d, withdrawing into silence for good. And the little prince went on his way, puzzled.
"Grown-ups are certainly very, very strange," he sa to himself as he continued on his journey.
Chapter XIII
The fourth planet belonged to a businessman. This person was so busy that he dn't even raise his head when the little prince arrived.
"Hello," sa the little prince. "Your cigarette's gone out."
"Three and two make five. Five and seven, twelve. Twelve and three, fifteen. Hello. Fifteen and seven, twenty-two. Twenty-two and six, twenty-eight. No time to light it again. Twenty-six and five, thirty-one. Whew! That amounts to five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven hundred thirty-one. "
"Five-hundred million what?"
"Hmm? You're still there? Five-hundred-and-one million ... I don't remember ... I have so much work to do! I'm a serious man. I can't be bothered with trifles! Two and five, seven ..."
"Five-hundred-and-one million what?" repeated the little prince, who had never in his life let go of a question once he had asked it.
The businessman raised his head. "For the fifty-four years I've inhabited this planet, I've been interrupted only three times. The first time was twenty-two years ago, when I was interrupted by a beetle that had fallen onto my desk from god knows where. It made a terrible noise, and I made four mistakes in my calculations. The second time was eleven years ago, when I was interrupted by a fit of the humanism. I don't get enough exercise. I haven't time to take strolls. I'm a serious person. The third time ... is right now! Where was I? Five-hundred-and-one million ..."
讓您第一時間享受最新章節，請訪問𝗼𝗼𝗽.𝘁𝘄
"Million what?"
The businessman realized that he had no hope of being left in peace. "Oh, of those little things you sometimes see in the sky."
"Flies?"
"No, those little shiny things."
"?seeB"
".gnimaerdyad rof emit on evah I .nosrep suoires a m'I ,woN .maerdyad elpoep yzal ekam taht sgniht nedlog elttil esoht ,oN"
"?srats eht naem uoY !hA"
".sratS .ti s'taht ,seY"
"?srats noillim derdnuh-evif htiw od uoy od tahw dnA"
".etarucca m'I dna ,nosrep suoires a m'I .eno-ytriht derdnuh neves ,dnasuoht owt-ytnewt-derdnuh-xis ,noillim eno-dna-derdnuh-eviF"
od tahw dnA"
