chapter XXVIII

“hello”

the little prince looked around, but

he couldn’t see, where the voice came from.

“hello, i am here in the riverwater,

my name is ella, the salmon fish”.

the little prince bent foreover and

than he saw the salmon with her mouth open.

her words came as waterbubbles in the air.

the little prince became wet bit by bit.

"come here and play with me

and i will be your friend", said the little prince.

the fish spit some bubblewater out

and said: ”i can’t come there”.

the little prince was amazed and spoke:

”why do you neglect my order?”.

“why, well” she said

“i wouldn’t survive overthere without water”.

the little prince sank in a deep reflexion

and said after some time:

”i get you a pail with water”.

the salmon fish laughed and replied:

”even in a enormous pail i wouldn’t survive,

i need streaming water, to swimm streamupwards,

it is my task and duty to lay eggs”.

“i only dropped by to say you goodbye and ........................

to tell you that not only simple petaled flowers needs water”.

than she splashed her tail on the water and she became invisible.

the little prince got serious sad and cried because

the salmon fish remembered him on his lovable flower.

curious reflected the little prince for a while,

curious, am i dreaming? i thought i was in the desert.

curious that the rememberance of my flower caused a fata morgana

or maybe a reinforcement of my longings and wishes.

the little prince sighted and enjoyed the refreshment in his mind.