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第二十六章（第6页）

tellmethatitisonlyabaddream—thisaffairofthesnake，andthemeeting-place，andthestar..."

Buthedidnotanswermyplea.Hesaidtome，instead:"

Thethingthatisimportantisthethingthatisnotseen..."

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Yes，Iknow..."

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Itisjustasitiswiththeflower.Ifyouloveaflowerthatlivesonastar，itissweettolookattheskyatnight.Allthestarsarea-bloomwithflowers..."

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Yes，Iknow..."

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Itisjustasitiswiththewater.Becauseofthepulley，andtherope，whatyougavemetodrinkwaslikemusic.Youremember—howgooditwas."

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Yes，Iknow..."

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Andatnightyouwilllookupatthestars.WhereIliveeverythingissosmallthatIcannotshowyouwheremystaristobefound.Itisbetter，likethat.Mystarwilljustbeoneofthestars，foryou.Andsoyouwilllovetowatchallthestarsintheheavens...theywillallbeyourfriends.And，besides，Iamgoingtomakeyouapresent..."

Helaughedagain.

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Ah，littleprince，dearlittleprince!Ilovetohearthatlaughter!"

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Thatismypresent.Justthat.Itwillbeasitwaswhenwedrankthewater..."

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Whatareyoutryingtosay"

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Allmenhavethestars，"

heanswered，"

buttheyarenotthesamethingsfordifferentpeople.Forsome，whoaretravelers，thestarsareguides.Forotherstheyarenomorethanlittlelightsinthesky.Forothers，whoarescholars，theyareproblems.Formybusinessmantheywerewealth.Butallthesestarsaresilent.You—youalone—willhavethestarsasnooneelsehasthem—"

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Whatareyoutryingtosay"

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InoneofthestarsIshallbeliving.InoneofthemIshallbelaughing.Andsoitwillbeasifallthestarswerelaughing，whenyoulookattheskyatnight...you—onlyyou—willhavestarsthatcanlaugh!"

Andhelaughedagain.

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Andwhenyoursorrowiscomforted（timesoothesallsorrows）youwillbecontentthatyouhaveknownme.Youwillalwaysbemyfriend.Youwillwanttolaughwithme.Andyouwillsometimesopenyourwindow，so，forthatpleasure...andyourfriendswillbeproperlyastonishedtoseeyoulaughingasyoulookupatthesky!Thenyouwillsaytothem，‘Yes，thestarsalwaysmakemelaugh!‘Andtheywillthinkyouarecrazy.ItwillbeaveryshabbytrickthatIshallhaveplayedonyou..."

Andhelaughedagain.

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Itwillbeasif，inplaceofthestars，Ihadgivenyouagreatnumberoflittlebellsthatknewhowtolaugh..."

Andhelaughedagain.Thenhequicklybecameserious:"

Tonight—youknow...donotcome，"

saidthelittleprince.

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