satc-carrie: The Little Prince

私には、悩んだときに答えを探すツールがあります。「聖書」だったり、映画「God Father」だったり、本なら「The Little Prince」だったりします。

「The Little Prince」は、BFが読んだことがないというので・・・その気持ちというか、なんかわかります。「星の王子さま」なんて、お子さま用の「カレー」みたいな響きだし、おとなが読む本じゃないイメージですよね。おとなが読むとしても、ふわふわで、パステルカラーの服が好きな女の人が読むイメージ・・・だと思いますよ。私も３０代になるまで、そういうイメージを持っていましたし、避けていましたから、わかります。

でも、違うんです！　生きていくために必要な答えが散りばめてあるんです！　「God Father」ばりです！

以下は、思いついた、とても好きなダイアログです。どうぞ！

Relationship with the fox

“Please-tame me!' he said. 'I want to, very much,' the little prince replied. 'But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.' 'One only understands the things that one tames,' said the fox. 'Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me.' 'What must I do, to tame you?' asked the little prince. 'You must be very patient,' replied the fox. 'First you will sit down at a little distance from me-like that-in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day...”

“But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.”

“So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . ." Yes, that is so," said the fox. But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince. Yes, that is so," said the fox. Then it has done you no good at all!" It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields.”

Relationship with the rose

“You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you --- the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars; because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or bloated, or even sometimes when she said nothing. Because she is my rose.”

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さて先日、BFがバレンタイン・ディナーにつれていってくれましたよ。Thank YOU! 私はダメなGFだなぁと思ったんですが、バレンタイン当日に、ダンスのレッスンを入れていたんですよ！！！　だみん！！！　でもそれを怒らないで、前日にディナーにつれていってくれた優しくて、ロマンティックで、イケメンで、努力家の写真家のBFのに心から感謝しています。

以下、もちろん、撮影は努力家の写真家＝BFです。どうなの、これ？　もう写真集だしましょうよ！

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日本でも「ケール」は知名度をあげてますね。ただ、海外（特にアメリカ）と比べて、食べづらいのはどうにかしてほしい。品種改良の問題なのかしら？　それともカットの仕方？　今回のこのサラダは美味しかったですよ。ゴワゴワのケールをそのまま使っていても美味しいと思わせるんだから、ドレッシングが素晴らしかったのね。