英中英49_they will all be your friends_林_乐明无念

I waited a long time. I could see that he was reviving little by little."Dear little man," I said to him, "you are afraid..."He was afraid, there was no doubt about that. But he laughed lightly."I shall be much more afraid this evening..."Once again I felt myself frozen by the sense of something irreparable. AndI knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing that laughter anymore. For me, it was like a spring of fresh water in the desert."Little man," I said, "I want to hear you laughagain."But he said to me:"Tonight, it will be a year... my star, then, can be found rightabove the place where I came to the Earth, a year ago...""Little man," I said, "tell me that it is only a baddream-- this affair of the snake, and the meeting-place, and the star..."But he did not answer my plea. He said to me, instead: "The thingthat is important is the thing that is not seen...""Yes, I know...""It is just as it is with the flower. If you love a flower that liveson a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloomwith flowers...""Yes, I know...""It is just as it is with the water. Because of the pulley, and therope, what you gave me to drink was like music. You remember-- how good itwas.""Yes, I know...""And at night you will look up at the stars. Where I live everythingis so small that I cannot show you where my star is to be found. It is better, likethat. My star will just be one of the stars, for you. And so you will love towatch all the stars in the heavens... they will all be your friends. And,besides, I am going to make you a present..."He laughed again.