ChapterXIII
Thefourthplabelooabusinessman.Thismanwassomuchoccupiedthathedidnotevenraisehisheadatthelittleprince'sarrival.
"Go."thelittleprincesaidtohim,"Yarettehasgo."
"Threeandtwomakefive.Fiveandsevewelve.Twelveandthreemakefifteen.Go.Fifteenandsevewenty-two.Twenty-twoandsixmaketwe.Ihaven'ttimetolightitagaiy-sixandfivemakethirty-one.Phew!Thenthatmakesfive-hundred-and-one-million,six-huwenty-two-thousand,seven-huhirty-one."
"Fivehundredmillionwhat?"askedthelittleprince.
"Eh?Areyoustillthere?Five-hundred-and-onemillion——I'tstop...Ihavesomuchtodo!Iamedwithmattersofsequence.Idon'tamusemyselfwithbalderdash.Twoandfivemakeseven..."
"Five-hundred-and-onemillionwhat?"repeatedthelittleprince,whoneverinhislifehadletgoofaquestiononcehehadaskedit.
Thebusinessmanraisedhishead.
"Duriy-fouryearsthatIhaveinhabitedthispla,Ihavebeendisturbedonlythreetimes.Thefirsttimewastwenty-two,whensomegiddygoosefellfromgoodnessknowswhere.HemadethemhtfulresoundedalloverthepladImadefourmistakesinmyaddition.Thesedtime,elevenyearsago,Iwasdisturbedbyallattackofrheumatism.Idoenoughexercise.Ihavenotimeforloafing.Thethirdtime——well,thisisit!Iwassaying,then,five-hundred-and-onemillions——"
"Millionsofwhat?"
Thebusinessmansuddenlyrealizedthattherewasnohopeofbeiinpeatilheahisquestion.
"Millionsofthoselittleobjects,"hesaid,"whiesometimesseesinthesky."
"Flies?"
"Oh,no.Littleglitteringobjects."
"Bees?"
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