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The Little Prince-Chapter 27 | 小王子-第27章
Episode 28
Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
The Little Prince — Chapter 27 (Final Chapter)It has been six years now. I have never told anyone this story. But when I came back, I was comforted a little—though not entirely. I knew he had gotten back to his planet; for at dawn, his body was gone. It was not really so heavy a body, after all. And now I love to listen to the stars at night. They are like five hundred million little bells.But there is one extraordinary thing: when I drew the muzzle for the little prince, I forgot to add the leather strap. So he could never have fastened it on the sheep. And now I wonder: "What is happening on his planet? Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flower..."At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under its glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully..." Then I am happy. And all the stars laugh sweetly.But at another time I say to myself: "At some moment or other one is absent-minded, and that is enough! If one evening he forgot the glass globe, or if the sheep slipped out without making any noise during the night..." Then all the little bells are changed to tears...Here, then, is a great mystery. For you who also love the little prince, and for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has—yes or no?—eaten a rose.Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: Is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the flower? And you will see how everything changes...And no grown-up will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!This is, to me, the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the preceding page. I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory. It is here that the little prince appeared on Earth, and then disappeared.Look at it carefully so that you will be sure to recognize it in case you travel some day to the African desert. And, if you should come upon this spot, please do not hurry on. Wait for a time, exactly under the star.Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back.
