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My Fragile Treasure (Excerpt) Antoine de Saint-Exupery As the little prince dropped off to sleep, I took him in my arms and set out walking once more. I felt deeply moved, and stirred. It seemed to me that I was carrying a very fragile treasure. It seemed to me, even, that there was nothing more fragile on all Earth. In the moonlight I looked at his pale forehead, his closed eyes, his locks of hair that trembled in the wind, and I said to myself: " what I see here is nothing but a shell. What is more important is invisible...." As his lips opened slightly with the suspicious of a half-smile, I said to myself, again, " what movesme so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower--the image of rose that shines through his whole being like the flame of a lamp. Even when he is asleep...” And I felt him to be more fragile still.I felt the need of protecting him, as if he himself were a flame that might be extinguished by a little puff of wind…. (from The Little Prine) 易碎的珍宝（节选） 安东尼.德.圣埃克苏佩里 小王子睡着了，我将他抱在怀中，又重新上路。我被深深打动了，心潮澎湃。我觉得，自己似乎抱着一件易碎的珍宝，甚至觉得地球上再没有比这更脆弱的东西了。我借着月光看着他苍白的面额，紧闭的双眼和那随风飘动的绺绺[liǔ]头发，自言自语道：“在这儿我所见到的仅仅是外表。最重要的是看不见的……” 当我看到他双唇微启，是笑非笑的模样时，我又对自己说：“在这个熟睡于此的小王子身上，令我感动至深的，是他对一朵花的忠诚，那朵玫瑰花，即使是他再他睡着之时，也会如灯的火焰一样照亮着他的整个生命……”这时，我就感觉他更加脆弱了。我感到他需要保护，也就如同灯焰一般，一缕轻风都可能将它吹灭…… ----选自（《小王子》） |
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