When I was six years old , I liked to read storybooks . One day , I started to read a book , called true stories from Nature . The book was about the primeval ! forest and had many interesting pictures . I instantly found myself absorbed in the book . One of the pictures that drew my attention was the one above . The book said : " Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole . The way they digest their prey is to sleep through six months . They sleep because they are not able to move . I pondered this deeply in order to understand their behavior ! . And I agreed that to sleep is the best way to digest their prey . But there was one thing I was still wondering about . That was what boa constrictors looked like after they swallowed their prey . So I tried to think creatively with my imagination . After some trial and error , I succeeded in making my first Drawing Number One . It turned out to look something like this : What I did with my picture first was to show it to the grown - ups . And I asked them whether it was frightening to look at this picture or not . But they answered : " Frighten ? Is it frightening to look at a hat ? " My drawing was not a picture of a hat . It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant . Their answers were a let down . It seemed that it was hard for them to understand from a child ' s point of view . But I didn ' t stop there . I continue to go on further . This time , I drew another picture in order to help them understand the meaning of my picture . I drew the inside of a boa constrictor , so that the grown - ups were able to visualize it clearly . It seemed they always needed to have things explained , but it was tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them . My Drawing Number Two looked like this : This time , the grown - ups ' response was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors . It didn ' t matter if it was from the outside or the inside . They thought it was wiser for me to devote myself instead to geography , history , arithmetic , and grammar . So that is why , I gave up my dream to become a painter . Instead , I chose another profession , and learned to pilot airplanes . I have flown a little over all parts of the world . I came to realize just how import &# 033 ant geography is . It is a practical subject to study because it is very useful for flying . At a glance , I am able to distinguish China from Arizona . This kind of knowledge is valuable , especially if one happens to get lost in the night . During the course of my life , I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence . A great deal of my life has been spent among grown - ups . There ' s no one else to share my thoughts with except for them , and I have seen them intimately up close to learn about life . However , it hasn ' t changed much of my opinion of them . Whenever there was an adult to converse with and who seemed to me at all clear - sighted , I tried showing them my Drawing Number One to see if they could guess what I had drawn . I wanted to try to find out if this was a person of true understanding . But , whoever it was , he , or she , would always say : " That is a hat , of course , to wear out ". Thus , I never had the chance to talk with that person about boa constrictors , or primeval ! forests , or stars . I would have to bring myself down to his level . I would talk to kill time with him about bridge , and golf , and politics , and neckties . And the grown - up would say , " I am pleased to meet such a sensible young man . " So I lived my life alone , without many friends to play with and without anyone to really talk to who understood me , until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara , six years ago . Something was broken in my engine . And as I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers to help me out , I attempted to fix the difficult repairs alone . It was a question of life or death for me : I had scarcely enough drinking water to last me for a week . The first night , then , I went to sleep on the sand , a thousand miles from any human habitation to make contact with . I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean . Then , to my pure amazement , at sunrise , I was awakened by an odd little voice who said : " If you please -- draw me a sheep to look at ! "" What ! " " Draw me a sheep ! " I jumped to my surprise at this bewildering request . I blinked my eyes hard . I looked carefully all around me to see that it was not a dream . And I saw a most extraordinary small person , who stood there examining me with great seriousness . Here you may see the best portrait that , later , I was able to make of him . But my drawing is not as charming to look at compared to its model , but works well enough . However , it is not my fault . Since the grown - ups discouraged me from my painter ' s career , I only learned to draw what boas looked like from the outside and inside . So I never learned to develop my true talent and to fulfill my painter ' s dream . Now I stared at this sudden figure , who looked like a ghost to me . This was unreal , but I tried not to be too surprised . I didn ' t know what to make of this . Remember , I had crashed in the desert a thousand miles from any inhabited region . And yet this little man seemed not to be straying among the sands , and not to be fainting from fatigue or hunger or thirst or fear . He didn ' t look like a lost child in the middle of the desert . When at last I was able to find words which to speak , I said to him : " But -- what are you doing here and what is your name ? " And in answer he repeated , very slowly , as not to give any misunderstanding . He spoke as if it were a matter of great consequence : " If you please -- draw me a sheep . .." When a mystery is too overpowering , I dared not to disobey . Absurd as it might seem to me , a thousand miles from any human habitation and no idea how to get back , I took out of my pocket a sheet of paper to draw on and my fountain pen to write with . But remembering that I only advised what to study , practical things like geography , history , arithmetic and grammar , I told the little chap ( a little crossly , too ) that I did not know how to draw . He answered me : " That doesn ' t matter . Draw me a sheep . .." But I had never drawn a sheep . I told him not to be so impatient . I thought whether to copy something that looked like a sheep or whether to draw one of the two pictures I drew so many times . So I first drew the picture of the boa constrictor from the outside . And I was astounded when the little fellow guessed it correctly , " No , no , no ! I don ' t want an elephant inside a boa constrictor . A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature , not to be played with . An elephant is very cumbersome . Everything is very small where I live . What I need is a sheep . Draw me a sheep . " Not to irritate him more , I drew a picture something like this : He looked at it carefully , then said , " No , Try not to make it so sickly . Please , make me another . " So I made another drawing . My friend smiled gently and indulgently . " You see yourself , " he said , " that this is not a sheep . This is a ram . It has horns . " So then I did my drawing over once more . But it was rejected too , just like the others . " This one is too old . " He instructed me on what to do . " I want a sheep that will live a long time . " By this time I did not have much patience , because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart . So not to waste a lot of time , I threw this drawing away and started over one last time . And I threw out an explanation with it . " This is only his box . The sheep you asked for is inside . " I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of him . He was to imagine this . " That is exactly the way you are supposed to draw it ! Do you think that sheep are to eat a great deal of grass ? "" Why ? "" Because where I live everything is very small . .. No one is allowed to have anything big . "" There will surely be enough grass for him , " I said . " It is a very small sheep that I have given you . " He bent his head over the drawing . " Not so small that -- Look ! He has gone to sleep . .." And then asked if sheep are to sleep a lot . This is how I met the little prince . It took me a long time to learn where he came from . It seemed the little prince was to ask me many questions , but was never to hear the ones I asked him . From words dropped by chance , little by little , I was to find out about everything . The first time he was to look at my airplane , for instance ( I shall not draw my airplane ; that would be much too complicated for me ) , he asked me : " What is that object ? "" That is not an object . It flies . It is an airplane . It is my airplane . " And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly . He cried out , then : " What ! You dropped down from the sky ? "" Yes , " I answered , modestly . " Oh ! That is funny ! " But no one was to find it as amusing as the little prince . He broke into a peal of laughter , which irritated me very much . I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously . Then he was to add : " So you , too , come from the sky ! Which is your planet ? Perhaps we are meant to be friends . " At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence too queer to explain , and I demanded , abruptly : " Do you come from another planet ? " But he did not reply . He tossed his head gently to one side , without taking his eyes from my plane : " Surely , you couldn ' t have come too far away to know how to draw a sheep ". And he sank into deep thought , which lasted a long time . Then , just when I thought he would answer , he took my sheep out of his pocket , and buried himself in the contemplation of his treasure . It was too difficult to get him to answer . I was too excited to contain my curiosity by this half - confidence about the " other planets . " So I made a great effort , in order to find out more about this subject . " My little man , where do you come from ? What is this ' where I live , ' of which you speak ? Where do you want to take your sheep ? Please , answer this … you have only to answer this question . " After a reflective silence he answered : " The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house , which is good enough to sleep and play in "." That is so . And if you are good I will give you a string , in order to tie him during the day ". But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer : " Tie him ! What a queer idea ! "" So as to not have him wander off and get lost , you need to tie him , " I explained . My friend broke into another peal of laughter , loud enough for me to ask him what was funny about that . " But where do you think he would go ? "" Anywhere . Straight ahead of him . " Then the little prince said , earnestly : " That doesn ' t matter . The place where I live is too small to get lost ! " And , with perhaps a hint of sadness , he added : " Straight ahead of him , nobody can go very far . Just far enough to stand up and not bump into someone . " I had thus learned a second fact of great import &# 033 ance . < BR > That was the planet in which the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house ! < BR > But that was not too surprising to learn . </ P >< P > I soon came to know very well that in addition to the great planets -- such as Earth , Jupiter , Mars , Venus -- to which we have given names , there are also hundreds of others . Seeing some of them , which seem so small through the telescope , can be quite tedious and difficult . When discovering a small planet , usually an astronomer &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly assigns it a number , not a name considering its small size . He might call it , for example , " Asteroid 325 . "</ P >< P > From enough supporting evidence , the planet from which the little prince is from is an asteroid known as B - 612 . < BR > This asteroid has &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce been seen through the telescope . That was by a Turkish astronomer , in 1909 . < BR > On making his discovery of this new planet , the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress in a great demonstration . However , the astronomer , being Turkish , came dressed in a Turkish costume and so nobody believed him . < BR > Fortunately , however , for the sake of Asteroid B - 612 , a Turkish dictator made a law and forced his subjects to wear European costumes . So in 1920 , dressing in impressive style and elegance had been a wise choice . For when the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again , this time everybody accepted his report . </ P >< P > Telling you these details about the asteroid is helpful to understand grown - ups and their ways . You see , telling them that you have made a new friend does not mean much to them , they never seem to bother asking questions like , " What does his voice sound like ? What games does he love best ? Does he collect butterflies ? " Instead , asking questions that pertain to details is more relevant and sensible , they think . For example , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; es that ask : " How old is he ? How many brothers does he have ? How much does he weigh ? How much money does his father make ? " They are more willing to believe in concrete things that have figures . This way they feel they