来也不会去 打搅任何人。她们早晨在草丛中开放，晚上就凋谢了。不知从哪里来了一颗种子， 忽然一天这种子发了芽。小王子特别仔细地监视着这棵与众不同的小苗：这玩艺 说不定是一种新的猴面包树。但是，这小苗不久就不再长了，而且开始孕育着一 个花朵。看到在这棵苗上长出了一个很大很大的花蕾，小王子感觉到从这个花苞 中一定会出现一个奇迹。然而这朵花藏在它那绿茵茵的房间中用了很长的时间来 打扮自己。她精心选择着她将来的颜色，慢慢腾腾地妆饰着，一片片地搭配着她 的花瓣，她不愿象虞美人那样一出世就满脸皱纹。她要让自己带着光艳夺目的丽 姿来到世间。是的，她是非常爱俏的。她用好些好些日子天仙般地梳妆打扮。然 后，在一天的早晨，恰好在太阳升起的时候，她开放了。
她已经精细地做了那么长的准备工作，却打着哈欠说道：
“我刚刚睡醒，真对不起，瞧我的头发还是乱蓬蓬的……”
小王子这时再也控制不住自己的爱慕心情：
“你是多么美丽啊！”
花儿悠然自得地说：
“是吧，我是与太阳同时出生的……”
小王子看出了这花儿不太谦虚，可是她确实丽姿动人。
她随后又说道：“现在该是吃早点的时候了吧，请你也想着给我准备一点……”
小王子很有些不好意思，于是就拿着喷壶，打来了一壶清清的凉水，浇灌着 花儿。

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