I had thus learned a second fact of great importance: this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house!
也恰是因为这个原因，我买了一盒颜料和一些铅笔。现在，重新再来画画，真困难啊！像我如许年纪的人，并且除了六岁时画过闭着肚皮的和敞开肚皮的巨蟒外，别的甚么也没有尝试过。当然，我必然要把这些画尽量地画得逼真，但我本身也没有掌控胜利。一张画得还能够，另一张就不像了。另有身材比例大小，我画得有点不精确。在这个处所小王子画得大了些，另一个处所又画得小了些。对他衣服的色彩我也拿不准。因而我就摸索着尝尝这改改那，归正我就这么笨手笨脚地画了大抵。我很能够在某些首要的细节上画错了。这就得请大师谅解我了。因为我的这个朋友向来也不加申明解释。他以为我同他一样。但是，我却不晓得如何透过盒子瞥见小绵羊。我大抵有点像大人们了。我必定本身变老了。
Chapter 4
For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures...
They are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.
On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.
If I have told you these details about the asteroid, and made a note of its number for you, it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters.