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You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half - confidence about the " other planets . " |
lpp_1943.1280 |
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The well that we had come to was not like the wells of the Sahara . |
lpp_1943.1281 |
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The wells of the Sahara are mere holes dug in the sand . |
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This one was like a well in a village . |
lpp_1943.1283 |
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But there was no village here , and I thought I must be dreaming ... |
lpp_1943.1284 |
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" It is strange , " |
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I said to the little prince . |
lpp_1943.1286 |
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" Everything is ready for use : the pulley , the bucket , the rope ... " |
lpp_1943.1287 |
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He laughed , touched the rope , and set the pulley to working . |
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And the pulley moaned , like an old weathervane which the wind has long since forgotten . |
lpp_1943.1289 |
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" Do you hear ? " said the little prince . |