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

　　他专心地看着，随后又说：“我不要，这只羊已经病得很重了。给我重新画一只。”

　　So I made another drawing.

　　我又画了起来。

　　My friend smiled gently and indulgently.

　　我的这位朋友天真可爱地笑了，并且客气地拒绝道：

　　“You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”

　　你看，你画的不是小羊，是头公羊，还有犄角呢。

　　So then I did my drawing over once more.

　　于是我又重新画了一张。

　　But it was rejected too, just like the others.

　　这副画同前几副一样又被拒绝了。

　　This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.

　　这一只太老了。我想要一只能活得长的羊。

　　By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart.

　　我不耐烦了。因为我急于要检修发动机，

　　So I tossed off this drawing. And I threw out an explanation with it.

　　于是就草草画了这张画，并且匆匆地对他说道：

　　This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.

　　这是一只箱子，你要的羊就在里面。

　　I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:

　　这时我十分惊奇地看到我的这位小评判员喜笑颜开。他说：

　　That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?

　　这正是我想要的，你说这只羊需要很多草吗？

　　Why?

　　为什么问这个呢？

　　Because where I live everything is very small.

　　因为我那里地方非常小

　　“There will surely be enough grass for him,” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you.”

　　我给你画的是一只很小的小羊，地方小也够喂养它的。

　　He bent his head over the drawing:“Not so small that– Look! He has gone to sleep.

　　他把脑袋靠近这张画。“并不象你说的那么小瞧！它睡着了”

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

　　就这样，我认识了小王子。