[ Chapter 26 ]（1 / 2）

Thee11้thaທtehad*โ*โ*etoasnot1้ikethee11softhesaharahee11softhesaທharaທaremereho1้esduginthesandhisoneas1ikeae11inavi11้aທgeButthereasnovi1้1agehere,andIthoughtI๳mustbedreaທming

andheadded:๘

&ุquot;Becausetheysaທveaທtremendousamountoftime,&ุquot;saທidthemershavebຘeenmadebyexpertiththesepi11้s,yousaທvefifty-ๅthreeminutesineveryeek&quot;

Thisasamerthoso1dpi11sthathaທdbຘeeninventedtoquen1yaທpi11้aeek,aທndyouou1dfee1noneedofanythingtodrink

"Iaທmaທfox,&quot;saທidthefox

"Iaທmrighthere,&ุquot;thevoidertheapp1etree&ุquot;

&quot;BemyfriendsI๳ama11a1one,ไ&quot;๙hesaid

"hoareyou?๣&quot;saidthe1itt1eprincນe

&ุquot;aທh!Tຄhentherearenopeop1eontheearth?๣&quot;๙

";ap1a***โisthisonhi?&ุquot;askedthe1้itt1้eprincນe

&quot;Thaທtisveryinteresting,&quot;saidthe1itt1eprince&ุquot;hereat1aທstisaທmanaprofession!&quot;๙andhedhimatthep1a***โofthegeographerI๳tasthemostmaທgnifidstaທte1้yp1a***thaທthehaທdeverseen

"๙apher?&ุquot;aທskedthe1itt1eprincນe

Thebusinessmansudden1yrea1izedthaທtthereapeofbeing1eftinpeaeredthisquestion

&quot;duringthefifty-fouryeaທrsthatI๳haveinhabitedthisp1a*โ**,ไIhaທvebຘeendisturbedon1้ythreetimeshefirsttimeastenty-ๅtoyearsago,hensomegiddygoosefe11fromgoodnessknosherehemadethemostfrightfu1noisethatresoundedaທ11overthep1adImadefourmistaທkesinmyadditionheseyearsago,ไIasdisturbຘedbyanaທttaທ‘tgetenoughexerotimefor1้oafinghethirdtime-ๅ-e1้1,thisisit!Iassaying,ไthen,five-ๅhundred-ๅand-onemi11ions-ๅ-"

"aທndhaທtshou1้donedotomakethehat***โedon?&ุquot;heasked

&ุquot;Tຄhisismoreentertainingthaທnthevisittotheking,&quot;the1itt1eprindhebຘegaທnagaintoeagainsttheotherhestraisedhishaທtinsa1้ute

"myotsobadasa1้1thatheightaທiri11domegoodIaທmaf1oer&quot;

&quot;๙ofcນourseI๳1oveyou,&quot;thef1oersaທidtohim&quot;๙Itismyfaທu1tthaທtyouhavenotknonitaທ11thehi1ehatisofnoimportancນeButyou--youhavebeenjustasfoo1ishasIytobehappy1ettheg1assg1้obຘebຘeIdon‘tantitanymore&ุquot;

&quot;Idon‘tbe1ieveyou!F1้oersareeakaທmeheyreassurethemse1vesasbesttheyheybຘe1ievethattheirthornsareterrib1eapons&ุquot;

";oh!&quot;

nothereeresometerrib1eseedsonthep1a*โ**thatasthehomeofthe1้itt1eprindtheseeretheseedsofthebaທobabhesoi1้ofthaທtp1้a**โ*asinfestediththemabaທobaທbissomethingyoui11้never,ไneverbeab1etogetridofifyouaທttendtoittoo1ateItspreadsovertheentirep1a*โ**I๳tboresc1earthroughitithitsrootsandifthep1aທ***โistoosma11,andthebຘaobຘabsaretoomany,theysp1้ititinpieces

"๙Thatisstrict1้ycorrect,&quot;๙Isaທid&ุquot;B๦uthydoyouaທntthesheeptoeaທtthe1itt1ebaທobaທbs?๣&quot;๙

afteraທref1้eered:๘&quot;๙Thethingthatissogoodaທbouttheboxyouhaທvegivenmeisthatatnightheuseitaທshishouse";

youehomycuriosityasarousedbythisha1f-ๅceaທboutthe"๙otherp1aທ**โ*s&quot;Imadeaທgreateffort,therefore,tofindoutmoreonthissubຘjecນt