have learned something about him . < BR > Speaking with grown - ups is a matter of consequence . If you were to say : " I saw a beautiful house made of rosy bricks , with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof , " they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all . You would have to say to them : " I saw a house that cost $ 20 , 000 . " Then they would exclaim : " Oh , what a pretty house that is ! "< BR > Just so , you might say to them : " I have proof that the little prince existed simply because he was charming , and that he laughed . And his looking for a sheep is how we made acquaintance . If anybody wants a sheep , that is a proof that he exists . " But what good would it do to tell them that ? They would shrug their shoulders , and treat you like a child . But if you said to them : " A place called Asteroid B - 612 is existing , in which the little prince lives on , " then they would be convinced , and leave you in peace from their question . </ P >< P > But certainly , for us who understand life , figures are a matter of indifference . I would have enjoyed beginning this story in the fashion of the fairy - tales . I would have said : "&# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce upon a time there was a little prince living on a planet that was barely the size of himself , and who wanted a sheep . .."< BR > To those who have an understanding of life , that would have given a much greater air of truth to my story . < BR > I don ' t want for people to read my book carelessly . I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories . Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me , with his sheep . If I were to try describing him here , it would be for the sake of trying not to forget him . Forgetting a friend is a sad thing . Not everyone has had a friend . And if I forget him , I may become like the grown - ups who no longer find things interesting except for figures . ..< BR > It is for that purpose , again , that I have bought a box of paints and some pencils . Taking up drawing again at my age is difficult , especially when I have &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly made pictures of a boa constrictor from the outside in , and that was at the age of six . I will certainly attempt to make my portraits as true to life as possible . But I am not sure of succeeding . &# 79 ;&# 110 ; e drawing goes along all right , and another has no resemblance to its subject . < BR > When it comes to more import &# 033 ant details I seem to have the habit of making silly mistakes , but that is not my fault because my friend never explained anything to me . He thought , perhaps , I was similar to him . But I , alas , do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes . Perhaps I am a little like the grown - ups . I am growing old . </ P >< P > As each day passed I would learn , in our talk , something about the little prince ' s planet , his departure from it , his journey . The information would come very slowly , as it might chance to fall from his thoughts . On the third day , I came upon hearing about the catastrophe of the baobabs . < BR > This time , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce more , I had the sheep to thank for it . For the little prince asked me abruptly -- as if seized by a grave doubt --" It is true , isn ' t it , that sheep like eating little bushes ? "< BR >" Yes , that is true . "< BR >" Ah ! I am glad ! "< BR > I was still trying to understand why it was so import &# 033 ant that sheep should eat little bushes , when the little prince added : < BR >" Then it follows that they also eat baobabs ? "< BR > Pointing out to the little prince that baobabs were not little bushes , I had said , ' but , on the contrary , they were trees as big as castles ; and that even if he were to try taking a whole herd of elephants away with him , the herd would not eat up &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e single baobab '.< BR > The little prince started laughing at the idea of the herd of elephants . < BR >" We would have to put them &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e on top of the other , " he said . </ P >< P > But he made a wise comment : < BR >" Before they grow so big , the baobabs start out by being little . "< BR > There was no denying this and I said , " That is correct , but why do you want the sheep to eat the little baobabs ? " I wanted to hear the answer to this . < BR > He answered me at &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce , " Oh , come , come ! " as if he were speaking of something that was self - evident . And I was obliged to make a great mental effort to solve this problem , without any assistance . < BR > What I learned was that there were good plants and bad plants on the planet where the little prince lived . So it goes without saying that there were good seeds from good plants , and bad seeds from bad plants . But there is no use trying to distinguish them , because seeds are invisible . They sleep deep in the heart of the earth ' s darkness , until &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of them feels like waking up . Then this little seed stretches itself and begins -- timidly at first -- to push a charming little spring inoffensively upward toward the sun . If it turns out to &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly be a sprout of radish or a sprig of a rosebush , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e would let it grow wherever it might wish . But when it is a bad plant , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e must destroy it as soon as possible , the very first instant that &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e recognizes it . There is no telling what kind of chaos could happen if it is not destroyed . </ P >< P > Upon hearing this , I was struck with amazement . The little prince told me his planet was infested with the baobab seeds and that they were bad seeds . A baobab is something you will never , never be able to get rid of if you attend to it too late . It spreads over the entire planet . It bores clear through it with its roots . And if the planet is too small , and the baobabs are too many , they split it in pieces . ..