let the glass globe be－貓在他鄉的日子

「再見！」他對花說。

"Goodbye," he said to the flower.

但是花沒有回答他。「再見！」他又說了一次。

But she made no answer. "Goodbye," he said again.

那朵花打了一陣子咳嗽。但是這不是因為她著了涼。終於，她對小王子說：「我一向太傻了。請你原諒我，快活起來吧！」
The flower coughed. But it was not because she had a cold. "I have been silly," she said to him, at last. "I ask your forgiveness. Try to be happy..."

小王子這次沒受到譴責很覺驚訝。他站在那裡，拿著玻璃罩，獃住了。他不了解這種平靜的溫柔。

He was surprised by this absence of reproaches. He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness.

那朵花對他說：「不錯，我愛你。你一直都不曉得，那是我的過錯。這個沒有關係，但是你也和我一樣傻。快活起了吧 ﹒ ﹒ ﹒ 把這個玻璃罩拿開，我不再需要它了。」

"Of course I love you," the flower said to him. "It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you, you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy... let the glass globe be. I don't want it any more."