第二十三章（1/1）

“你好。”小王子说。

“你好。”小商贩说道。

这个小商贩在销售一种专门用来抑制口渴的小药丸，每周吞服一丸就不会感觉口渴。

“你为什么卖这玩意儿？”小王子说。

“因为这可以大大地节约时间。”小商贩说，“专家们计算过，用这些药丸，每周可以节约五十三分钟。”

“那么，用这五十三分钟做什么用？”

“随便怎么用都行。”

小王子自言自语地说：“我如果有五十三分钟可支配，我就悠闲地向水泉走去……”

Chapter 23

"Good morning," said the little prince.

"Good morning," said the merchant.

This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.

"Why are you selling those" asked the little prince.

"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week.""And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes""Anything you like..."

"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."