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It took me a long time to learn where he came from. The little prince, who asked me so many questions, never seemed to hear the ones I asked him. It was from words dropped by chance that, little by little, everything was revealed to me. 我费了好长时间才弄清楚他是从哪里来的。小王子向我提出了很多问题。可是对我提出的问题，他好像压根没有听见似的。他无意中吐露的一些话逐渐使我搞清了他的来历。 The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall not draw my airplane； that would be much too complicated for me), he asked me: 例如，当他第一次瞅见我的飞机时(我就不画出我的飞机了，因为这种图画对我来说太复杂)，他问我道： "What is that object？" “这是个啥玩艺？” "That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane." “这不是‘玩艺儿’。它能飞。这是飞机。是我的飞机。” And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly. He cried out, then: 我当时很骄傲地告诉他我能飞。于是他惊奇地说道： "What！ You dropped down from the sky？" “怎么？你是从天上掉下来的？” "Yes," I answered, modestly. “是的”。我谦逊地答道。 "Oh！ That is funny！" “啊？这真滑稽。” | 
