有一天他告訴我說：“我不該把她的話當(dāng)真，不應(yīng)聽信那些花兒的話。我們只要欣賞花的樣子，看看花，聞聞它就得了。我的花讓我的星球布滿芬芳，可我卻不為此高興，不會(huì)享受它。花說的關(guān)于老虎爪子的事讓我很生氣，其實(shí)她只是在撒嬌，卻反而使我惱火”
他還告訴我說：
“我那時(shí)什么也不懂我應(yīng)該根據(jù)她的行為，而不是聽她的話來判斷她。她芳香四溢，讓我的生活芬芳多彩，我真不該離開她跑出來。我早該猜到，在她那令人愛憐的小把戲后面隱藏著多少柔情啊。花的心事多么自相矛盾我當(dāng)時(shí)太年輕，還不懂得愛她。”
chapter8
isoonleaedtoknowthisflowerbetter.onthelittleprincespltheflowershadalwaysbeenverysile.theyhadonlyoneringofpetals;theytookupnorooatall;theywereatroubletonobody.oneingtheywouldappearinthegrass,andbynighttheywouldhavefadedpeacefullyaway.butoneday,froaseedblownfronooneknewwhere,anewflowerhadeup;andthelittleprincehadwatchedverycloselyoverthissllsproutwhichwasnotlikeanyothersllsproutsonhispl.itght,yousee,havebeenanewkindofbaobab.
theshrubsoonstoppedgrowing,andbegantogetreadytoprod
uceaflower.thelittleprince,whowaspresentatthefirstappearanceofahugebud,feltatoncethatsosortofraculapparinstergefroit.buttheflowerwasnotsatisfiedtopletethepreparansforherbeautyintheshelterofhergreenchaer.shechosehercolourswiththegreatestcare.sheadtedherpetalsonebyone.shedidnotwishtogooutintotheworldallruled,likethefieldpoppies.itwasonlyinthefullradianceofherbeautythatshewishedtoappear.oh,yesshewasacoquettishcreatureandhersteriadontstedfordaysanddays.
thenoneing,exactlyatsunrise,shesuddenlyshowedherself.
and,afterworkingwithallthispainstakingprecin,sheyawnedandsaid:”ahiascarcelyawake.ibegthatyouwillexe.petalsarestillalldisarranged...”butthelittleprincecouldnotrestrainhisadran:”ohhowbeautifulyouare”
”ainot”theflowerresponded,sweetly.”andiwasboatthesantasthesun...”thelittleprincecouldguesseasilyenoughthatshewasnotanytoodestbuthowvingandexcitingshewas
”ithinkitistiforbreakfast,”sheaddedaninstantter.”ifyouwouldhavethekindnesstothinkofneeds”andthelittleprinpletelyabashed,wenttolookforasprinklingcanoffreshwater.so,hetendedtheflower.
so,too,shebeganveryquienthiwithhervanitywhichwas,ifthetruthbeknown,alittledifficulttodealwith.oneday,forinstance,whenshewasspeakingofherfourthos,shesaidtothelittleprince:”letthetigersewiththeirws””therearenotigersonpl,”thelittleprinceobjected.”and,anyway,tigersdonoteatweeds.””ianotaweed,”theflowerreplied,sweetly.
”pleaseexe...”
”ianotatallafraidoftigers,”shewenton,”butihaveahorrorofdrafts.isupposeyouwouldnthaveascreenfor””ahorrorofdraftsthatisbadluck,forant,”rerkedthelittleprince,andaddedtohielf,”thisflowerisaveryplexcreature...””atnightiwantyoutoputunderassglobe.itisverycoldwhereyoulive.intheceicafrobutsheinterruptedherselfatthatpoint.shehadeintheforofaseed.shecouldnothaveknownanythingofanyotherworlds.earassedoverhavingletherselfbecaughtonthevergeofsuchanaiveuntruth,shecoughedtwoorthreetis,inordertoputthelittleprinceinthewrong.
”thescreen”
”iwastgoingtolookforitwhenyouspoketo...”thensheforcedhercoughalittleresothatheshouldsufferfrorersetthesa.
sothelittleprince,inspiteofallthegoodwillthatwasinseparablefrohislove,hadsoonetodoubther.hehadtakenserilyerewithoutrtance,anditdehiveryunhappy.
”ioughtnottohavelistenedtoher,”heconfidedtooneday.”oneneveroughttolistentotheflowers.oneshouldsilylookattheandbreathetheirfragrance.neperfudallpl.butididnotknowhowtotakepleasureinallhergrace.thistaleofws,whichdisturbedsoch,shouldonlyhavefilledheartwithtendeessandpity.”andhecontinuedhisconfidences:”thefactisthatididnotknowhowtounderstandanythingioughttohavejudgedbydeedsandnotbywords.shecastherfragranceandherradiane.ioughtnevertohaverunawayfroher...ioughttohaveguessedalltheaffecnthatybehindherpoorlittlestratege.flowersaresoinconsistentbutiwastooyoungtoknowhowtoloveher...”