< BR >" It goes without saying that &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e needs to be disciplined , " the little prince said to me later on . " You must remember to pull up regularly all the baobabs , at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rosebushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth . It is very tedious work , " the little prince added , " but very easy . "< BR > And &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e day he made a point of telling me : " You ought to make a beautiful drawing , so that the children where you live can see exactly how all this is . That drawing would surely be worth looking at , and would be useful to them if they were to travel some day . Sometimes , " he added , " there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day . But it goes without saying that baobabs always mean catastrophe . I knew a planet that was inhabited by a lazy man who forgot about pulling them up . He neglected three little bushes . .." </ P >< P >< BR > So , I have made a drawing of that planet describing it the way the little prince said . I do not like to speak in a preaching tone , but the danger of allowing baobabs to grow is so little understood , and there are considerable risks that would happen to anyone who might get lost on an asteroid . For this reason , I am breaking through my reserve . " Children , " I say plainly , " watch out for the baobabs ! "< BR > My friends , like myself , have been skirting danger of this sort for some time , without ever knowing it ; and so it is for them that I have undertaken this demanding task of drawing a picture of baobabs . The lesson that I pass on is worth paying attention to . </ P >< P > Perhaps you will ask me , " Why are there no other drawing in this reading book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs ? "< BR > The reply is simple . I have tried . But with the others I have not been successful . When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity . </ P >< P > Oh , little prince ! Bit by bit I came to understand the secrets of your sad little life . .. for a long time , the quiet pleasure of looking at the sunset was your &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly comforting entertainment . I learned that new detail on the morning of the fourth day , when you said to me : < BR >" I am very fond of sunsets . Come , let us go look at a sunset now . "< BR >" But we must wait , " I said . < BR >" Wait ? For what ? "< BR >" For the sunset . We must wait until it is time . "< BR > At first you seemed to be surprised and then gave a beaming laugh . You said to me : < BR >" I am always thinking that I am at home watching the sunset ! "</ P >< P > Just so . Everybody knows that when it is noon in the United States the sun is setting over France . < BR > If you could fly to France in &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e minute , you could go straight into the sunset , right from noon . Unfortunately , France is too far away for that . But on your tiny planet , my little prince , moving your chair a few steps is all you had to do . You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like . ..< BR >"&# 79 ;&# 110 ; e day , " you said to me , " I saw the sunset forty - four times ! " </ P >< P >< BR > With some reflection given , you added : < BR >" You know -- &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e loves the sunset , when &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e is so sad . .."< BR >" Were you so sad , then ? " I asked , " on the day of the forty - four sunsets ? "< BR > But the little prince made no reply . </ P >< P > On the fifth day -- the secret of the little prince ' s life had me filled with curiosity and was revealed to me , thanks , again to the sheep . Abruptly , with nothing leading up to it , and as if the question had been born out of a long and silent meditation on his problem , he demanded : < BR >" A sheep -- if it eats little bushes , does it eat flowers , too ? "< BR >" A sheep , " I answered , " eats anything it finds in its reach . "< BR >" Even flowers that have thorns ? "< BR >" Yes , even flowers that have thorns . "< BR >" Then the thorns -- what use have they got ? "< BR > I did not know . At that moment I had felt exhausted by trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my engine . I was very much worried , for it was becoming clear to me that the breakdown of my plane was extremely serious . And I had so little drinking water left that I had to fear for the worst . < BR >" The thorns -- what use are they ? "< BR > Once the little prince asked a question , he had to have it answered . As for me , I was upset over that bolt . With such feelings of frustration mounting , I answered with the first thing that came into my head : < BR >" The thorns are of no use at all . Flowers have thorns just to be spiteful ! "< BR >" Oh ! "< BR > There was a moment of complete silence . Then the little prince flashed back at me , with a kind of resentfulness : < BR >" I don ' t believe you ! Flowers are weak creatures . They are naive and believe that their thorns are terrible weapons . .."< BR > I did not answer . At that instant I was saying to myself : " if this bolt still won ' t turn , I am going to knock it out with the hammer . " Again the little prince had my thoughts interrupted : < BR >" And you actually believe that the flowers --"< BR >" Oh , no ! " I cried . " No , no , no ! I don ' t believe anything . I answered you with the first thing that came into my head . Don ' t you see -- I am very busy with matters of consequence ! "< BR > He stared at me , thunderstruck . With his eyes opened wide , he said : < BR >" Matters of consequence ! "</ P >< P > Bending down over an &# 111 ;&# 98 ;&# 106 ;&# 101 ;&# 99 ;&# 116 ; that seemed to him extremely ugly , he looked at me there , and said . ..< BR >" You talk just like the grown - ups ! "< BR > That made me a little ashamed . Not relenting , he continued , < BR >" You mix everything up together . .. You confuse everything . .."< BR > He was really very angry . He tossed his golden curls in the breeze . < BR >" I know a planet where there is a certain red - faced gentleman . He has never smelled a flower . He has never looked at a star . He has never loved any &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e . He has never done anything in his life but add up figures . And all day he says over and over , just like you : ' I am busy with matters of consequence , ' causing him to swell up with pride . But he is not a man -- he is a mushroom ! "< BR >" A what ? "< BR >" A mushroom ! "< BR > The little prince was now white with rage . < BR >" The flowers growing thorns for millions of years , the sheep have been eating the flowers just the same . And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them ? Is the warfare between the sheep and the flowers not import &# 033 ant ? Is this not of more consequence than a fat red - faced gentleman ' s sums ? And if I know -- I , myself -- one flower which is unique in the world , that grows nowhere but on my planet . However , not noticing what he is doing , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e little sheep can destroy this flower in a single bite . -- Oh ! You think that is not import &# 033 ant ! "</ P >< P > Turning from white to red , he continued : < BR >" If you love a flower of which just &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars , it is enough to make you happy just to look at the stars . You can say to yourself , ' Somewhere , my flower is there . ..' But if the sheep eat the flower , in &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e moment all your stars will be darkened . .. And you think that is not import &# 033 ant ! "< BR > Sobbing , he choked on his words and could not say anything more . < BR > The night had fallen . I grew tired and had let my tools drop from my hands , my fingers black with engine grease . .. Of what moment now was my hammer , my bolt , or thirst , or death ? On &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e star , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e planet , my planet , the Earth , there was a little prince to be comforted . Taking him in my arms and rocking him , I said to him : < BR >" The flower that you love is not in danger . I will draw you a muzzle for your sheep . I will draw you a railing to put around your flower . I will --"< BR > I did not know what to say to him . Feeling awkward and blundering , I did not know how I could reach him , where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce more . < BR > Being in such a secret place , the little prince seemed to momentarily be alone in the land of tears . </ P >< P >< BR > Having learned about this flower better , the little prince found the process of taking care of flowers simple . Strictly speaking , they had &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e ring of petals ; they took up no room at all ; and they were a trouble to nobody . &# 79 ;&# 110 ; e morning they would appear in the grass , and by night they would have faded peacefully away . < BR > But &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e day , a new flower had come up , blown in from somewhere as a seed . The little prince became very curious as to what it was . There being no other small sprouts like this on his planet , the little prince watched it very closely . < BR >" Was it a new kind of baobab ? " he thought . < BR > And then suddenly , the shrub stopped growing , and instead , a flower began to sprout . Judging from the first appearance of this huge bud , the flower was quite unique and the little prince felt at &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it . < BR > But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber . While she was dressing herself slowly , the little prince thought the colors she wore were selected with the greatest care . She adjusted her petals &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e by &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e . She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled , like the field poppies . It was &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear . < BR > Frankly speaking , she was a coquettish creature ! And her mysterious adornment lasted for days and days . < BR > Then &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e morning , exactly at sunrise , she suddenly showed herself . </ P >< P > And , after working with all this painstaking precision , she needed to rest . She yawned and said , feeling scarcely awake , " I beg that you will excuse me . My petals are still all disarranged . .."< BR > But the little prince could not restrain his admiration : < BR >" Oh ! How beautiful you are ! " < BR >" Am I not ? " the flower responded , sweetly . " And I was born at the same moment as the sun . .."< BR > Guessing easily enough that she was not very modest , the little prince was still moved and excited by her , nevertheless . < BR > Starving from hunger , she said to the little prince , " It ' s been a pleasure making your acquaintance , but we ought to eat breakfast , don ' t you think ? If you would have the kindness to think of needs --"< BR > Considering the fact that the little prince had been alone up until this point , the flower gave a fresh new meaning to his life . < BR > The little prince , feeling completely abashed , went looking for a sprinkling - can to give some fresh water to her . Then , he tended to his flower . < BR > All things considered , he became responsible for his flower . </ P >< P > The flower whom the little prince loved began very quickly to torment him with her vanity , which was , truthfully speaking , a little difficult to deal with . &# 79 ;&# 110 ; e day , for instance , when she was speaking of her four thorns , she said to the little prince who was watering her : < BR >" Let the tigers come with their claws ! "< BR >" There are no tigers on my planet , " remarked the little prince who &# 111 ;&# 98 ;&# 106 ;&# 101 ;&# 99 ;&# 116 ; ed to this absurd idea , " And , anyway , tigers don ' t eat weeds . "< BR >" I am not a weed , " said the flower who replied sweetly . </ P >< P >" Please excuse me . .."< BR >" I am not at all afraid of tigers , " she went on , " But I have a horror of drafts . I suppose you wouldn ' t have a screen for me ? "< BR >" A horror of drafts -- that is bad luck , for a plant , " remarked the little prince , and added to himself , " This flower is a very complex creature who is quite particular about many things "</ P >< P >" At night I want you to put me under a glass globe . It is very cold where you live . In the place I came from --"< BR > But the flower whose &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly place was this &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e had quickly come to realize her logical mistake , and became silent . The flower who had come in the form of a seed could not have known anything of any other worlds . Embarrassed over having let herself be caught on the verge of such a naive untruth , she coughed two or three times , in order to put the little prince in the wrong . The little prince who did not seem to care much had changed subjects and moved on to ask : < BR >" The screen ? "< BR >" I was just going to look for it when you spoke to me . .."< BR > Then she forced her cough a little more so that he should suffer from remorse just the same . < BR > So the little prince , who in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love , had soon come to doubt her . He had taken her words seriously , which were without import &# 033 ance , and it made him very unhappy . < BR >" I ought not to have listened to such a flower whose notions are naive , " he confided to me &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e day . "&# 79 ;&# 110 ; e never ought to listen to flowers whom act so vain . &# 79 ;&# 110 ; e should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance . Mine perfumed my whole planet . But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace . This tale of claws , which disturbed me so much , should &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly have filled my heart with tenderness and pity . "</ P >< P >< BR > And he continued his confidences : < BR >" The fact is that I did not know how to understand anything ! I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words . She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me , which bewitched me . I ought never to have run away from her . .. Who would have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems ? Flowers are so inconsistent ! But I was too young to know how to love her . .."</ P >< P > For his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds whose destination was far . On the morning of his departure he put his planet in perfect order . He carefully cleaned out his active volcanoes , which had erupted often . He possessed two active volcanoes , which were very convenient for heating his breakfast in the morning . He also had &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e volcano that was extinct . But , as he said , "&# 79 ;&# 110 ; e never knows ! " So he cleaned out steadily , without any eruptions . Volcanic eruptions are like fires in a chimney . < BR > On our earth we are obviously much too small to clean out our volcanoes , which brings us no end of trouble . </ P >< P > The little prince also pulled up , with a certain sense of dejection , the last little shoots of the baobabs which had grown . He believed that he would never want to return . But on this morning all these familiar tasks of which he disfavored before , seemed very precious to him . And when he watered the flower for the last time , and prepared to place her under the shelter of her glass globe , he realized that he was very close to tears . < BR >" Goodbye , " he said to the flower . < BR > But she made no answer . < BR >" Goodbye , " he said again . < BR > The flower coughed which was pretentious because she did not have a cold . < BR >" I have been silly , " she said to him , at last . " I ask your forgiveness . Try to be happy . .."< BR > He was surprised by this absence of reproaches , which used to come from the flower . He stood there all bewildered , the glass globe held arrested in mid - air . He did not understand this quiet sweetness . </ P >< P >< BR >" Of course I love you , " the flower said to him . " You ' re the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly person that loved me . It is my fault that you have not known it all the while . That is of no import &# 033 ance . But I have not been the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e that was foolish -- you -- you have been just as foolish . Try to be happy . .. Let the glass globe be . I don ' t want it any more . "</ P >< P >" But the wind --"< BR >" My cold is not as bad as I make it seem . .. The cool night air will do me good . I am a flower . "< BR >" But the animals --"< BR >" Well , I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies . It seems that they are very beautiful . And if not the butterflies -- and the caterpillars - who will call upon me ? You will be far away . .. As for the largest animal that might harm me -- I am not at all afraid of them . I have my claws . "< BR > And , naively , she showed her four thorns . Then she added : < BR >" Don ' t linger like this . You have decided to go away . Now go ! "< BR > That is all that she said , for she did not want him to see her crying . She was the proudest flower that he had met . ..</ P >< P > He found himself in the neighborhood of the asteroids 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , and 330 . He began , therefore , by visiting them , in order to add to his knowledge . < BR > The first asteroid that he landed on was inhabited by a king . Clad in royal purple and ermine , he was seated upon a throne , which was at the same time both simple and majestic . </ P >< P >" Ah ! Here is a subject , " exclaimed the king , when he saw the little prince coming . < BR > And the little prince asked himself : < BR >" How could he recognize me when it was &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly the first time that we meet each other ? "< BR > He did not know how simplified the world was for kings . To them , all men are subjects . < BR >" Approach , so that I may see you better , " said the king , who felt proud of being at last a king over somebody . < BR > The little prince looked everywhere to find a place to sit down ; but the entire planet was crammed and obstructed by the king ' s magnificent ermine robe . So he remained standing upright , and since he was tired , he yawned . < BR >" Who is that yawning in the presence of a king ? " the monarch said to him . " It is contrary to etiquette . I forbid you to do so . " </ P >< P >& nbsp ;</ P >< P >" I can ' t help it . I can ' t stop myself , " replied the little prince , thoroughly embarrassed . " I have come on a long journey , and I have had no sleep in what seems like forever . .."< BR >" Ah , then , " the king said . " I order you to yawn . It is years since I have seen anyone yawning . Yawns , to me , are &# 111 ;&# 98 ;&# 106 ;&# 101 ;&# 99 ;&# 116 ; s of curiosity . Come , now ! Yawn again ! What I say is an order . "< BR >" That frightens me . .. I cannot , any more . .." murmured the little prince , now completely abashed . < BR >" Hum ! Hum ! " replied the king " then I -- I order you sometimes to yawn and sometimes to --."< BR > He sputtered a little , and seemed vexed on what to say next . < BR > For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected . He tolerated no disobedience . But , because he was a very good man , he made his orders reasonable . < BR >" If I ordered a general what to do , " he said , " for example , if I told him to change himself into a sea bird , and if the general did not obey me , that would not be the fault of the general . It would be my fault . "< BR > The little prince did not understand what the king meant , and asked permission to sit down in a timid voice . < BR >" I order you to do so , " the king answered him , and majestically made a seat out of what was a fold of his ermine mantle . < BR > But the little prince was wondering . .. The planet was tiny . Over what could this king really rule ? < BR >" Sir , " he said to him , " I beg that will excuse my asking you a question --"< BR >" I order you to ask me a question , " the king hastened to assure him . < BR >" Sir -- over what do you rule ? "< BR >" Over everything , " said the king , with magnificent simplicity . < BR >" Over everything ? "< BR > The king made a gesture , which took in his planet , the other planets , and all the stars . < BR >" Over all that ? " asked the little prince . < BR >" Over all that , " the king answered . < BR > For his rule was not &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly absolute : it was also universal . < BR > Such power was what is given to such authority like a king and the little prince marveled at it . If he had been master of such complete authority , he would have been able to watch the sunset , not forty - four times in &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e day , but seventy - two , or even a hundred , or even two hundred times , without ever having to move his chair . And because he felt a bit sad as he remembered what he left behind , he plucked up his courage to ask the king a favor : < BR >" I should like to see a sunset . .. Do me that kindness . .. Order the sun to set . .."