28. 离开国王星（讲解）

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"I have nothing more to do here," he said to the king. "So I shall set out on my way again."

"Do not go," said the king, who was very proud of having a subject. "Do not go. I will make you a Minister!"

"Minister of what?"

"Minster of--of Justice!"

"But there is nobody here to judge!"

"We do not know that," the king said to him. "I have not yet made a complete tour of my kingdom. I am very old. There is no room here for a carriage. And it tires me to walk."

"Oh, but I have looked already!" said the little prince, turning around to give one more glance to the other side of the planet. On that side, as on this, there was nobody at all . . .

"Then you shall judge yourself," the king answered. "that is the most difficult thing of all. It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom."

"Yes," said the little prince, "but I can judge myself anywhere. I do not need to live on this planet.

"Hum! Hum!" said the king. "I have good reason to believe that somewhere on my planet there is an old rat. I hear him at night. You can judge this old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. Thus his life will depend on your justice. But you will pardon him on each occasion; for he must be treated thriftily. He is the only one we have."

"I," replied the little prince, "do not like to condemn anyone to death. And now I think I will go on my way."

"No," said the king.

But the little prince, having now completed his preparations for departure, had no wish to grieve the old monarch.

"If Your Majesty wishes to be promptly obeyed," he said, "he should be able to give me a reasonable order. He should be able, for example, to order me to be gone by the end of one minute. It seems to me that conditions are favorable . . ."

As the king made no answer, the little prince hesitated a moment. Then, with a sigh, he took his leave.

"I make you my Ambassador," the king called out, hastily.

He had a magnificent air of authority.

"The grown-ups are very strange," the little prince said to himself, as he continued on his journey.

语言点

- set out：出发 / 有意做某事；例：to set out on a long journey 动身踏上长途旅行；例：to set out to earn a lot of money 打算挣大钱 
- justice：n. 公平 / 司法；例：to bring sb to justice 将某人绳之以法
- carriage：n. 四轮马车
- glance：n. 一瞥；例：At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. 我看一眼就能分辨出中国和亚利桑那。
- condemn：v. 谴责 / 判处；例：We condemn this horrible behaviour. 我们谴责这种可恶的行为。
- pardon：v. 原谅 / 赦免
- thriftily：adv. 节俭地；扩展：thrift shop 旧货商店
- grieve：v. 使伤心 / 感到悲伤；例：It grieves me that you cannot join us. 我很伤心你不能加入我们。
- promptly：adv. 及时地
- hesitate：v. 犹豫；例：If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. 如果你有任何问题，请随时告诉我。
- take one’s leave：告别；扩展：to take three days’ leave 休假3天
- hastily：adv. 匆忙地，草率地