But he was worried.
“如何回事？你竟然和蛇也提及话来了！”
“小家伙，你吃惊了……”
Chapter 26
他有些泄气了，但仍试着再次劝说我：“统统都会好起来，你晓得。我也会看着星星的。统统的星星都将是带有生了锈的辘轳的井。统统的星星都会倒水给我喝……”
当时一道黄色的闪电在他的脚踝子骨四周闪过。顷刻间他一动也不动了。他没有叫唤，悄悄地像一棵树被砍倒在地上，连一点响声都没有，大抵因为沙地的原因吧。
I was just coming to tell him that my work had been successful, beyond anything that I had dared to hope. He made no answer to my question, but he added:"I, too, am going back home today..."Then, sadly―
"I have your sheep. And I have the sheep’s box. And I have the muzzle..." And he gave me a sad smile.
但他并不答复我的题目。他对我说：“首要的事，是看不见的……”
我缓慢达到墙边，恰好用度量接住我的这位小王子。他的神采雪一样惨白。
“那么，在你的哀痛获得安慰时（时候会抚平一些伤痛），你就会因为熟谙我而感到满足。你将永久是我的朋友。你会同我一起笑。偶然，你会为了那样的欢愉而不知不觉地翻开窗户。你的朋友们会奇特地看着你傻笑着瞻仰天空。当时，你便能够对他们说：‘是的，星星老是让我发笑！’他们会觉得你发疯了。这将是一个我在你身上玩的非常糟糕的把戏……”
"It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh..."And he laughed again. Then he quickly became serious:"Tonight― you know... do not come," said the little prince.
His look was very serious, like some one lost far away.
但他对我说：
我清楚地感到产生了某种不平常的事。我把他当作小孩一样紧紧抱在怀里，仿佛他径直地向着一个无底深渊坠下去，我想要拉住他，却甚么也做不了……他的眼神很严厉，望着悠远的处所。
这时，他又笑了。
"I shall be much more afraid this evening..."Once again I felt myself frozen by the sense of something irreparable. And I knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing that laughter any more. For me, it was like a spring of fresh water in the desert.