《小王子》英文原文第一章的部分摘抄如下：
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Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."
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这段话讲述了作者六岁时在一本名为《来自自然的真实故事》的书中看到的一幅画，画中是一条蟒蛇正在吞食一个动物。书中描述蟒蛇会整个吞下猎物，不咀嚼，然后它会沉睡六个月来消化食物。这段描述展示了主人公对自然世界的兴趣和好奇心，为后续的故事发展奠定了基础
