53. 第八天（讲解）

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It was now the eighth day since I had had my accident in the desert, and I had listened to the story of the merchant as I was drinking the last drop of my water supply.

"Ah," I said to the little prince, "these memories of yours are very charming; but I have not yet succeeded in repairing my plane; I have nothing more to drink; and I, too, should be very happy if I could walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water!"

"My friend the fox--" the little prince said to me.

"My dear little man, this is no longer a matter that has anything to do with the fox!"

"Why not?"

"Because I am about to die of thirst . . ."

He did not follow my reasoning, and he answered me:

"It is a good thing to have had a friend, even if one is about to die. I, for instance, am very glad to have had a fox as a friend . . ."

"He has no way of guessing the danger," I said to myself. "He has never been either hungry or thirsty. A little sunshine is all he needs . . ."

But he looked at me steadily, and replied to my thought: 

"I am thirsty, too. Let us look for a well . . ."

语言点

- reasoning：n. 推理；例：（数星星的商人）”This man," the little prince said to himself, "reasons a little like my poor tippler . . ." ”这个家伙，“小王子心里想，”他的思考方式有点像那个爱喝酒的人。”
- steadily：adv. 逐步地，持续地；例：If they are well cleaned out, volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions. 如果打扫干净，火山就会慢慢地、稳定地燃烧，不会突然喷发。