The little prince gazed at them. They all looked like his flower.
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And he lay down in the grass and cried.
And he was overcome with sadness. His flower had told him that she was the only one of her kind in all the universe. And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garde99lib•netn!
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"Who are you?" he demanded, thunderstruck.
But it happened that after walking for a long time through sand, and rocks, and snow, the little prince at last came upon a r九九藏书oad. And all roads lead to the abodes of men.
He was standing before a garden, all a-bloom with roses.
[ Chapter 20 ] - the little prince discovers a garden of roses
小王子瞅着这些花,它们全都和他的那朵花一样。
“我们是玫瑰花。”花儿们说道。
Then he went on with his reflections: "I thought that I was rich, with a http://www.99lib.netflower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose. A common rose, and three volcanoes that come up to my knees-- and one of them perhaps extinct forever... that doesnt make me a very great prince..."