So then I made a drawing.

He looked at it carefully, then he said:

“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”

So I made another drawing.

My friend smiled gently and indulgently(寬厚地).

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

So then I did my drawing over once more.

But it was rejected too, just like the others.

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

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

So I tossed(扔) off this drawing.

And I threw out an explanation with it.

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

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

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

“Why?”

“Because where I live everything is very small...”

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

He bent(彎曲) his head over the drawing:

“Not so small that—Look! He has gone to sleep...”

And that is how I made the acquaintance(認(rèn)識) of the little prince.

【indulgently】in'd?ld??ntli

My fellow mothers, women who once swore they would never be dependent on a man, smiled indulgently at daughters who warbled “So This Is Love” or insisted on being addressed as Snow White.

和我一樣的媽媽們，那些當(dāng)年賭咒發(fā)誓說絕對不會依賴男人的女人們，現(xiàn)在竟然允許自己的女兒細(xì)聲細(xì)氣地唱“這就是愛情”或者堅持要穿得像白雪公主

【ram】r?m

A ram is an adult male sheep. 公羊

【horn】 h??n

On a vehicle such as a car, the horn is the device that makes a loud noise as a signal or warning. (汽車等的) 喇叭

【toss】t?s

If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a careless way. 扔

【judge】d??d?

A judge is the person in a court of law who decides how the law should be applied, for example how criminals should be punished. 法官

【acquaintance】??kwe?nt?ns

An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well. 相識之人