第二十六章[第1頁/共10頁]

“那麼，在你的哀痛獲得安慰時（時候會撫平一些傷痛），你就會因為熟諳我而感到滿足。你將永久是我的朋友。你會同我一起笑。偶然，你會為了那樣的歡愉而不知不覺地翻開窗戶。你的朋友們會奇特地看著你傻笑著瞻仰天空。當時，你便能夠對他們說：‘是的，星星老是讓我發笑！’他們會覺得你發瘋了。這將是一個我在你身上玩的非常糟糕的把戲……”

"You understand... it is too far. I cannot carry this body with me. It is too heavy."I said nothing.

“如何回事？你竟然和蛇也提及話來了！”

“小傢夥，我還想再聽聽你笑……”

"There now― that is all..."

"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.

我等了很長時候，才感覺他身子垂垂規複過來。

當時一道黃色的閃電在他的腳踝子骨四周閃過。頃刻間他一動也不動了。他冇有叫喚，悄悄地像一棵樹被砍倒在地上，連一點響聲都冇有，大抵因為沙地的原因吧。

因而，我也朝牆腳下看去，一下子就被嚇到了。就在那邊，有一條黃蛇正抬頭衝著小王子。這類黃蛇半分鐘就能成果人的性命。我一麵從速掏口袋，拔脫手槍，同時後退一步籌辦跑疇昔。但是一聽到我收回的聲音，蛇卻像落地的水柱一樣，漸漸鑽進沙裡去。它不慌不忙地在石頭的裂縫中鑽動著，收回悄悄的金屬般的響聲，安閒地消逝在石頭之間。

我解開他一向戴著的金黃色的圍脖，用水浸濕他的太陽穴，讓他喝了點水。此時，我甚麼也不敢再問他。他嚴厲地凝睇著我，雙手摟著我的脖子。我感到他的心就像一隻被槍彈擊中而瀕於滅亡的鳥一樣在跳動著。他說：“我很歡暢，你終究修好了飛機。你不久便能夠回家去了……”

"I shall not leave you," I said.

"Dear little man," I said to him, "you are afraid..."He was afraid, there was no doubt about that. But he laughed lightly.

But he was worried.

“小傢夥，你吃驚了……”

“是的，我懂……”