“是的，就是星星。”
“是如许的。但是你用星星来干甚么？”小王子说。
Chapter 13
“我运营办理它们。我一遍又一各处计算它们的数量。这很困难。但我是一个端庄的人！”
“如许就行了。”
“我不晓得，应当不属于任何人。”
“五亿零一百六十二万二千七百三十一颗星星。我是端庄的人，我重视切确。”
小王子仍然还不满足，他说：
“几百万个小东西，这些小东西偶然呈现在天上。”
The businessman raised his head.
"How is it possible for one to own the stars""To whom do they belong" the businessman retorted, peevishly.
关于甚么是端庄事，小王子的观点与大人们的观点非常分歧：“我有一朵花，我每天都给她浇水。我另有三座火山，我每礼拜清理它们，连死火山也清理。谁晓得它会不会再重生呢！我具有火山和花，这对我的火山有好处，对我的花也有好处。但是你对星星并没有效处……”
"During the fifty-four years that I have inhabited this planet, I have been disturbed only three times. The first time was twenty-two years ago, when some giddy goose fell from goodness knows where. He made the most frightful noise that resounded all over the place, and I made four mistakes in my addition. The second time, eleven years ago, I was disturbed by an attack of rheumatism. I don't get enough exercise. I have no time for loafing. The third time― well, this is it! I was saying, then, five -hundred-and-one millions―""Millions of what"
“这倒很有诗意，也很好玩，但是，这并不算是了不起的端庄事啊。”小王子想。
“是的。”
“我要它做甚么？”
"I myself own a flower," he continued his conversation with the businessman, "which I water every day. I own three volcanoes, which I clean out every week (for I also clean out the one that is extinct; one never knows). It is of some use to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my flower, that I own them. But you are of no use to the stars..."The businessman opened his mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer. And the little prince went away.