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ChapterThesixthplanetwastentimeslargerthanthelastone.Itwasinhabitedbyanoldgentlemanwhowrotevoluminous(大量的)books.“Oh,look!Hereisanexplorer!”heexclaimedtohimselfwhenhesawthelittleprincecoming.Thelittleprincesatdownonthetableandpantedalittle.Hehadalreadytraveledsomuchandsofar!“Wheredoyoucomefrom?”theoldgentlemansaidto“Whatisthatbigbook?”saidthelittleprince.“Whatareyoung?”“Iamageographer,”theoldgentlemansaidtohim.“Whatisageographer?”askedthelittle“Ageographerisascholarwhoknowsthelocationofalltheseas,rivers,towns,mountains,anddeserts.”“Thatisveryinteresting,”saidthelittleprince.“Hereatlastisamanwhohasarealprofession!”AndhecastalookaroundhimattheplanetoftheItwasthemostmagnificentandstay(宏偉的)planetthathehadeverseen.“Yourplanetisverybeautiful,”hesaid.“Hasitanyoceans?”“Icouldn’tlyou,”saidthe“Ah!”Thelittleprincewasdisappointed.“Hasitanymountains?”“Icouldn’tlyou,”saidthegeographer.“Andtowns,andrivers,and“Icouldn’tlyouthat,either.”“Butyouareageographer!”“Exactly,”thegeographersaid.“ButIamnotanexplorer.Ihaven’tasingleexploreronmyItisnotthegeographerwhogoesouttocountthetowns,therivers,themountains,theseas,theoceans,andthedeserts.Thegeographerismuchtooimportanttogoloafingabout.HedoesnotleavehisButhereceivestheexplorersinhisstudy.Heasksthemquestions,andhenotesdownwhattheyrecalloftheirtravels.Andiftherecollectionsofanyoneamongthemseeminterestingtohim,thegeographerordersaninquiryintothatexplorer’smoralcharacter.”“Whyis“Becauseanexplorerwhotoldlieswouldbringdisasteronthebooksofthegeographer.Sowouldanexplorerwhodranktoomuch.”“Whyisthat?”askedthelittle“Becauseintoxicated(喝醉的menseedouble.Thenthegeographerwouldnotedowntwomountainsinaplacewheretherewasonlyone.”“Iknowsomeone,”saidthelittleprince,“whowouldmakeabad“Thatispossible.Then,whenthemoralcharacteroftheexplorerisshowntobegood,aninquiryisorderedintohisdiscovery.”“Onegoestosee“No.ThatwouldbetooButonerequirestheexplorertofurnishForexample,ifthediscoveryinquestionisthatofalargemountain,onerequiresthatlargestonesbebroughtbackfromit.”Thegeographerwassuddenlystirredto“Butyou—youcomefromfaraway!Youareanexplorer!Youshalldescribeyourplanettome!”And,havingopenedhisbigregister,thegeographersharpenedhispencil.Therecitalsofexplorersareputdownfirstinpencil.Onewaitsuntiltheexplorerhasfurnishedproofs,beforeputtingthemdownin“Well?”saidthegeographerexpectantly(滿懷期望地“Oh,whereIlive,”saidthelittleprince,“itisnotveryinteresting.Itisallsosmall.Ihavethreevolcanoes.Twovolcanoesareactiveandtheotherisextinct.Butoneneverknows.”“Oneneverknows,”saidthegeographer.“Ihavealsoaflower.”“Wedonotrecordflowers,”saidthe“Whyisthat?Thefloweristhemostbeautifulthingonmy“Wedonotrecordthem,”saidthegeographer,“becausetheyareephemeral(轉(zhuǎn)瞬“Whatdoesthatmean—‘ephemeral(轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的“Geographies,”saidthegeographer,“arethebookswhich,ofallbooks,aremostconcernedwithmattersofconsequence.Theynever eold-fashioned.ItisveryrarelythatamountainchangesitsItisveryrarelythatanoceanemptiesitselfofitswaters.Wewriteofeternal“Butextinctvolcanoesmaycometolifeagainthelittleprinceinterrupted.“Whatdoesthatmean—‘ephemeral(轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的)’?”“Whethervolcanoesareextinctoralive,itcomestothesamethingforus,”saidthegeographer.“Thethingthatmatterstousisthemountain.Itdoesnot“Butwhatdoesthatmean—‘ephemeral(轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的repeatedthelittleprince,whoneverinhislifehadletgoofaquestion,oncehehadaskedit.“Itmeans,‘whichisindangerofspeedydisappearance.’”“Ismyflowerindangerofspeedydisappearance?”“Certainlyitis.”“Myflowerisephemeral(轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的thelittleprincesaidto“andshehasonlyfourthornstodefendherselfagainsttheworld.AndIhaveleftheronmyplanet,allalone!”Thatwashisfirstmomentofregret