“你好?!毙⊥踝诱f。
“你好。”小商販說道。
這個小商販在銷售一種專門用來抑制口渴的小藥丸,每周吞服一丸就不會感覺口渴。
“你為什么賣這玩意兒?”小王子說。
“因為這可以大大地節(jié)約時間。”小商販說,“專家們計算過,用這些藥丸,每周可以節(jié)約五十三分鐘?!?br/>
“那么,用這五十三分鐘做什么用?”
“隨便怎么用都行?!?br/>
小王子自言自語地說:“我如果有五十三分鐘可支配,我就悠閑地向水泉走去……”
chapter 23
"good morning," said the little prince.
"good morning," said the merchant.
this was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. you need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
"why are you selling those" asked the little prince.
"because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "computations have been made by experts. with these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week.""and what do i do with those fifty-three minutes""anything you like..."
"as for me," said the little prince to himself, "if i had fifty-three minutes to spend as i liked, i should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."