"Ah, I said to him, " I am a little frightened-"But he interrupted me. "Now you must work. You must return to your engine. I willl be waiting for you here. Come back tomorrow evening…" But I was not reassured. I remember the fox. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed…
作者稍微害怕,小王子要他去維修引擎,並在明晚回到原處。作者心中不安,他想起狐狸,如果被制服,得承擔流一點眼淚的風險。作者難得遇見可以懂他作品的朋友,小王子又內心單純,即使他們沒有認識很久,但兩人萍水相逢,面臨道別格外傷感。人生有時也如此,碰到互相契合的朋友,很談得來,重視彼此,會更珍惜雙方情誼。雖然現在通訊軟體相當方便,但世事變化我們無法預料,再好的朋友也可能說再見。