"Then what good are thorns?"
I dn't know. At that moment I was very busy trying to unscrew a bolt that was jammed in my engine. I was quite worried, for my plane crash was beginning to seem extremely serious, and the lack of drinking water made me fear the worst.
"What good are thorns?"
讓您第一時間享受最新章節，請訪問𝗼𝗼𝗽.𝘁𝘄
The little prince never let go of a question once he had asked it. I was annoyed by my jammed bolt, and I answered without thinking.
"Thorns are no good for anything, they're just the flowers' way of being mean!"
"Oh!" But after a silence, he lashed out at me, with a sort of bitterness. "I don't believe you! Flowers are weak. They're naive. They reassure themselves whatever way they can. They believe their thorns make them frightening ..."
I made no answer. At that moment I was thinking, if this bolt stays jammed, I'll knock it off with the hammer. Again the little prince disturbed my reflections.
"Then you think flowers ..."
"No, not at all. I don't think anything! I just sa whatever came into my head. I'm busy here with something serious!"
He stared at me, astounded.
"'Something serious'!"
.ylgu yrev sa dedrager eh tcejbo na revo gnidneb ,esaerg htiw kcalb sregnif ym ,remmah ym gnidloh em was eH
"!spu-nworg eht ekil klat uoY"
:ylsselicrem ,dedda eh tuB .demahsa elttil a em edam tahT
"!moorhsum a s'eh-lla ta nam a ton s'eh tuB .erp htiw pu mih sffup taht dnA '!nam suoires a m'I !nam suoires a m'I' ,uoy ekil tsuj ,revo dna revo syas eh gnol yad lla dnA .srebmun pu dda tpecxe gnihtyna enod reven s'eH .enoyna devol reven s'eH .rats a ta dekool reven s'eH .rewolf a dellems reven s'eH .nameltneg decaf-der a yb detibahni tenalp a wonk I" .dniw eht ni slruc nedlog sih dessot eH .deyonna yrev yllaer saw eH "!pu dexim lla ti tog ev'uoY ... gnihtyreve esufnoc uoY"
"?tahw a s'eH"
af taht srebmun eht naht tnatropmi erom dna suoires erom on s'tI ?srewolf eht dna peehs eht neewteb raw eht ,tnatropmi ton s'tI ?gnihton rof doog era taht snroht ecudorp ot elbuort hcus ot og srewolf yhw dnatsrednu ot gniyrt ,suoires ton s'ti dnA .emas eht lla meht gnitae neeb evah peehs sraey fo snoillim roF .snroht gnicudorp neeb evah srewolf sraey fo snoillim roF" .egar htiw elap etiuq won saw ecnirp elttil ehT "!moorhsum A"