< BR >" If I ordered a general to fly from &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e flower to another like a butterfly , or to write a tragic drama , or to change himself into a sea bird , and if the general did not carry out the order , which &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of us would be in the wrong ? " the king demanded . " The general , or myself ? "< BR >" You , " said the little prince firmly . < BR >" Exactly . What we must all do is fulfill our duty , " the king went on . " Accepted authority rests first of all on reason . If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea , they would rise up in revolution . I have the right to require obedience because my orders are reasonable . "< BR >" Then my sunset ? " the little prince reminded him . < BR >" You shall have your sunset . I shall command it . But , according to my science of government , what we have to do is wait until conditions are favorable . "</ P >< P >" When will that be ? " inquired the little prince . < BR >" Hum ! Hum ! " replied the king ; and before saying anything else he consulted a bulky almanac . " Hum ! Hum ! The sun will - will -- set this evening at a time when it is twenty minutes to eight . And you will see how well I am obeyed ! "< BR > The little prince yawned . He was regretting how he lost his sunset . And then , too , he was already becoming a little bored . < BR >" I have nothing more to do here , " he said to the king . " So I shall set out on my way again where I can do some more exploring . "< BR >" Do not go when I haven ' t even given you permission , " said the king , who was very proud of having a subject . " Do not go . I will make you a Minister ! "< BR >" Minister of what ? "< BR >" Minister of -- of Justice ! "< BR >" But there is nobody here to judge ! "< BR >" We do not know that , " the king said to him . " I have not yet made a complete tour of my kingdom . I am very old . There is no room here for a carriage . And it tires me to walk . But that is why I need you to check . "< BR >" Oh , But I have looked already ! " said the little prince , turning around to give &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e more glance to the other side of the planet . On that side , as on this , there was nobody at all . ..< BR >" Then what you shall do is judge yourself , " the king answered . " That is the most difficult thing of all . It is much more difficult to judge &# 111 ;&# 110 ; eself than to judge others . If you succeed in judging yourself rightly , then you are indeed a man of true wisdom . "< BR >" Yes , " said the little prince , " but I can judge myself anywhere . I do not need to live on this planet . < BR >" Hum ! Hum ! " said the king . " I have good reason to believe that somewhere on my planet there is an old rat . I hear him but I can ' t see the place where he is . You can judge this old rat . From time to time you will condemn him to death . Thus his life will depend on how you judge him . But you will pardon him on each occasion ; for he must be treated thriftily . He is the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e we have . "< BR >" I , " replied the little prince , " do not like to condemn anyone to death . And now I think I will go on my way . "< BR >" No , " said the king . < BR > But when the little prince had completed his preparations for departure he had no wish to grieve the old monarch . < BR >" If your majesty wishes to be promptly obeyed , " he said , " how about giving me a reasonable order ? He should be able , for example , to order me to be gone by the end of &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e minute . It seems to me that conditions are favorable . .."< BR > When the king made no answer , the little prince hesitated a moment , and then , with a sigh , he left . < BR >" Why don ' t you be my Ambassador ? " the king called out , hastily . < BR > He had a magnificent air of authority when he said that . < BR >" When it comes to grown - ups , they can be very strange , " the little prince said to him , as he continued on his journey . </ P >< P >< BR > The second planet was inhabited by a conceited man . </ P >< P >" Ah ! Ah ! I am about to receive both a visitor and admirer ! " he exclaimed from afar when he first saw the little prince coming . < BR > For , to conceited men , all other men are admirers . < BR >" Good morning , " said the little prince . " That is a queer hat you are wearing . "< BR >" It is a hat not &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly for greetings but also for salutes , " the conceited man replied . " It is to raise in salute when people acclaim me . Unfortunately , nobody at all ever passes this way . Please either salute me or pass on . "< BR >" Yes ? " said the little prince , who did not understand what the conceited man was talking about . < BR >" Clap both your hands , together and give me some applause , " the conceited man now directed him . < BR > The little prince clapped his hands . The conceited man raised his hat in a modest salute . < BR >" This is more entertaining than the visit to the king , " the little prince said to himself . And he began again to clap his hands , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e against the other . The conceited man again raised his hat in salute . < BR > After five minutes of this exercise the little prince not &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly grew tired of the game ' s monotony but also wanted to ask what should &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e do to make his hat come down . < BR > But the conceited man neither heard nor answered him . Conceited people never hear anything but praise . < BR >" Pardon me , but do you really admire me very much ? " he demanded o the little prince . < BR >" What does that mean --' admire '?"