第二十六章[第1頁/共12頁]

在水井中間，有一麵傾塌殘破的石牆。第二天早晨，我做完工作返來的時候，遠遠地看到小王子悄悄晃著雙腿坐在牆上。我聞聲他說：“你如何不記得了呢？”他說，“毫不是在這兒啊！”

“小傢夥，我還想再聽聽你笑……”

我恰是來奉告他，在冇有任何但願的環境下，我勝利地完成了補綴事情。

大抵另有另一個聲音在答覆他，因為他又說：“冇錯，冇錯，日子是對的，但地點不是這裡……”

But a thought came to reassure him:"It is true that they have no more poison for a second bite."That night I did not see him set out on his way. He got away from me without making a sound. When I succeeded in catching up with him he was walking along with a quick and resolute step. He said to me merely:"Ah! You are there..."

"Little man," I said, "I want to hear you laugh again."But he said to me:

"But it will be like an old abandoned shell. There is nothing sad about old shells..."I said nothing.

他拉著我的手。但是他仍然很擔憂：“你不該來。你會難受的。到時我會像是死去一樣，但這不會是真的……”

He still hesitated a little; then he got up. He took one step. I could not move.

然後，他哀傷地說：

“我不會分開你的。”

“這恰好是我給你的禮品，這就彷彿水那樣。”

"It is just as it is with the water. Because of the pulley, and the rope, what you gave me to drink was like music. You remember― how good it was.""Yes, I know..."