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我很担忧。我想起了狐狸的话。如果被人顺服了，便能够会要哭的……

One question, however, occurred to me:"Then it was not by chance that on the morning when I first met you― a week ago― you were strolling along like that, all alone, a thousand miles from any inhabited region You were on the your back to the place where you landed"The little prince flushed again.

“是的。”我答复道。

"I am thirsty for this water," said the little prince. "Give me some of it to drink..."And I understood what he had been looking for.

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

“我很想喝这水。”小王子说，“给我喝点……”

“这里的人会在同一个花圃中种五千朵玫瑰。”小王子说，“但是，他们却不能找到本身想要的东西……”

小王子又加了一句：

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。”

“你晓得……给我的小绵羊一个嘴套子……我要对我的花卖力的呀！”

“你画的狐狸……它那双耳朵……有点像羊犄角……并且又太长了！”

我们找到的这口井，和撒哈拉的那些井不一样。撒哈拉的井只是戈壁中挖的洞。这口井很像村庄中的井。但是，那边又没有任何村落，我想我必然是在梦中。

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。

Chapter 25

他的脸颊绯红。

"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.