第二十五章[第1页/共6页]

这时，他又笑了。

"Leave it to me," I said. "It is too heavy for you."I hoisted the bucket slowly to the edge of the well and set it there― happy, tired as I was, over my achievement. The song of the pulley was still in my ears, and I could see the sunlight shimmer in the still trembling water.

小王子又重新在我的身边坐下。他悄悄地对我说：“你必须信守承诺。”

I had been so proud of my baobabs!

我踌躇不定地又说了一句：

“能够是因为周年到了吧？……”

“你现在该做事了。你应当回到你的飞机那边去。我在这里等你。你明天早晨再来……”

"And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water.""Yes, that is true," I said.

“啊！”我对他说，“我有点怕……”

我把水桶提到他的嘴边。他闭着眼睛喝口水。就像过节普通镇静甜美。这水确切分歧于普通补给品，它是我们披星戴月走了很多路才找到的，是在辘轳的歌声中，颠末我双手的尽力得来的。它像是一件礼品安慰着我的心灵。在我小的时候，圣诞树的灯光，半夜里弥撒的音乐，甜美的浅笑，这统统都使我圣诞节时收到的礼品辉映着幸运的光彩。

"What promise"

“甚么承诺？”

“这没有需求……”

“你晓得吗，我落在地球上的时候……到明天就一周年了……”

"It is strange," I said to the little prince. "Everything is ready for use: the pulley, the bucket, the rope..."He laughed, touched the rope, and set the pulley to working. And the pulley moaned, like an old weathervane which the wind has long since forgotten.

我就用铅笔勾画了一个嘴套。当我把它递给小王子时，我内心很难受：“你的筹算，我一点也不晓得……”

这时我才明白了他一向寻觅的是甚么！

And the little prince added: