第二十五章[第1页/共6页]

"What promise"

I raised the bucket to his lips. He drank, his eyes closed. It was as sweet as some special festival treat. This water was indeed a different thing from ordinary nourishment. Its sweetness was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, like a present. When I was a little boy, the lights of the Christmas tree, the music of the Midnight Mass, the tenderness of smiling faces, used to make up, so, the radiance of the gifts I received.

“啊！”我对他说，“我有点怕……”

“甚么承诺？”

"Men," said the little prince, "set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about, and get excited, and turn round and round..."And he added:

我不想他累到。

我喝了水。我舒畅地呼吸着氛围。戈壁在晨光中泛出蜂蜜的光芒。这蜂蜜般的光芒也使我感到幸运。那么，是甚么给我这些哀痛的感受呢？

“你晓得……给我的小绵羊一个嘴套子……我要对我的花卖力的呀！”

“是的。”我答复道。

这时我才明白了他一向寻觅的是甚么！

"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.

"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.