"I tell you― it is also because of the snake. He must not bite you. Snakes― they are malicious creatures. This one might bite you just for fun...""I shall not leave you."

當時一道黃色的閃電在他的腳踝子骨四周閃過。頃刻間他一動也不動了。他冇有叫喚，悄悄地像一棵樹被砍倒在地上，連一點響聲都冇有，大抵因為沙地的原因吧。

But a thought came to reassure him:"It is true that they have no more poison for a second bite."That night I did not see him set out on his way. He got away from me without making a sound. When I succeeded in catching up with him he was walking along with a quick and resolute step. He said to me merely:"Ah! You are there..."

"It was wrong of you to come. You will suffer. I shall look as if I were dead; and that will not be true..."I said nothing.

“你到底想說甚麼？”

"And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure... and your friends w ill be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, ‘Yes, the stars always make me laugh!‘ And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you..."And he laughed again.