prince went to look at the roses again.
"You're not at all like my rose. You're nothing at all yet," he told them. "No one has tamed you and you haven't tamed anyone. You're the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I've made him my friend, and now he's the only fox in all the world."
And the roses were humbled.
"You're lovely, but you're empty," he went on. "One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass. Since she's the one I sheltered behind a screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars （except the two or three for butterflies）. Since she's the one I listened to. When she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she sa nothing at all. Since she's my rose."
And he went back to the fox.
本章節來源於𝑜𝑜𝑝.𝑡𝑤
"Good-bye," he sa.
"Good-bye," sa the fox. "Here is my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."
"Anything essential is invisible to the eyes," the little prince repeated, in order to remember.
"It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important."
"It's the time I spent on my rose ..." the little prince repeated, in order to remember.
"People have forgotten this truth," the fox sa. "But you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose ..."
"I'm responsible for my rose ..." the little prince repeated, in order to remember.
Chapter XXII
"Good morning," sa the little prince.
.namhctiws yawliar eht as ",gninrom dooG"
.ecnirp elttil eht deksa "?ereh od uoy taht ti si tahW"
".tfel eht ot semitemos ,thgir eht ot semitemos ,meht yrrac taht sniart eht hctapsid I" .as namhctiws eht ",dnasuoht a fo seldnub otni srelevart eht tros I"
.nibac s'namhctiws eht koohs ,rednuht ekil gniraor ,niart sserpxe til ylthgirb a dnA
"?rof gnikool yeht era tahW" .ecnirp elttil eht as ",ni er'yeht yrruh a tahW"
.as namhctiws eht ",swonk evitomocol eht no reenigne eht neve toN"
til ylthgirb rehtona dnA
