第二十二章[第1页/共2页]

"What do you do here" the little prince asked.

“你在这里做甚么？”小王子问。

“他们真荣幸。”扳道工说。

这时，一列灯火敞亮的快车雷鸣般地响着，沿着扳道工的小屋飞奔而过，小屋被震得颤颤悠悠。

“他们真仓猝呀，”小王子说，“他们要寻觅甚么？”

此时，第三列灯火敞亮的快车又隆隆而过。

“就连开仗车的人本身也不晓得。”扳道工说道。

And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express.

"They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes.""Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry...""They are lucky," the switchman said.

"Good morning," said the railway switchman.

"Are they pursuing the first travelers" demanded the little prince.

“他们不是本来那些人了。”扳道工说，“这是一次对开列车。”

“你好。”扳道工说。

“他们不对劲他们本来地点的处所吗？”

"I sort out travelers, in bundles of a thousand," said the switchman. "I send off the trains that carry them; now to the right, now to the left."And a brilliantly lighted express train shook the switchman's cabin as it rushed by with a roar like thunder.

"These are not the same ones," said the switchman. "It is an exchange.""Were they not satisfied where they were" asked the little prince.