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“你好。”小王子说。
“你好。”小商贩说道。
这个小商贩在销售一种专门用来抑制口渴的小药丸,每周吞服一丸就不会感觉口渴。
“你为什么卖这玩意儿?”小王子说。
“因为这可以大大地节约时间。”小商贩说,“专家们计算过,用这些药丸,每周可以节约五十三分钟。”
“那么,用这五十三分钟做什么用?”
“随便怎么用都行。”
小王子自言自语地说:“我如果有五十三分钟可支配,我就悠闲地向水泉走去……”
Chapter 23
"Good morning," said the little prince.
"Good morning," said the merchant.
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
"Why are you selling those" asked the little prince.
"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week.""And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes""Anything you like..."
"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."