"Where are the men?" the little prince at last took up the conversation again. "It is a little lonely in the desert…"
"It is also lonely among men," the snake said.
The little prince gazed at him for a long time.
"It is also lonely among men," the snake said
有人的地方，同样孤独。
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters. And I realize that I run the risk of giving a false idea of our planet to those who do not know it.
Men occupy a very small place upon the Earth. If the two billion inhabitants who people its surface were all to stand upright and somewhat crowded together, as they do for some big public assembly, they could easily be put into one public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide. All humanity could be piled up on a small Pacific islet.
The grown-ups, to be sure, will not believe you when you tell them that. They imagine that they fill a great deal of space. They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs. You should advise them, then, to make their own calculations. They adore fig ures, and that will please them. But do not waste your time on this extra task. It is unnecessary. You have, I know, confidence in me.
They imagine that they fill a great deal of space. They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs.
我们一直活在自己的想象中。
其实，
衣食足以温饱，
随缘而度日，
少欲知足，
心怀敬畏，
这才是一个正常的地球人的日常吧。
蛇象征着死亡，他会送遇到它的人回到生命的起源之地。
转:
run the risk of 冒着。。。的风险
people 用作动词，有 “居住于”的意思。 the two billion inhabitants who people its surface。===who live on its surface。
coil 卷
courteously 礼貌的
twine 缠绕
bracelet 手镯
whence=where 从何处
granite 花岗岩
public assembly 公共集会
pacific 太平洋
innocent 清白的
calculation 计算
adore 崇拜
humanity 人类
islet 小岛
island 岛
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