The Little Prince
The Little Prince I had undone his eternal golden cowl. I had wet her temples and made her drink. And now I dared not ask him anything. He looked at me gravely and wrapped his arms around me. I felt his heart beat like that of a bird that dies, when it has been shot with a rifle. He tells me:
"I'm glad you found what was missing from your machine. You can go home ...
- How do you know ! "
I had just told him that, against all hope, I had succeeded in my work!
He did not answer my question, but he added:
"I too, today, go home ..."
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Then, melancholy:
"It's much further ... it's much harder ..."
I felt that something extraordinary was happening. I held him in his arms like a little child, and yet it seemed to me that he was flowing vertically into an abyss without anything to restrain him.
He had a serious look, lost very far:
"I have your sheep. And I have the case for the sheep. And I have the muzzle ... "
And he smiled with melancholy.
I waited a long time. I felt that it was getting warmer by degrees:
"Little fellow, you were afraid ..."