笔趣阁

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第二十一章（第9页）

Thelittleprincewentaway，tolookagainattheroses.

"

Youarenotatalllikemyrose，"

hesaid."

Asyetyouarenothing.Noonehastamedyou，andyouhavetamednoone.YouarelikemyfoxwhenIfirstknewhim.Hewasonlyafoxlikeahundredthousandotherfoxes.ButIhavemadehimmyfriend，andnowheisuniqueinalltheworld."

Andtheroseswereverymuchembarrassed.

"

Youarebeautiful，butyouareempty，"

hewenton."

Onecouldnotdieforyou.Tobesure，anordinarypasserbywouldthinkthatmyroselookedjustlikeyou—therosethatbelongstome.Butinherselfalonesheismoreimportantthanallthehundredsofyouotherroses:becauseitisshethatIhavewatered;becauseitisshethatIhaveputundertheglassglobe;becauseitisshethatIhaveshelteredbehindthescreen;becauseitisforherthatIhavekilledthecaterpillars（exceptthetwoorthreethatwesavedtobecomebutterflies）;becauseitisshethatIhavelistenedto，whenshegrumbled，orboasted，orevensometimeswhenshesaidnothing.Becausesheismyrose.

Andhewentbacktomeetthefox.

"

Goodbye，"

hesaid.

"

Goodbye，"

saidthefox."

Andnowhereismysecret，averysimplesecret:Itisonlywiththeheartthatonecanseerightly;whatisessentialisinvisibletotheeye."

"

Whatisessentialisinvisibletotheeye，"

thelittleprincerepeated，sothathewouldbesuretoremember.

"

Itisthetimeyouhavewastedforyourrosethatmakesyourrosesoimportant."

"

ItisthetimeIhavewastedformyrose—"

saidthelittleprince，sothathewouldbesuretoremember.

"

Menhaveforgottenthistruth，"

saidthefox."

Butyoumustnotforgetit.Youbecomeresponsible，forever，forwhatyouhavetamed.Youareresponsibleforyourrose..."

"

Iamresponsibleformyrose，"

thelittleprincerepeated，sothathewouldbesuretoremember.