little Prince

Chapter 23

"Hello," said the little prince.

"Hello," said the switchman.

"What are you doing here?" asked the little prince.

"I sort the passengers by batches, batches per thousand," said the switchman. "Then I send these passenger trains, now to the right, now to the left."

At this time, a brightly lit express train made a thunderous sound, shaking the switch room tremblingly. "They look so in a hurry," said the little prince. "Are they looking for something in such a hurry?"

"I don't know, and the man who drives the train doesn't know either," said the switchman.

At this moment, a second brightly lit express train rumbled in the opposite direction.

"Why, why did this train come back again?" asked the little prince.

"They are not the same people as on the previous trip," said the switchman. "This is a double train."

"Are they dissatisfied with where they used to live?"

"People are never satisfied with where they live," said the switchman.

At this time, the third brightly lit express train rumbled past again.

"Are they following the first travelers?" asked the little prince.

"They don't follow anything," said the switchman. "They just sleep in the car, or yawn, and they don't even look at the scenery on the side of the road. It's just that some children stick their noses to the glass window." Look out."

"Is it because only children know what they are looking for?" The little prince thought for a while and said, "They can spend a long time for a doll, and this doll has become very important to them. They cry when someone takes their doll away. Is that right?"

"In fact, they are very lucky." said the switchman, "because many people don't know what is important to them."

(End of this chapter)