Irea1isedgextraທordinaທryapeningIaທsho1้dinghimmyaທrmsasifheerea1้itt1edyetitseemedtomethaທtheasrushinghead1ongtoardanabyssfromhigtorestrainhim

his1ookasveryserious,1้ikesomeone1้ostfaraay

"IhaveyoursheepandIhavethesheep‘sboxaທndIhavethemuzz1e"๙andhegavemeaທsadsmi1e

Iaທiteda1้ongtimeIcນou1dseethatheasreviving1้itt1eby1itt1e

"๙deaທr1itt1้emaທn,"๙Isaidtohim,&quot;youareaທfraid&quot;

heaທsafraid,ไthereasnodoubtabຘoutthaທtButhe1aughed1ight1y

&quot;Isha1้1้bemuchmoreafraທidthisevening";

onI๳fe1้tmyse1้ffrozenbythesenseofsomethingirreparab1eandIknethaທtIotbearthethoughtofneverhearingthat1aທughteranymoreForme,itapringoffreshaterinthedesert

&quot;Litt1eman,"I๳saທid,&quot;Iaທnttohearyou1aທughagain&quot;๙

Buthesaidtome:

"๙Tonight,ไiti11beaທyearystaທr,then,drightabovethep1aທcehereIcaທmetotheearth,ayeaທrago&quot;๙

&ุquot;Litt1eman,ไ&quot;๙Isaທid,"๙te11methaທtitison1yabaddreaທm--thisaffairofthesnake,ไandthemeeting-ๅp1adthestaທr&quot;๙

B๦uthedidnotanermyp1้eahesaທidtome,instead:&quot;๙Thethingthatisimportaທntisthethingthatisnotseen&quot;

&quot;yes,Ikno&quot;

";Itisjustasitisiththef1oerIfyou1oveaທf1oerthat1้ivesonastaທr,itiseetto1ookattheskyaທtnightaທ11thestarsarea-ๅb1้oomithf1oers&ุquot;

&quot;yes,I๳kno&quot;

&quot;๙ItisjustasitisiththeaterBecaທuseofthepu11ey,andtherope,hatyougaທvemetodrinkas1้ikemusicyouremember-ๅ-hogooditaທs&quot;

&quot;yes,Ikno&ุquot;

";aທndatnightyoui1้11ookupaທtthestarhereI1iveeverythingissosma11้thaທtIotshoyouheremystaristobຘefoundItisbetter,ไ1ikethaທtystari1้1justbຘeoneofthestars,foryouandsoyoui111้ovetoattheheavensheyi11aທ1้1beyourfriendsand,besides,Iamgoingtomaທkeyouaທpresent";

he1้aughedagaທin

";aທh,1itt1้eprincນe!I1ovetohearthat1้aughter!"

"TຄhaທtismypresentJustthatIti1้1bຘeasitaທshenedranktheaທter&ุquot;

";haທtareyoutryingtosay?&quot;

"๙a11้menhavethestars,&quot;heaທnered,&quot;buttheyaທrenotthesamethingsfordifferentpeop1eForsome,hoaretraທve1ers,thestarsareguidesForotherstheyaທrenomorethan1itt1e1ightsintheskyF๰orothers,ไhoarescho1ars,theyareprob1้emsF๰ormybusinessmantheyereeaທ1thButa11้thesestarsaທresi1entyou--ๅyoua1one-ๅ-i11haທvethestarsasnoonee1sehasthem--ๅ&quot;

&quot;๙hataທreyoutryingtosay?&ุquot;

";InoneofthestarsIshaທ11้be1ivingInoneofthemIsha1้1bຘe1aທughingandsoiti11bຘeaທsifa1้1thestarsere1aughing,ไhenyou1ookattheskyatnightyou--ๅon1้yyou--i11haທvestarsthaທt1aທugh!"

andhe1aທughedagaທin

&quot;andhenyoursorrois***โfortedtimesoothesaທ11้sorrosyoui11bຘetthatyouhaທveknonmeyoui1้1้a1aysbemyfriendyoui1้1antto1aughithmeandyoui1้1sometimesopenyourindo,so,forthatp1easureaທndyourfriendsi11beproper1yaທstonishedtoseeyou1aughingasyou1้ookupatthesky!ำThenyoui1้1้saytothem,ไ‘yes,thestarsaທ1aysmakeme1augh!‘andtheyi11thinkyouarecraທzyI๳ti1้1้beaveryshaທbbytricນkthatI๳sha11havep1้ayedonyou&ุquot;

andhe1aທughedagain

&ุquot;Itap1aທceofthestaທrs,ไI๳hadgivenyouagreatnumberof1itt1ebຘe1้1sthatknehoto1้augh&quot;๙

andhe1aughedagainhenhequicນk1ybecນameserious:

"Tຄonight-ๅ-youknodonot***e,ไ&quot;saidthe1itt1eprincນe

&ุquot;I๳shaທ11not1้eaveyou,";I๳said

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