"I am looking for friends. What does that mean-- ‘tame‘?"
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. It means to establish ties."
"‘To establish ties‘?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."
我是来找朋友的。什么叫‘驯服’呢？”
“这是已经早就被人遗忘了的事情，”狐狸说，“它的意思就是‘建立联系’。”
“建立联系？”
“一点不错，”狐狸说。“对我来说，你还只是一个小男孩，就像其他千万 个小男孩一样。我不需要你。你也同样用不着我。对你来说，我也不过是一只狐 狸，和其他千万只狐狸一样。但是，如果你驯服了我，我们就互相不可缺少了。 对我来说，你就是世界上唯一的了；我对你来说，也是世界上唯一的了。”
But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life . I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not ea t bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me bac k the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."
如果你要是驯服了我，我的生 活就一定会是欢快的。我会辨认出一种与众不同的脚步声。其他的脚步声会使我 躲到地下去，而你的'脚步声就会象音乐一样让我从洞里走出来。再说，你看！你 看到那边的麦田没有？我不吃面包，麦子对我来说，一点用也没有。我对麦田无 动于衷。而这，真使人扫兴。但是，你有着金黄色的头发。那么，一旦你驯服了 我，这就会十分美妙。麦子，是金黄色的，它就会使我想起你。而且，我甚至会 喜欢那风吹麦浪的声音……”
