Little Prince- Chapter Twelve

"Why are you drinking?” demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget,"replied the tippler. "Forget the that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?” insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking! "

酒徒想藉酒忘記自己喝酒的羞恥，挺矛盾。不只小王子，我們應該都對這個人的行為感到匪夷所思。但假若把酒換成其他東西呢？輕則吃甜品，喝手搖飲；中度像抽菸；嚴重例如吸毒；人可能中各種東西的癮，被控制就很難抽身。與其事後懊悔，不如一開始便遠離容易招致痛苦、危險的事物。