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“你画的狐狸……它那双耳朵……有点像羊犄角……并且又太长了！”

“啊！”我对他说，“我有点怕……”

“你晓得吗，我落在地球上的时候……到明天就一周年了……”

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。

"Do you hear" said the little prince. "We have wakened the well, and it is singing..."I did not want him to tire himself with the rope.

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……”

And I added, with some hesitancy:"Perhaps it was because of the anniversary"The little prince flushed once more. He never answered questions― but when one flushes does that not mean "Yes""Ah," I said to him, "I am a little frightened―"But he interrupted me.

“我很想喝这水。”小王子说，“给我喝点……”

这时，他又笑了。

"Now you must work. You must return to your engine. I will be waiting for you here. Come back tomorrow evening..."But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed...

Chapter 25

And once again, without understanding why, I had a queer sense of sorrow.

“眼睛是甚么也看不见的，应当用心去寻觅。”

"It is not worth the trouble..."The well that we had come to was not like the wells of the Sahara. The wells of the Sahara are mere holes dug in the sand. This one was like a well in a village. But there was no village here, and I thought I must be dreaming...