接着，沉默了一会儿，他又说道：“我就落在这附近……”
他的面颊绯红。
再一次，我不知为什么，又感到一阵莫名其妙的悲伤。这时，我想到了一个问题：“一星期以前，我认识你的那天早上，你单独一个人在这旷无人烟的地方走着，这么说，这并不是偶然的了？你是要回到你降落的地方去是吗？”
小王子的脸又红了。
我犹豫不定地又说了一句：
“可能是因为周年到了吧？……”
小王子脸又红了。他从来也不回答这些问题，但是，脸红就等于说“是的”，是吧？
“啊！”我对他说，“我有点怕……”
但他却打断了我：
“你现在该做事了。你应该回到你的飞机那里去。我在这里等你。你明天晚上再来……”
我很担心。我想起了狐狸的话。如果被人驯服了，就可能会要哭的……
Chapter 25
"Men," said the little prince, "set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about, and get excited, and turn round and round..."And he added:
"It is not worth the trouble..."The well that we hade to was not like the wells of the Sahara. The wells of the Sahara are mere holes dug in the sand. This one was like a well in a village. But there was no village here, and I thought I must be dreaming...
"It is strange," I said to the little prince. "Everything is ready for use: the pulley, the bucket, the rope..."He laughed, touched the rope, and set the pulley to working. And the pulley moaned, like an old weathervane which the wind has long since forgotten.
"Do you hear" said the little prince. "We have wakened the well, and it is singing..."I did not want him to tire himself with the rope.
"Leave it to me," I said. "It is too heavy for you."I hoisted the bucket slowly to the edge of the well and set it there— happy, tired as I was, over my achievement. The song of the pulley was still in my ears, and I could see the sunlight shimmer in the still trembling water.