小王子

最好还是在原来的那个时间来。狐狸说到，“比如 说，你下午四点钟来，那么从三点钟起，我就开始感到幸福。时间越临近，我就越感到幸福。到了四点钟的时候，我就会坐立不安；我就会发现幸福的代价。但是，如果你随便什么时候来，我就不知道在什么时候该准备好我的心情······应当有一定的仪式。”

It would have been better to come back at the same hour, said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall alreay be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am ! But if you come at just any time. I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you... One must observe the proper rites..."