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“Yes,” said the little prince, “but I can judge myself anywhere. I do not need to live on this planet.”
“Hum! Hum!” said the king. “I believe that somewhere on my planet there is an old rat. I hear him at night. You can judge this old rat. From time to time you can condemn him to death[26]. Thus his life will depend on your justice. But you will pardon him. We don’t have any more rats.”
“I,” replied the little prince, “do not like to condemn anyone to death. And now I think I will go on my way.”
“No,” said the king.
But the little prince had no wish to grieve the old monarch.
“If Your Majesty wishes,” he said, “you can give me a reasonable order. It seems to me that conditions are favorable.”
As the king made no answer, the little prince hesitated a moment. Then, with a sigh, he went away.
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to condemn him to death – приговаривать его к смерти