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第十三章（第2页）
“是这样的。可是你用星星来干什么？”小王子说。
“我经营管理它们。我一遍又一遍地计算它们的数目。这很困难。但我是一个正经的人！”
小王子仍然还不满足，他说：
“如果我有一条围巾，我可以围在脖子上带走它。如果我有一朵花，我可以摘下花朵带走它。可你却不能从天上摘下这些星星呀！”
“是的，我不能摘下来，但我可以把它们存在银行里。”
“存银行是什么意思？”
“这是说，我把星星的数目写在纸上，然后把这张重要的纸锁在一个抽屉里。”
“这样就行了吗？”
“这样就行了。”
“这倒很有诗意，也很好玩，可是，这并不算是了不起的正经事啊。”小王子想。
关于什么是正经事，小王子的看法与大人们的看法非常不同：“我有一朵花，我每天都给她浇水。我还有三座火山，我每星期清理它们，连死火山也清理。谁知道它会不会再复活呢！我拥有火山和花，这对我的火山有益处，对我的花也有益处。但是你对星星并没有用处……”
这个商人张口结舌、无言以对。于是小王子离开了。
再次开始自己的旅程，小王子心想：“这些大人们真是很特别，全部都奇怪极了。”
Chapter13
Thefourthplanetbelongedtoabusinessman。Thismanwassomuchoccupiedthathedidnotevenraisehisheadatthelittleprincesarrival。
"Goodmorning，"thelittleprincesaidtohim。"Yourcigarettehasgoneout。""Threeandtwomakefive。Fiveandsevenmaketwelve。Twelveandthreemakefifteen。Goodmorning。Fifteenandsevenmaketwenty-two。Twenty-twoandsixmaketwenty-eight。Ihaventtimetolightitagain。Twenty-sixandfivemakethirty-one。Phew!Thenthatmakesfive-hundred-and-one-million，six-hundred-twenty-two-thousand，seven-hundred-thirty-one。""Fivehundredmillionwhat"askedthelittleprince。
"EhAreyoustillthereFive-hundred-and-onemillion—Icantstop。。。Ihavesomuchtodo!Iamconcernedwithmattersofconsequence。Idontamusemyselfwithbalderdash。Twoandfivemakeseven。。。""Five-hundred-and-onemillionwhat"repeatedthelittleprince，whoneverinhislifehadletgoofaquestiononcehehadaskedit。
Thebusinessmanraisedhishead。
"Duringthefifty-fouryearsthatIhaveinhabitedthisplanet，Ihavebeendisturbedonlythreetimes。Thefirsttimewastwenty-twoyearsago，whensomegiddygoosefellfromgoodnessknowswhere。Hemadethemostfrightfulnoisethatresoundedallovertheplace，andImadefourmistakesinmyaddition。Thesecondtime，elevenyearsago，Iwasdisturbedbyanattackofrheumatism。Idontgetenoughexercise。Ihavenotimeforloafing。Thethirdtime—well，thisisit!Iwassaying，then，five-hundred-and-onemillions—""Millionsofwhat"
Thebusinessmansuddenlyrealizedthattherewasnohopeofbeingleftinpeaceuntilheansweredthisquestion。
"Millionsofthoselittleobjects，"hesaid，"whichonesometimesseesinthesky。""Flies"
"Oh，no。Littleglitteringobjects。""Bees"
"Oh，no。Littlegoldenobjectsthatsetlazymentoidledreaming。Asforme，Iamconcernedwithmattersofconsequence。Thereisnotimeforidledreaminginmylife。""Ah!Youmeanthestars"
"Yes，thatsit。Thestars。"
"Andwhatdoyoudowithfive-hundredmillionsofstars""Five-hundred-and-onemillion，six-hundred-twenty-twothousand，seven-hundred-thirty-one。Iamconcernedwithmattersofconsequence:Iamaccurate。""Andwhatdoyoudowiththesestars""WhatdoIdowiththem"
"Yes。"
"Nothing。Iownthem。"
"Youownthestars"
"Yes。"
"ButIhavealreadyseenakingwho—""Kingsdonotown，theyreignover。Itisaverydifferentmatter。""Andwhatgooddoesitdoyoutoownthestars""Itdoesmethegoodofmakingmerich。""Andwhatgooddoesitdoyoutoberich""Itmakesitpossibleformetobuymorestars，ifanyareeverdiscovered。""Thisman，"thelittleprincesaidtohimself，"reasonsalittlelikemypoortippler。。。"Nevertheless，hestillhadsomemorequestions。
"Howisitpossibleforonetoownthestars""Towhomdotheybelong"thebusinessmanretorted，peevishly。
"Idontknow。Tonobody。"
"Thentheybelongtome，becauseIwasthefirstpersontothinkofit。""Isthatallthatisnecessary""Certainly。Whenyoufindadiamondthatbelongstonobody，itisyours。Whenyoudiscoveranislandthatbelongstonobody，itisyours。Whenyougetanideabeforeanyoneelse，youtakeoutapatentonit:itisyours。Sowithme:Iownthestars，becausenobodyelsebeforemeeverthoughtofowningthem。""Yes，thatistrue，"saidthelittleprince。"Andwhatdoyoudowiththem""Iadministerthem，"repliedthebusinessman。"Icountthemandrecountthem。Itisdifficult。ButIamamanwhoisnaturallyinterestedinmattersofconsequence。"Thelittleprincewasstillnotsatisfied。
"IfIownedasilkscarf，"hesaid，"Icouldputitaroundmyneckandtakeitawaywithme。IfIownedaflower，Icouldpluckthatflowerandtakeitawaywithme。Butyoucannotpluckthestarsfromheaven。。。""No。ButIcanputtheminthebank。""Whateverdoesthatmean"
"ThatmeansthatIwritethenumberofmystarsonalittlepaper。AndthenIputthispaperinadrawerandlockitwithakey。""Andthatisall"
"Thatisenough，"saidthebusinessman。
"Itisentertaining，"thoughtthelittleprince。"Itisratherpoetic。Butitisofnogreatconsequence。"Onmattersofconsequence，thelittleprincehadideaswhichwereverydifferentfromthoseofthegrown-ups。
"Imyselfownaflower，"hecontinuedhisconversationwiththebusinessman，"whichIwatereveryday。Iownthreevolcanoes，whichIcleanouteveryweek（forIalsocleanouttheonethatisextinct;oneneverknows）。Itisofsomeusetomyvolcanoes，anditisofsomeusetomyflower，thatIownthem。Butyouareofnousetothestars。。。"Thebusinessmanopenedhismouth，buthefoundnothingtosayinanswer。Andthelittleprincewentaway。
"Thegrown-upsarecertainlyaltogetherextraordinary，"hesaidsimply，talkingtohimselfashecontinuedonhisjourney。
