"Little fellow, this has nothing to do with the fox?"
"Why?"
"Because we're going to die of thirst."
The little prince didn't follow my reasoning, and answered me, "It's good to have had a friend, even if you're going to die. Myself, I'm very glad to have had a fox for a friend."
He doesn't realize the danger, I said to myself. He's never hungry or thirsty. A little sunlight is enough for him... But the little prince looked at me and answered my thought. "I'm thirsty, too...Let's find a well..."
I made an exasperated gesture. It is absurd looking for a well, at random, in the vastness of the desert. But even so, we started walking.
-Antoine De Saint Exupery: The Little Prince, Chapter 24
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