The Little Prince
The Little Prince " ... Of course. You will see where my trace begins in the sand. You just have to wait for me. I'll be there tonight. "
I was twenty meters from the wall and I still could not see anything.
The little prince said again, after a silence:
"You have good venom?" Are you sure you will not make me suffer for a long time?"
I stopped, my heart tight, but I still did not understand.
"Now go," he said, "I want to go down again!" "

Then I lowered my eyes to the foot of the wall, and I jumped! He was there, standing toward the little prince, one of those yellow snakes that execute you in thirty seconds. As I rummaged through my pocket to take out my revolver, I took the step, but at the noise I made, the serpent slowly sank into the sand, like a stream of water that dies, Pressing, slipped between the stones with a slight metallic sound. I reached the wall just in time to receive in my arms my little prince, pale as snow.
"What is that story?" You talk now with snakes! "