介绍： 这是一本写给大人的童话，它告诉我们：在遥远的星空上，住着一位小王子。他纤弱、孤独，他纯真如水，他喜欢看落日，他爱着一朵虚张声势的玫瑰花，他旅行，他见过大人世界里的荒诞，也遇见了一个落难的飞行员……

【Chapter 25】

“It’s strange,” I said to the little prince, “everything is ready: the pulley, the bucket, a...

介绍： 这是一本写给大人的童话，它告诉我们：在遥远的星空上，住着一位小王子。他纤弱、孤独，他纯真如水，他喜欢看落日，他爱着一朵虚张声势的玫瑰花，他旅行，他见过大人世界里的荒诞，也遇见了一个落难的飞行员……

【Chapter 25】

“It’s strange,” I said to the little prince, “everything is ready: the pulley, the bucket, and the rope. . .”

He laughed, grasped the rope, and set the pulley working. And the pulley groaned the way an old weather vane groans when the wind has been asleep a long time.

“Hear that?” said the little prince. “We’re awakened this well and it’s singing.”

I didn’t want him to tire himself out, “Let me do that,” I said to him. “It’s too heavy for you.”

Slowly I hoisted the bucket to the edge of the well. I set it down with great care. The song of the pulley continued in my ears, and I saw the sun glisten on the still-trembling water.

“I’m thirsty for that water,” said the little prince. “Let me drink some. . .”

And I understood what he’d been looking for!

I raised the bucket to his lips. He drank, eyes closed. It was as sweet as a feast. That water was more than merely a drink. It was born of our walk beneath the stars, of the song of the pulley, of the effort of my arms. It did the heart good, like a present.

When I was a little boy, the Christmas-tree lights, the music of midnight mass, the tenderness of people’s smiles made up, in the same way, the whole radiance of the Christmas present I received.

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