Chapter22 -thelittleprinceencountersarailwayswitchman "Goodmorning,"saidthelittleprince. "Goodmorning,"saidtherailwayswitchman. "Whatdoyoudohere?"thelittleprinceasked. "Isortouttravelers,inbundlesofathousand,"saidtheswitchman. "Isendoffthetrainsthatcarrythem;nowtotheright,nowtotheleft." Andabrilliantlylightedexpresstrainshooktheswitchman‘scabinasitrushedbywitharoarlikethunder. "Theyareinagreathurry,"saidthelittleprince. "Whataretheylookingfor?" "Noteventhelocomotiveengineerknowsthat,"saidtheswitchman. Andasecondbrilliantlylightedexpressthunderedby,intheoppositedirection. "Aretheycomingbackalready?"demandedthelittleprince."Thesearenotthesameones,"saidtheswitchman. "Itisanexchange." "Weretheynotsatisfiedwheretheywere?"askedthelittleprince. "Nooneiseversatisfiedwhereheis,"saidtheswitchman. Andtheyheardtheroaringthunderofathirdbrilliantlylightedexpress. "Aretheypursuingthefirsttravelers?"demandedthelittleprince. "Theyarepursuingnothingatall,"saidtheswitchman. "Theyareasleepinthere,oriftheyarenotasleeptheyareyawning.Onlythechildrenareflatteningtheirnosesagainstthewindowpanes." "Onlythechildrenknowwhattheyarelookingfor,"saidthelittleprince. "Theywastetheirtimeoveraragdollanditbecomesveryimportanttothem;andifanybodytakesitawayfromthem,theycry..." "Theyarelucky,"theswitchmansaid. 中文： 第 22 章 "你好。"小王子说道。 "你好。"扳道工说道。 "你在这里做什么？"小王子问。 "我一包包地分选旅客，按每千人一包。"扳道工说，"我打发这些运载旅客的列车，一会儿发往右方，一会儿发往左方。" 这时，一列灯火明亮的快车，雷鸣般地响着，把扳道房震得颤颤悠悠。 "他们真匆忙呀，"小王子说，"他们要寻找什么？" "开机车的人自己也不知道。"扳道工说道。 于是，第二列灯火通明的快车又朝着相反的方向轰隆轰隆地开过去。 "他们怎么又回来了呢？"小王子问道。 "他们不是原来那些人了。"扳道工说，"这是一次对开列车。" "他们不满意他们原来所住的地方吗？" "人们是从来也不会满意自己所在的地方的。" 扳道工说。此时，第三趟灯火明亮的快车又隆隆而过。 "他们是在追随第一批旅客吗？"小王子问道。 "他们什么也不追随。"扳道工说，"他们在里面睡觉，或是在打哈欠。只有孩子们把鼻子贴在玻璃窗上往外看。" "只有孩子知道他们自己在寻找什么。"小王子说，"他们为一个布娃娃花费不少时间，这个布娃娃就成了很重要的东西，如果有人夺走的他们的布娃娃，他们就哭泣...""他们真幸运。"扳道工说。