He was truly afraid, but he laughed a bit. /

"This evening ... /

... I will be (even) more afraid," ... /

he said. /

In this moment, ... /

... something I could do nothing against ... /

... because (something I could do nothing against) happened to me, /

... I was terribly sad (lit. great sadness filled my interior). /

Not being able to hear the Little Prince's laugther again ... /

... weighed on me a lot. /

His laughter was for me like a spring of clear water in the desert. /

"Little man, ... /

... please, I want to hear you laugh again," ... /

... I said. /

He said as follows: /

"Because it is (exactly) one year today (lit. because it is my (exact) year today)... /

... my star is seen exactly above the place where I came down to the earth a year ago." /

"Little man, ... /

... tell me that this is only a (bad) dream (lit. saying 'this is a dream', tell me)!" ... /

... I said to him. /

"This affair of you talking to the snake, ... /

... the place where you agreed to meet (lit. the place (of) which you said to each other 'we will meet'), ... /

... and this affair of the star, ... /

... tell me that it is not true!" /

But he ignored (lit. left) my plea and said as follows: /

"What is important to people are things that the eye cannot see," ... /

... he said. /

"Yes, I know." /

"It is just like the flower. ... /

... If you love a flower that lives on a star, ... /

... it makes you happy to look at the stars in the night. ... /

... All the stars in the sky seem to be abloom for you (lit. you see all those stars in the sky, doing as if they are blooming)." /

"Yes, I know." /

"It is like the water. ... /

... (Because you pulled it out of the hole with a rope, using a pulley) the water that you gave me to drink ... /

... (you) using the pulley ... /

... because you pulled (the water that you gave me to drink) up from the hole with a rope (, using a pulley), ... /

... this water is like a eulogy for you. ... /

... You remember how good it was. /

... Don't you?" /

"Yes, I remember." /

"And at night you will look up at the stars. ... /

... Because everything is tiny where I live, ... /

... I cannot show (lit. make tell) you where (lit. at which) my stars is found. /

... It's good like that. ... /

One of the stars that you see in the sky ... /

... you will consider (one of the stars that you see in the sky) as your star (lit. saying '(it) is my star' you will take it). ... /

... So (you will love very much) to look at all the stars in the sky ... /

... you will love very much. /

... The stars will be your friends. /

... And on top of that, I am going to make you a present." /

After having said this, he laughed again. /

"Please, Little Prince, ... /

... my dearly loved Little Prince, ... /

... how much I love to hear you laugh!" /

"That is my present. ... /

... Just that (lit. just her). /

... I will be like when we drank the water together." /

"What do you want to say?" (i.e. What do you mean?) /

The Little Prince answered as follows: /

"Even though all people look at the stars, ... /

... what each of them thinks about the stars is different. ... /

... For the pople who travel, ... /

... the stars are travel guides (lit. are ones that show the road). ... /

... For some others, (they are) simply (little lights that) shine in the sky ... /

... they are (simply) little lights (lit. ones that have little lights). ... /

For some knowledgeable people and scientists, ... /

... the stars are objects of study. ... /

... For that businessman of mine, (they) are wealth. /

... But all these stars are silent. ... /

... You only ... /

... you alone can see the stars in a different way from now on." /

"What do you want to say?" /

"I will be living on one of the stars. ... /

... I will live and laugh on one of the stars. ... /

... So when you look at the stars in the sky at night ... /

... it will seem to you as if the stars were laughing. ... /

... So the (only) one who has stars that can laugh /

... is you only." /

Having said this, he laughed again. /

"When you sorrow is comforted - ... /

... time soothes all sorrows (lit. there isn't sorrow that does not pass with time) - ... /

... at this time ... /

... you will be happy that you have known me. ... /

... You will always be my friend. ... /

... You will want to laugh with me. ... /

... In order for you to find this pleasure ... /

... when you will open your window, look at the sky and laugh, ... /

... your friends will be astonished and they will laugh about you (lit. they will laugh back; returning you, they will laugh). /

... And you (will say) ... /

... "Yes, when I look at the stars, ... /

... they make me laugh," you will tell (them). ... /

... They (will think about you) ... /

... "Has this one become crazy?" they will think (i.e. say) about you. /

... It is like this that I will play (a trick) on you." /

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