Текст песни Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери - Глава 14

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     The fifth planet was very amusing. It was the least. On The
It only and placed so that the lamp lamplighter. The Little Prince does
could not understand why on a tiny, lost in the sky planet, where
no houses, no people, need a flashlight and a lamplighter. But he thought:
     & Quot; Maybe this man is absurd. But he is not so absurd as the king,
ambitious, go-getter, and a drunkard. In his work still makes sense. When Is
He lights his torch - as if another star is born or
flower. And when he extinguishes the light - like a star or a flower
fall asleep. Wonderful lesson. This is really useful because
beautiful & quot ;.

     And coming up with this planet, he bowed respectfully
lamplighter.
     - Good day, - he said. - Why are you now extinguished lantern?
     - This agreement - said the lamplighter. - Good afternoon.
     - And what is the agreement?
     - Dim lights. Hi good evening.
     And again he lit a lantern.
     - Why did you lit it again?
     - This agreement - repeated lamplighter.
     - I do not know - the little prince.
     - And nothing to understand - said the lamplighter - bargain bargain there.
Good afternoon.
     And extinguished the lantern.
     Then a red checkered handkerchief wiped sweat from his forehead and said:
     - Crave my craft. Once it made sense. I put out
light in the morning and again in the evening lit. I stayed a day to
rest, and night, that would sleep ...
     - And then the agreement changed?
     - Persuasion has not changed - said the lamplighter. - That's the trouble! My
year-on-year, the planet rotates faster, and persuasion remains the same.
     - And what about now? - Asked the little prince.
     - Yes, that's true. Planet makes a full rotation in one minute, and
I do not have a second break. Every minute I stub out his lantern and again
Kindle.
     - That's funny! So, you have a day lasts only one minute!
     - Nothing here is not funny - said the lamplighter. - We are with you
talk for a month.
     - A whole month ?!
     - Well yes. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Hi good evening!
     And again he lit a lantern.
     The little prince looked at the lamplighter, and he liked more
this man who was so true to his word. Little Prince
recalled how he once rearranged chair from one place to
once again to look at the sunset. And he wanted to help his friend.
     - Listen, - he said the lamplighter - I know means: you can
rest when only want ...
     - I always want to rest, - said the lamplighter.
     After all, you can be the right word and still lazy.
     - Your planet is so tiny - continued The Little Prince - you
you can get around it in three steps. And just to go as fast
to remain all the time in the sun. When you want to relax, you
just all go, go ... And the day will last as long as
you want.
     - Well, that makes me a little confused - said the lamplighter. - Most
in the world I love to sleep.
     - Then the bad of your business - sympathized little prince.
     - Poor my business - confirmed lamplighter. - Good afternoon.
      And extinguished the lantern.
     & Quot; Here is a man - said to myself, the little prince went on their way - that
a man who would despise - and the king, and ambitious, and
drinker, and businessman. And yet all of them he is one, in my opinion, is not funny.
Maybe because he does not think only of themselves & quot ;.
     The Little Prince sighed.
     & Quot; That would make friends with someone - he thought again. - But his planet is too
very tiny. There's no room for two ... & quot;
     He did not dare to admit that most regret about this
wonderful planet for another reason: twenty-four hours on it
You can watch the sunset thousand four hundred forty times!