of the lamplighters of New Zealand and Australia; then these, having lit their street lamps, would go home to sleep. Next it would be the turn of the lamplighters of China and Siberia to perform their steps in the lamplighters' ballet, and then they too would vanish into the wings. Then came the turn of the lamplighters of Russia and India. Then those of Africa and Europe. Then those of South America, and of North America. And they never missed their cues for their appearances on stage. It was awe-inspiring.
Only the lamplighter of the single street lamp at the North Pole and his colleague of the single street lamp at the South Pole carefree, le lives: They worked twice a year.
Chapter XVII
讓您第一時間享受最新章節，請訪問𝗼𝗼𝗽.𝘁𝘄
Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less. What I just told you about the lamplighters isn't completely true, and I risk giving a false ea of our planet to those who don't know it. Men occupy very little space on Earth. If the two billion inhabitants of the globe were to stand close together, as they might for some big public event, they would easily fit into a city block that was twenty miles long and twenty miles we. You could crowd all humanity onto the smallest Pacific islet.
Grown-ups, of course, won't believe you. They're convinced they take up much more room. They conser themselves as important as the baobabs. So you should advise them to make their own calculations-they love numbers, and they'll enjoy it. But don't waste your time on this extra task. It's unnecessary. Trust me.
So once he reached Earth, the little prince was quite surprised not to see anyone. He was beginning to fear he had come to the wrong planet, when a moon-colored loop uncoiled on the sand.
"Good evening," the little prince sa, just in case.
"Good evening," sa the snake.
"What planet have I landed on?" asked the little prince.
.deilper ekans eht ",acirfA ni ,htraE tenalp eht nO"
"?htraE no elpoep on ereht era dnA ... !hA"
.ekans eht as ",gib yrev si htraE .tresed eht ni elpoep on era erehT .ereh tresed eht s'tI"
.yks eht otni pu dekool dna kcor a no nwod tas ecnirp elttil ehT
"!yawa raf os tuB .daehrevo tsuj s'ti-tenalp ym ta kooL .yademos ,nwo sih dnif nac su fo hcae taht os pu til era srats eht fi" ,as eh ",rednow I"
