As each day passed I would learn, in our talk, something about the little prince’s planet, his departure from it, his journey. The information would come very slowly, as it might change to fall from his thoughts. It was in his way that I heard, on the third day, about the catastrophe of the baobabs.
我每天都對小王子的星球、他的離開，以及他的旅程，有新的了解。這些信息是他在交談中不經意透露出來的。就這樣，在遇到他的第三天，我聽說了猴麵包樹的禍害。
Indeed, as I learned, there were on the planet where the little prince lived-as on all planets-good planets and bad planets. In consequence, there were good seeds from good planets, and bad seeds from bad planets. But seeds are invisible.
They sleep deep in the heart of the earth’s darkness, until some one among them is seized withe the desire to awaken. Then this little seed will stretch itself and begin-timidly at first-to push a charming little sprig inoffensively upward toward the sun.
If it is only a sprout of radish or the spring of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish. But when it is a bad planet, one must destroy it as soon as possible, the very first instant that one recognizes it.
原來和所有星球相同，小王子的星球上有好植物和壞植物。所以那裡就有好植物的種子和壞植物的種子。但種子是看不見的。它們隱秘地沉睡在泥土裡，直到有的種子突然決定甦醒。接著它會發芽，先是害羞地迎著陽光長出可愛的嫩枝。如果這是蘿蔔或者玫瑰的嫩芽，你可以任它生長。但如果是壞的植物，那麼你認出來之後要馬上把它拔掉。
So, as the little prince described it to me, I have made a drawing of that planet. I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist. But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid, that for once I am breaking through my reserve. 「Children,」 I say plainly, 「watch out for the baobabs!」
在小王子的指導下，我畫出了那個星球。我不想採用道德家的口吻。但是猴麵包樹的危害很少有人知道，而人們迷路踏上小行星的可能性又很大，所以我打算不在保持沉默，而是破例地呼籲：「孩子們！當心猴麵包樹！」
1. departure v.離開，啟程，出發
2. catastrophe n.大災難
3. baobab 猴麵包樹（非洲產的一種巨樹）
4. inoffensively adv.無害地
5. sprout n.芽，萌芽
6. tone n.語氣，音調
7. moralist n.道德家
In this section, you will find a tool, called Lesson, Message, Moral, designed to guarantee you a more effective reading experience.
As you can see in the table, this form will guide you to record the title of the story, the characters, what problems the character encountered, what the character learned, and what the lesson of the story was.