little Prince

Chapter 26

"Those people, they were squeezing into the car very fast, but they didn't know what to look for, they didn't know what they wanted. So, they kept busy like this, going back and forth... . . . " said the little prince.

He went on to say: "It's really unnecessary. You just think about what you want, what you're looking for, and then just do it."

The well we found was different from those in the Sahara.Wells in the Sahara are just holes dug in the desert, and this one is much like a village well, with a stone rim.However, there are no villages in the desert. When I first saw it, I thought I was dreaming.

"You see, this well is really strange," I said to the little prince. "Everything is ready-made: the potter's wheel, the bucket, the rope, everything is there."

The little prince laughed, stretched out his hand to hold the rope, and turned the pulley.The spinning windmill creaked like an old windmill that hadn't been blown by the wind for a long time.

"Listen," said the little prince, "we have awakened this sleeping well, which is now singing, creaking." I didn't want to cost my friend the trouble of drawing water, so I said to him, " Let me do it, this work is more difficult for you, it is too heavy."

Slowly I lifted the bucket over the railing of the well, and set it there firmly, the sound of the wheels creaking still in my ears.I looked down at the still sloshing water in the well, and I saw the shadow of the sun jumping with the waves.

"I was just about to drink water, give me some," said the little prince to me.

Only then did I understand what he was looking for.

I lifted the bucket and brought it to the little prince's mouth. He closed his eyes and drank the water with a very happy expression.My friends, water at this time is not just a drink for us. It was found by us after a lot of hard work. It was brought up with my arm amidst the squeaking of the pulley. This gift is hidden in my heart and comforts me.

When I was little, once at Christmas, the bright lights, the music at the party at night, and everyone's sweet smiles made me feel very happy.

"You see, I feel very happy with only one flower, but people on earth plant five thousand roses in a small garden." said the little prince, "but they don't know what they want."

"They didn't find it," I replied.

"Actually, what they are looking for may be very simple, and they may find it in a flower or a well."

"You're absolutely right," I replied.

The little prince said again: "You can't see anything with your eyes, you should look for it with your heart, just like my little fox said."

I took a few sips of water from the bucket and breathed the air happily.It was getting light, and the desert glowed with honey in the morning sun.This honey gloss makes me feel extraordinarily blissful.

The little prince got down from my arms and sat down beside me again.He said to me gently: "You should keep your promise."

"What promise?"

"You know, draw a muzzle on my lamb. I'm responsible for my flowers!"

I immediately took out my drawing from my pocket.

The little prince saw it and said with a smile, "The baobab tree you drew looks like cabbage..."

"Ah!" I looked at the little prince in amazement, actually I am proud of the baobab tree I drew, I think I draw it very much like it.

"And, look, the fox you drew has ears that look like horns, and they're too long!"

At this time, he laughed again.

"Little friend, you are so unfair. I used to only draw boa constrictors with their bellies open and their bellies closed."

"As long as you've drawn them before," he said, "the kids will recognize them."

I outline a muzzle with a pencil.When I handed it to the little prince, I felt very sad, "I don't know what your future plans are, little prince."

This time, the little prince didn't answer me, he just said to me: "You know, tomorrow will be my first anniversary since I came to this earth."

Then, neither of us spoke, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I fell near here at the time."

At this moment, his cheeks became crimson.

I looked at my little friend and felt an inexplicable sadness for some reason.At this time, I thought of a question, "A week ago, the morning I met you, you were walking alone in this deserted place. So, it was not a coincidence that I met you that day? Are you going back To where you landed?"

The little prince's face turned red again.

Hesitantly, I added, "Are you back where you landed because of the anniversary?"

The little prince blushed even more.He never answered these questions, but when he blushed it was tantamount to saying "yes."

"Ah!" I said to him, "little prince, I am a little afraid that you will go away."

But he replied, "You should go back to work now. You should go back to your machine and fix it. I'll wait for you here, and you'll come back tomorrow night."

However, I am concerned that he is here by himself.At this time, I remembered what the fox said, once you are tamed, you will definitely suffer happiness damage, and you may cry.

(End of this chapter)