CHAPTER 13
2021.04.13
The sixth star is very big. and an old gentleman is writing a big book on the star.
gentleman [ 젠틀맨 ] 신사, 양반
"What is that big book? What are you doing?" asks the little prince.
"I am an earth scientist. An earth scientist know the loca-tion of all the seas, rives and mountains," answers the old gentleman.
earth sientist 지구 과학자.
"That's a great job. Is there a sea on this star?"
"I don't know" the old man say
"Ah! Then, what about a river or a mountain?"
"I don't know."
"But you are an earth scientist!"
"yes, but I am not a traveler. An earth scientist cannot leave his desk."
The earth scientist says. "An earth scientist listens to a traveler and writes it down in a book. The traveler's moral character is so important "
maral 도덕성
character 성격, 기질
"Why is that?"
"if the traveler lies, this book becomes a fake book. A drunk person is not helpful to me."
lies 거짓말
become ...해지다
"When I meet a traveler of good character, I ask for proof of what he finds.
But you ... you come from far away! You are a traveler! Tell me about your star!"
The scientist opens the book and he holds a pencil
proop 증거물
"My star small," the little prince says. "my star has three volcanoes, I also have a flower."
"I do not write about flowers," the scientist says.
"Why is that?"
"This is a very important book. I can't change the story in this book. Flowers are short-lived. A mountain is more important than a live volcano or a dead volcano. A mountain does not change." the scientist says.
"But what does that mean-short-lived?" the little prince ask.
"It means, it easily goes away." the little prince says to himself "Now she is alone on my star." He feels sorry.
"Go to the Earth," the scientist says.
So the little prince goes on his ways, thinking of his flower.
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