I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. On the morning of his departure, he put his planet in perfect order. He carefully clearned out his active volcanoes. He possessed two active volcanoes, and they were very convenient for heating his breakfast in the morning. He also had one volcano that was extinct. But, as he said,"One never knows"
So he clearned out the extinct volcano too. If they are well clearned out, volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions, Volcanic eruption are like fires in a chimney.
*take advantage of 利用
*migration 迁移
*a flock of 一群
*active volcanoes 活火山
*possess 拥有
*extinct:ADJ An extinct volcano is one that does not erupt or is not expected to erupt anymore. 死的 (火山)
*eruption: 喷发
*chimney 烟囱
On our earth we are obviously much too small to clearn out our volcanoes. That is why they bring no end of trouble upon us.
The little prince also pulled up , with a certain sense of dejection, the last little shoots of the baobabs. He believed that he would never want to return. But on this last morning, all these his familiar tasks seemed very precious to him. And when he wartered the flower for the last time, and prepared to place her under the shelter of her glass globe. He realised that he was very colse to the tears. "
*a sense of dejection: 沮丧的感觉
*pull up 拔起
*shoots： 嫩枝
"Goodbye" He said to the flower. But she made no answer. " goodbye" he siad again,. The flower coughed, but it was not because she had a cold. " I have been silly" She said to him at last, " I ask your forgiveness , try to be happy" He was surprised by this absence of reproaches . He stood there all bewildered. the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness. "Of course I love you " the flower said to him " It is my fault that you have not known it all the while, that is of no importance , but you, you have been as just foolish as I . Try to be happy, let the glass globe be, I don't want it anymore"
*forgiveness 谅解
*absence of reproaches 没有责备
*bewildered:ADJ If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do. 不知所措的
V-T If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it. 使迷惑 ~The silence from Alex had hurt and bewildered her.
*all the while 一直
" But the wind?"
" My cough is not so bad as all that, the cool night air will do me good, I am a flower" " But the animals?" " Well I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful, and if not the butterflies, and the caterpillars, who will call upon me? You will be far away, as for the large animals. I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws"
And naively she showed her four thorns, then she added: " don't linger like this, you have decided to go away, now go " For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower.
* endure: V-T If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot. 承受
*caterpillar 毛毛虫
*call upon me 拜访我
*linger: V-I If you linger somewhere, you stay there for a longer time than is necessary, for example, because you are enjoying yourself. 继续逗留
