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第二十六章（第7页）

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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Ishallnotleaveyou，"

Isaid.

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IshalllookasifIweresuffering.IshalllookalittleasifIweredying.Itislikethat.Donotcometoseethat.Itisnotworththetrouble..."

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Ishallnotleaveyou."

Buthewasworried.

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Itellyou—itisalsobecauseofthesnake.Hemustnotbiteyou.Snakes—theyaremaliciouscreatures.Thisonemightbiteyoujustforfun..."

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Ishallnotleaveyou."