小王子自言自語地說：“我的花是長久的，並且她隻要四根刺來對抗這個天下！可我還把她單獨留在我的星球上！”

Chapter 15

“可您還是地理學家呢！”

“這是為甚麼？這朵花是我的星球上最斑斕的東西！”

地理學家俄然鎮靜地慌亂起來。

小王子拜候的第六顆星球比上一顆要大十倍。這顆星球上麵住著一名老先生，他寫了一本龐大的書。

"Oh, where I live," said the little prince, "it is not very interesting. It is all so small. I have three volcanoes. Two volcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows.""One never knows," said the geographer.

"I have also a flower."

“因為一個扯謊話的探險家會給地理書帶來災害性的結果。一樣，一個太愛喝酒的探險家也是如此。”

"Why is that The flower is the most beautiful thing on my planet!""We do not record them," said the geographer, "because they are ephemeral.""What does that mean― ‘ephemeral'""Geographies," said the geographer, "are the books which, of all books, are most concerned with matters of consequence. They never become old-fashioned. It is very rarely that a mountain changes its position. It is very rarely that an ocean empties itself of its waters. We write of eternal things.""But extinct volcanoes may come to life again," the little prince interrupted. "What does that mean― ‘ephemeral'""Whether volcanoes are extinct or alive, it comes to the same thing for us," said the geographer. "The thing that matters to us is the mountain. It does not change.""But what does that mean― ‘ephemeral'" repeated the little prince, who never in his life had let go of a question, once he had asked it.