Маленький принц

           "That’sright,"saidthegeographer, "butI’mnotanexplorer. There’snotoneexploreronmyplanet. Ageographerdoesn’tgoouttodescribecities,rivers,mountains,seas,oceans,anddeserts. Ageographeristooimportanttogowanderingabout. Heneverleaveshisstudy. Buthereceivestheexplorersthere. Hequestionsthem,andhewritesdownwhattheyremember. Andifthememoriesofoneoftheexplorersseeminterestingtohim,thenthegeographerconductsaninquiryintothatexplorer’smoralcharacter." 

           "Whyisthat?" 

           "Becauseanexplorerwhotoldlieswouldcausedisastersinthegeographybooks. Aswouldanexplorerwhodranktoomuch." 

           "Whyisthat?"thelittleprinceaskedagain. "Becausedrunkardsseedouble. Andthegeographerwouldwritedowntwomountainswheretherewasonlyone." 

           "Iknowsomeone,"saidthelittleprince,"whowouldbeabadexplorer." 

           "Possibly. Well,whentheexplorer’smoralcharacterseemstobeagoodone,aninvestigationismadeintohisdiscovery." 

           "Bygoingtoseeit?" 

           "No,thatwouldbetoocomplicated. Buttheexplorerisrequiredtofurnishproofs. Forinstance,ifheclaimstohavediscoveredalargemountain,heisrequiredtobringbacklargestonesfromit. "Thegeographersuddenlygrewexcited. "Butyoucomefromfaraway! You’reanexplorer! Youmustdescribeyourplanetforme!" 

           Andthegeographer,havingopenedhislogbook,sharpenedhispencil. Explorers’reportsarefirstrecordedinpencil; inkisusedonlyafterproofshavebeenfurnished.