Lyrics Маленький принц - Глава 14

The fifth planet was very entertaining. She was the least. On
it only fit that lantern and lamplighter. Little prince
I could not understand why on the tiny planet lost in the sky, where
there are no houses, no residents, a lantern and a lamplighter. But he thought:
     "Maybe this man is ridiculous. But he is not as ridiculous as a king,
ambitious, businessman and drunkard. His work still has a point. When
he lights his lantern - as if another star is being born or
flower. And when he extinguishes the lantern - as if a star or a flower
fall asleep. Great job. This is really useful because
beautiful".
     And, having reached the planet, he bowed respectfully.
lamplighter.
     “Good afternoon,” he said. “Why are you putting out the flashlight now?”
     “Such an arrangement,” the lamplighter answered. - Good day.
     - And what kind of agreement?
     - Extinguish the lantern. Good evening.
     And he again lit up the lantern.
     “Why did you light him again?”
     “Such an arrangement,” repeated the lamplighter.
     “I don't understand,” admitted the Little Prince.
     “And there is nothing to understand,” said the lamplighter, “persuasion is persuasion.”
Good day.
     And put out the lantern.
     Then a red checkered scarf wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:
     - I have a craft. Once it made sense. I extinguished
lantern in the morning, and in the evening he lit again. I had a day to
rest, and night, that would sleep ...
     - And then the persuasion changed?
     “The persuasion did not change,” said the lamplighter. - That's the trouble! My
the planet rotates faster and faster each year, but the persuasion remains the same.
     - And how now? - asked the little prince.
     - Yes, that's it. The planet makes a complete revolution in one minute, and
I do not have a second break. Every minute I turn off the flashlight and again
I light up.
     - That's funny! So you have a day lasting just one minute!
     “There is nothing amusing here,” said the lamplighter. - We are with you
We have been talking for a month.
     - Whole month?!
     - Well yes. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good evening!
     And he again lit the lantern.
     The little prince looked at the lamplighter, and he increasingly liked
this man who was so true to his word. Little Prince
remembered how he once moved the chair from place to place to
once again look at the sunset. And he wanted to help a friend.
     “Listen,” he told the lamplighter, “I know the means: you can
rest when you want ...
     “I want to rest all the time,” said the lamplighter.
     After all, you can be true to the word and still lazy.
     “Your planet is so tiny,” the Little Prince continued, “you
You can get around it in three steps. And just need to go as fast
to stay in the sun all the time. When you want to relax, you
just all go, go ... And the day will drag on for as long as
you wish.
     “Well, this is of little use to me,” said the lamplighter. - Most
I love to sleep in the world.
     “Then your business is bad,” the little prince sympathized.
     “My case is bad,” the lamplighter confirmed. - Good day.
      And put out the lantern.
     "Here is a man," the Little Prince said to himself, continuing on his way. "
a man whom everyone would despise — the king, the ambitious, and
drunkard and business man. In the meantime, of them all, he alone, in my opinion, is not funny.
Maybe because he thinks not only about himself. "
     The little prince sighed.
     “I wish I could make friends with someone,” he thought again. “But his planet
very tiny. There is no room for two ... "
     He did not dare to admit to himself that he most of all regrets about this
a wonderful planet for one more reason: twenty-four hours on it
You can watch the sunset one thousand four hundred and forty times!