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Chapter 26 ↵ Beside the well there was the ruin

of an old stone wall. When I came back from my

work, the next evening, I saw from some distance

away my little prince sitting on top of a wall,

with his feet dangling. And I heard him say: ↵

Then you don't remember. This is not the exact

spot. ↵ Another voice must have answered him,

for he replied to it: ↵ Yes, yes! It is the

right day, but this is not the place. ↵ I

continued my walk toward the wall. At no time did

I see or hear anyone. The little prince, however,

replied once again: ↵ Exactly. You will see

where my track begins, in the sand. You have

nothing to do but wait for me there. I shall be

there tonight. ↵ I was only twenty metres from

the wall, and I still saw nothing. ↵ After a

silence the little prince spoke again: ↵ You

have good poison? You are sure that it will not

make me suffer too long? ↵ I stopped in my

tracks, my heart torn asunder; but still I did

not understand. ↵ Now go away, ” said the little

prince. I want to get down from the wall. ↵ I

dropped my eyes, then, to the foot of the wall—

and I leaped into the air. There before me,

facing the little prince, was one of those yellow

snakes that take just thirty seconds to bring

your life to an end. Even as I was digging into

my pocket to get out my revolver I made a running

step back. But, at the noise I made, the snake

let himself flow easily across the sand like the

dying spray of a fountain, and, in no apparent

hurry, disappeared, with a light metallic sound,

among the stones. ↵ I reached the wall just in

time to catch my little man in my arms; his face

was white as snow. ↵ What does this mean? I

demanded. Why are you talking with snakes? ↵ I

had loosened the golden muffler that he always

wore. I had moistened his temples, and had given

him some water to drink. And now I did not dare

ask him any more questions. He looked at me very

gravely, and put his arms around my neck. I felt

his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird,

shot with someone's rifle. . . ↵ I am glad that

you have found what was the matter with your

engine, ” he said. Now you can go back home—” ↵

How do you know about that? ↵ 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— ↵ It is much farther. . . it is much more

difficult. . . ↵ I realised clearly that

something extraordinary was happening. I was

holding him close in my arms as if he were a

little child; and yet it seemed to me that he was

rushing headlong toward an abyss from which I

could do nothing to restrain him. . . ↵ His look

was very serious, like some one lost far away. ↵

I have your sheep. And I have the sheep's box.

And I have the muzzle. . . ↵ And he gave me a

sad smile. ↵ I waited a long time. I could see

that he was reviving little by little. ↵ Dear

little man, ” I said to him, “you are afraid. . .

↵ He was afraid, there was no doubt about that.

But he laughed lightly. ↵ 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. ↵ Little man, ” I said, “I want to

hear you laugh again. ↵ But he said to me: ↵

Tonight, it will be a year. . . my star, then,

can be found right above the place where I came

to the Earth, a year ago. . . ↵ Little man, ” I

said, “tell me that it is only a bad dream—this

affair of the snake, and the meeting-place, and

the star. . . ↵ But he did not answer my plea.

He said to me, instead: “The thing that is

important is the thing that is not seen. . . ↵

Yes, I know. . . ↵ It is just as it is with the

flower. If you love a flower that lives on a

star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night.

All the stars are abloom with flowers. . . ↵

Yes, I know. . . ↵ 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. . . ↵ And at

night you will look up at the stars. Where I live

everything is so small that I cannot show you

where my star is to be found. It is better, like

that. My star will just be one of the stars, for

you. And so you will love to watch all the stars

in the heavens. . . they will all be your

friends. And, besides, I am going to make you a

present. . . ↵ He laughed again. ↵ Ah, little

prince, dear little prince! I love to hear that

laughter! ↵ That is my present. Just that. It

will be as it was when we drank the water. . . ↵

What are you trying to say? ↵ All men have the

stars, ” he answered, “but they are not the same

things for different people. For some, who are

travelers, the stars are guides. For others they

are no more than little lights in the sky. For

others, who are scholars, they are problems. For

my businessman they were wealth. But all these

stars are silent. You—you alone—will have the

stars as no one else has them—” ↵ What are you

trying to say? ↵ In one of the stars I shall be

living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And

so it will be as if all the stars were laughing,

when you look at the sky at night. . . you—only

you—will have stars that can laugh! ↵ And he

laughed again. ↵


知识点

重点词汇
ruin [ˈru:ɪn] n. 废墟；毁坏；灭亡 vt. 毁灭；使破产 vi. 破产；堕落；被毁灭 n. (Ruin)人名；(德、意、芬)鲁因；(法)吕安 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4197}

