5.结识小王子

He looked at it carefully, then he said:“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.” So I made another drawing.

My friend smiled gently and indulgently. “You see yourself, ” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”

So then I did my drawing over once more. But it was rejected too, just like the others.

This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time. By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart.

So I tossed off this drawing. And I threw out an explanation with it. This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.

I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge: That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?

Why? Because where I live everything is very small.

“There will surely be enough grass for him, ” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you.” He bent his head over the drawing:“Not so small that– Look! He has gone to sleep.

And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.