The Little Prince (90)

The Little Prince (90)

    XXIV

  IT WAS NOW the eighth day since I had had my accident in the desert, and I had listened to the story of the merchant as I was drinking the last drop of my water supply.

  " Ah, " I said to the little prince, " these mmories of yours are very charming ; but I have not yet succeeded in repairing my plane ; I have nothing more to drink ; and I, too, should be very happy if I could walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh
water ! "

  " My friend the fox ー " the little prince said to me.

  " My dear little man, this is no longer a matter that has anything to do with the fox ! "

  " Why not ? "

  " Because I am about to die of thirst. . . "

  He did not follow my reasoning, and he answered me :
  " It is a good thing to have had a friend, even if one is about    to die. I, for instance,  am very glad to have had a fox as a friend. . ."

  " He has no way of guessing the danger, " I said tomyself.
  " He has never been either hungry or thirsty. A little sunshine is all he needs. . ."

(90)