我还是沉默不语。
他坐下来，因为他惊骇了。他说：“你晓得……我的花……我是要对她卖力的！她是那么强大！她是那么天真。她有四根微不敷道的刺，庇护本身，抵当这个天下……”
Chapter 26
“我回家要远很多……要难很多……”
“这恰好是我给你的礼品，这就仿佛水那样。”
他又笑了。随后他变得严厉起来：“明天夜里……你晓得……不要来了。”
我持续朝石墙走去。我还是看不到人，也听不见任何声音。但是小王子又答复道：“当然。到时你会看到我在沙地上留的足迹。你在那边等着我就行了。明天早晨我会畴昔的。”
His look was very serious, like some one lost far away.
“你到底想说甚么？”
"Here it is. Let me go on by myself."And he sat down, because he was afraid. Then he said, again:"You know― my flower... I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! She is so naive! She has four thorns, of no use at all, to protect herself against all the world..."I too sat down, because I was not able to stand up any longer.
我还是沉默不语。
小王子沉默了一会儿又说：
"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.
“这就仿佛我已经给你一大堆会笑出声来的小铃铛，而不是星星……”
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―
“是的，我懂……”