國王悄悄地用手指著他的行星和其他的行星，以及統統的星星。

“陛下……你在統治甚麼呢？”

"I order you to do so," the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.

"Over all that," the king answered.

"If I ordered a general," he would say, by way of example, "if I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general. It would be my fault.""May I sit down" came now a timid inquiry from the little prince.

看來他不但是一個絕對的君主，並且是全部宇宙之王。

國王簡樸瞭然地說：“我統治統統。”

But the little prince, having now completed his preparations for departure, had no wish to grieve the old monarch.

“我號令你坐下。”國王一邊答覆，一邊持重地把他那貂皮長袍挪動了一下。

"It is contrary to etiquette to yawn in the presence of a king," the monarch said to him. "I forbid you to do so.""I can't help it. I can't stop myself," replied the little prince, thoroughly embarrassed. "I have come on a long journey, and I have had no sleep...""Ah, then," the king said. "I order you to yawn. It is years since I have seen anyone yawning. Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity. Come, now! Yawn again! It is an order.""That frightens me... I cannot, any more..." murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.