The Little prince Day 6
But I had never drawn a sheep .So I drawn for him one of the two pitchers I had drawn so often .It was that of the boa constrictor from the outside .And I was astounded to hear the little fellow greet it with,
“No ,no ,no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I live, everything is very small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me sheep. ”
但是我从来没有画过一只绵羊。所以我给他画了我最常画的两幅画之一，蟒蛇的外部图。当我听到我的小家伙说出的话感到很惊讶，他说：“不，不，不！我不想要一个在蟒蛇肚子里的大象，蟒蛇是一种危险的动物，大象又太笨重。我居住的地方，所有的东西都非常小，我需要的是一只绵羊，给我画一只绵羊。”
So then I made a drawing.
所以随后我画了一幅画给他。
He looked at it carefully, then he said:
他仔细的看了之后说：
“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”
“不。这只绵羊太孱弱了，给我另外一个。。”
So I made another drawing.
所以我画了另外一幅。
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.
我的朋友礼貌而宽容的笑道：
“You see yourself, ” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”
“你自己看，”他说，“这不是一只绵羊。这是一只山羊，它有角。”
So then I did my drawing over once more.
所以随后我又画了一次。
But it was rejected too. just like the others.
但是它也被否定了，和其他的一样。
“This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.”
“这只太老了，我想要一只可以活的久的绵羊。”
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart. So I tossed off this drawing.
此时我的耐心已经消失殆尽，因为我急着要找回我的引擎碎片，所以我扔出了这幅画。
And I threw out an explanation with it.
并且给出了解释
“This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.”
“这是它的盒子，你要的羊在里面。”
I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:
我惊讶的看到我的小伙伴露出了一个明媚的笑容。
“That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to a great deal of grass?”
“这就是我想要的！你觉得这只羊需要吃很多草吗？”
“Why?”
“为什么？”
“Because where I live everything is very small…”
“因为我住的地方所有的东西都很小……”
“There will surely be enough grass for him,” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you. ”
“那里一定有足够它吃的草，”我说，“我给你的是一只非常小的绵羊”
He bent his head over the drawing:
他歪着头看着画：
“Not so small that…Look! He has gone to sleep…”
“不是那么小……看！他去睡觉了……”
And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.
这就是我和小王子认识的过程。
astounded
v. 惊讶;愕然;使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕
fellow
n. 同伴;男子;（大学的）研究员;（某些学院或大学的）董事
adj. 同伴的;同事的;同类的;同情况的
vt. 使…与另一个对等;使…与另一个匹敌
creature
n. 人;生物，动物;创造物;（他人的）工具
cumbersome
adj. 笨重的;麻烦的;累赘的，难以携带的;缓慢复杂的，冗长的
indulgently
adv. 放纵地，纵容地
gently
adv. 轻轻地;温柔地;有礼貌地;文雅地
rejected
n. 被弃之物，落选者
adj. 拒绝的
v. 排斥;拒收;拒绝( reject的过去式和过去分词 );（因质量差）不用
patience
n. 忍耐;耐心，耐性;单人纸牌游戏
exhausted
adj. 精疲力竭的;筋疲力尽的;耗尽的;用完的
v. 用尽( exhaust的过去式和过去分词 );使非常疲倦;详尽讨论（或研究）;弄空
toss
vt.& vi. （轻轻或漫不经心地）扔;（使）摇荡;摇匀;（为…）掷硬币决定
n. 掷硬币决定;向上甩头;猛仰头（尤指表示恼怒或不耐烦）;（尤指比赛或游戏中）投掷
acquaintance
n. 相识;相识的人，熟人;对…有了解;知识，心得
今日总结：不知道是不是因为这几天天天敲英语，所以英语打字速度快了，所以今天内容比较多。感觉常用的单词拼写更熟练了，继续加油！
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