This time, once more, I had the sheep to thank for it. For the little prince asked me abruptly― as if seized by a grave doubt― "It is true, isn’t it, that sheep eat little bushes""Yes, that is true."
Chapter 5
的确，正如我之前体味到的，在小王子居住的星球上，也和别的星球一样，存在着好的植物和坏的植物，是以，也就存在来自好的植物的好的种子，和来自坏的植物的坏的种子。但是，我们是看不见种子的。
"We would have to put them one on top of the other," he said.
这一次，我还要再次感激那只绵羊，因为小王子仿佛是非常担忧地问我道：“绵羊吃矮小的灌木，这是真的吗？”
“不错。”我说，“但是为甚么你想叫你的羊去吃小猴面包树呢？”
一群大象这类设法使小王子大笑起来：“那可得把这些大象叠起来才行。”
The idea of the herd of elephants made the little prince laugh.
Now there were some terrible seeds on the planet that was the home of the little prince; and these were the seeds of the baobab. The soil of that planet was infested with them.
"Ah! I am glad!"
I did not understand why it was so important that sheep should eat little bushes. But the little prince added:"Then it follows that they also eat baobabs"I pointed out to the little prince that baobabs were not little bushes, but, on the contrary, trees as big as castles; and that even if he took a whole herd of elephants away with him, the herd would not eat up one single baobab.