“甚么是地理学家？”
"Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer. So would an explorer who drank too much.""Why is that" asked the little prince.
“但是燃烧的火山也能够会再复苏的。”小王子打断了地理学家，“甚么叫长久？”
"Oh, where I live," said the little prince, "it is not very interesting. It is all so small. I have three volcanoes. Two volcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows.""One never knows," said the geographer.
"Ah!" The little prince was disappointed. "Has it any mountains""I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.
“那当然。”
“不。那太庞大了。但是要求探险家提出证据来。比方，借使他发明了一座大山，就要求他带来一些大石头。”
“这是能够的。是以，如果探险家的品德不错，就调查他的发明。”
“但是，‘长久’是甚么意义？”小王子再三地问道。他一旦提出一个题目是从不放过的。
“你从那里来的呀？”老先生问小王子。
“那么，有都会、河道、戈壁吗？”
“这是斑斓的星球。上面有陆地吗？”
“我们是不记录花草的。”地理学家说。
“去实地考查吗？”
“我另有一朵花。”
“一点不错，”地理学家说，“但是我不是探险家。我部下一个探险家都没有。地理学家是不去计算都会、河道、山脉、陆地、戈壁的。地理学家很首要，不能到处跑。他不能分开他的办公室。但他能够在办公室里访问探险家。他扣问探险家，把他们的回想记录下来。如果他以为此中有个探险家的回想是成心机的，那么地理学家就对这个探险家的品德做一番调查。”
“地理学家就是一种学者，他晓得那里有陆地，那里有河道、都会、山脉、戈壁。”
因而小王子就走了，他一边走一边想着他的花。
“地理学册本是最松散的书。”地理学家说道，“这类书是从不会过期。很少会产生一座山变更位置，很少会呈现一个陆地干枯的征象。我们记录永久的东西。”
"Where do you come from" the old gentleman said to him.
"But you― you come from far away! You are an explorer! You shall describe your planet to me!"And, having opened his big register, the geographer sharpened his pencil. The recitals of explorers are put down first in pencil. One waits until the explorer has furnished proofs, before putting them down in ink.