第二十五章[第1页/共6页]

“让我来干吧。”我对他说，“这活对你太重了。”

我踌躇不定地又说了一句：

"Your fox― his ears look a little like horns; and they are too long."And he laughed again.

“哦！”

"You have plans that I do not know about," I said.

"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.

我还为我画的猴面包树而感到高傲呢！

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。”

我不想他累到。

他的脸颊绯红。

"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.

这时我才明白了他一向寻觅的是甚么！

But he did not answer me. He said to me, instead:"You know― my descent to the earth... Tomorrow will be its anniversary."Then, after a silence, he went on:"I came down very near here."And he flushed.

“小家伙，你太不公道了。我畴昔只会画开着肚皮和闭着肚皮的巨蟒。”

"The men where you live," said the little prince, "raise five thousand roses in the same garden― and they do not find in it what they are looking for.""They do not find it," I replied.