Chapter 26
“這恰好是我給你的禮品，這就彷彿水那樣。”
"That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."And he too said nothing more, becuase he was crying...
“那多麼好玩啊！你將有五億個鈴鐺，我將有五億口水井……”
“你到底想說甚麼？”
我停下腳步，心已碎，但我仍然不明白是如何回事。
他冇有答覆我的題目，接著說：
"And at night you will look up at the stars. Where I live everything is so small that I cannot show you where my star is to be found. It is better, like that. My star will just be one of the stars, for you. And so you will love to watch 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.
"You understand... it is too far. I cannot carry this body with me. It is too heavy."I said nothing.
但他並不答覆我的題目。他對我說：“首要的事，是看不見的……”
He was a little discouraged. But he made one more effort:"You know, it will be very nice. I, too, shall look at the stars. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out fresh water for me to drink..."I said nothing.