第二十六章[第1页/共10页]

“我也一样，明天，要回家去了……”

I reached the wall just in time to catch my little man in my arms; his face was white as snow.

“我不会分开你的。”

"You understand... it is too far. I cannot carry this body with me. It is too heavy."I said nothing.

"I tell you― it is also because of the snake. He must not bite you. Snakes― they are malicious creatures. This one might bite you just for fun...""I shall not leave you."

“你到底想说甚么？”

"All men have the stars," he answered, "but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems . For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You― you alone― will have the stars as no one else has them―""What are you trying to say"

"What does this mean" I demanded. "Why are you talking with snakes"I had loosened the golden muffler that he always wore. I had moistened his temples, and had given him some water to drink. And now I did not dare ask him any more questions. He looked at me very gravely, and put his arms around my neck. I felt his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird, shot with someone’s rifle...