plea [pli:] n. 恳求，请求；辩解，辩护；借口，托辞 {cet6 ky toefl ielts :4363}

spray [spreɪ] n. 喷雾；喷雾器；水沫 vt. 喷射 vi. 喷 n. (Spray)人名；(英)斯普雷 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4417}

reviving [rɪ'vaɪvɪŋ] v. revive的变形 n. 振兴 { :4528}

fountain [ˈfaʊntən] n. 喷泉，泉水；源泉 n. (Fountain)人名；(英)方丹 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :5279}

poison [ˈpɔɪzn] n. 毒药，毒物；酒；有毒害的事物；[助剂] 抑制剂 adj. 有毒的 vt. 污染；使中毒，放毒于；败坏；阻碍 vi. 放毒，下毒 n. (Poison)人名；(西)波伊松 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :5542}

restrain [rɪˈstreɪn] vt. 抑制，控制；约束；制止 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5566}

dangling [ˈdæŋgəlɪŋ] v. 摇晃（dangle的ing形式） adj. 悬挂的；摇摆的 { :5695}

loosened ['lu:sənd] adj. 松的；分散的，疏松的 v. 放松，松开（loosen的过去时和过去分词） { :6023}

metallic [məˈtælɪk] adj. 金属的，含金属的 {cet6 ielts :8513}

farther [ˈfɑ:ðə(r)] adj. 进一步的；更远的（far的比较级） adv. 更远地；此外；更进一步地 {cet4 cet6 ky :10052}


难点词汇
revolver [rɪˈvɒlvə(r)] n. 左轮手枪；旋转器 { :11031}

abyss [əˈbɪs] n. 深渊；深邃，无底洞，地狱 {toefl :11847}

gravely [ɡreɪvlɪ] adv. 严重地；严肃地；严峻地；沉重地 n. (Gravely)人名；(英)格雷夫利 { :12126}

muzzle [ˈmʌzl] n. 枪口，炮口；口套，口络；动物的鼻口 vt. 使…缄默；给…戴口套；封锁…的言论 { :12452}

moistened ['mɔɪsnd] adj. 弄湿的 v. 弄湿（moisten的过去分词） { :15144}

pulley [ˈpʊli] n. 滑轮；皮带轮；滑车 n. (Pulley)人名；(英)普利 vt. 用滑轮升起 {cet6 gre :15800}

headlong [ˈhedlɒŋ] adj. 轻率的；头向前的；匆促而用力的 adv. 头向前地；猛然用力地 {cet6 gre :18274}

muffler [ˈmʌflə(r)] n. 围巾；消音器；面纱；厚手套 {gre :18647}

irreparable [ɪˈrepərəbl] adj. 不能挽回的；不能修补的 {toefl :20436}

asunder [əˈsʌndə(r)] adj. 分成碎片的；分离的 adv. 化为碎片地；分离地 {gre :25678}


生僻词
abloom [ə'blu:m] adj. 开花的

meeting-place ['mi:tɪŋpl'eɪs] n. 会场


词组
dare to [dɛə tu:] v. 胆敢 [网络] 敢于；要敢于；敢于用

dig into [ ] na. 掘进；钻研；用掉；吃 [网络] 深入钻研；探究；开始吃

leap into [ ] v. 跃进 [网络] 跳入；跳进；飞跃

little prince [ ] [网络] 小王子；小王子作曲；小王子小故事

metallic sound [ ] un. 金属音 [网络] 金属声；金属撞击似的声音

not dare [nɔt dɛə] 不敢

rush headlong [ ] na. 冒进 [网络] 鲁莽冲向

tear asunder [ ] vt.将...扯碎

the heaven [ ] [网络] 天公；天堂；天堂原理正片

the rope [ ] [网络] 绳子；绳索；一根绳子

the snake [ ] [网络] 蛇；毒蛇；蛇和鸭爸爸

white as snow [ ] [网络] 净白如雪；洁白如雪；像雪一样白


惯用语
i know
little man



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