< BR >" To admire means that you regard me as the handsomest , the best - dressed , the richest , and the most intelligent man on this planet . " < BR >" But you are the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly man on your planet ! "< BR >" Do me this kindness . Admire me just the same . Not &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly do you find me most admirable , but you also wish you could be me … for a day or so , don ' t you ? "< BR >" I admire you , " said the little prince , shrugging his shoulders slightly , " But what is there in that to interest you so much ? "< BR > The little prince neither wanted to stay any longer nor return to his planet , so he went away . < BR >" Gosh , both he and the King are certainly very odd , " he said to himself , as he continued on his journey . </ P >< P >& nbsp ;</ P >< P > Now that the little prince left the conceited man , the next planet he visited had a tippler living on it . This was a very short visit because it was too depressing for the little prince . < BR >" What are you doing there ? " he said to the tippler , who was sitting at a table in silence . As it appeared , there were a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles in front of him . </ P >< P >" I am drinking , " replied the tippler , with a lugubrious air . < BR >" Why are you drinking ? Because of some unhappy situation perhaps ? " demanded the little prince . < BR >" Because I want to forget , " replied the tipper . < BR >" To forget what ? " inquired the little prince , who already was sorry for him . < BR >" To forget that I am ashamed , " the tippler confessed , hanging his head . < BR >" Ashamed of what ? " insisted the little prince , because he wanted to help him . < BR >" Ashamed of drinking ! " The tippler brought his speech to an end , and then shut himself up in an impregnable silence . < BR > And the little prince went away , puzzled since the tippler said no more . < BR >" Now that I have seen the tippler drink so much , I wonder if grown - ups really have so many worries ? They are certainly very , very odd , " he said to himself , as he continued on his journey . </ P >< P > The fourth planet belonged to a businessman . Since this man was so much occupied with his work , he did not even raise his head at the little prince ' s arrival . </ P >< P >" Good morning , " the little prince said to him . " your cigarette has gone out . "< BR >" Three and two make five . Five and seven make twelve . Twelve and three make fifteen . Good morning . Fifteen and seven make twenty - two . Twenty - two and six make twenty - eight . I know my cigarette went out but since I haven ' t time to light it again , I can ' t . Twenty - six and five make thirty - one . Phew ! Then that makes five - hundred - and - one million , six - hundred - twenty - two - thousand , seven - hundred - thirty - one . "< BR >" Five hundred million what ? " asked the little prince . < BR >" Eh ? Are you still there ? Five - hundred - and - one million -- I can ' t stop . .. I have so much to do ! As you can see , I am concerned with matters of consequence . So , I don ' t amuse myself with balderdash . Two and five make seven . .."< BR >" Five - hundred - and - one million what ? " the little prince asked again since he never in his life had let go of a question &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce he had asked it . < BR > The businessman raised his head . Now that the little prince got his attention , he was a bit dumbfounded . </ P >< P >& nbsp ;</ P >< P >" During the fifty - four years that I have inhabited this planet , I have been disturbed &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly three times . The first time was twenty - two years ago , when some giddy goose fell from goodness knows where . No sooner had he made the most frightful noise than I had made four mistakes in my addition and had to start over again . The second time , eleven years ago , I was disturbed by an attack of rheumatism since I don ' t get enough exercise . I have no time for loafing . The moment I do , I stop working , which would cost me greatly . The third time -- well , this is it ! I was saying , then , five - hundred - and - one millions --"< BR >" Millions of what ? "< BR > As soon as I came to this planet , I had not left the businessman alone and he suddenly realized that there was no hope of being left in peace until answered this question . < BR >" Millions of those little &# 111 ;&# 98 ;&# 106 ;&# 101 ;&# 99 ;&# 116 ; s , " he said , " which &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e sometimes sees in the sky . But as soon as you see them , you know what they are . "< BR >" Flies ? "< BR >" Oh , no ! Little glittering &# 111 ;&# 98 ;&# 106 ;&# 101 ;&# 99 ;&# 116 ; s . "< BR >" Bees ? "< BR >" Oh , no . Little golden &# 111 ;&# 98 ;&# 106 ;&# 101 ;&# 99 ;&# 116 ; s , that set lazy men to idle dreaming . As for me , I am concerned with matters of consequence . The moment I start work , I continue straight through . So there is no time for idle dreaming in my life . "< BR >" Ah ! You mean the stars ? "< BR >" Yes , that ' s it . The stars . "< BR >" And what do you do with five - hundred millions of stars ? "< BR >" Five - hundred - and - one million , six - hundred - twenty - two thousand , seven - hundred - thirty - one . I am concerned with matters of consequence : I am accurate . "< BR >" And what do you do with these stars ? "< BR >" What do I do with them ? "< BR >" Yes . "< BR >" Nothing . I own them . "< BR >" You own the stars ? "< BR >" Yes . "< BR >" But I have already seen a king who --"< BR >" Kings do not own , they reign over . It is a very different matter . "< BR >" And what good does it do you to own the stars ? "< BR >" No sooner do I own them than it makes me become rich . "< BR >" And what good does it do you to be rich ? "< BR >" It makes it possible for me to buy more stars , if any are discovered . "< BR > The moment the little prince heard this , he said to himself , " This man reasons a little like my poor tippler . .."< BR > No sooner had he heard this than his curiosity began to grow . < BR >" How is it possible for &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e to own the stars ? "< BR >" To whom do they belong ? " the businessman retorted , peevishly . < BR >" I don ' t know . To nobody . "< BR >" Then they belong to me , because I was the first person to think of it . "< BR >" Is that all that is necessary ? "< BR >" Certainly . As soon as you find a diamond that belongs to nobody , it becomes yours . When you discover an island that belongs to nobody , it is yours . When you get an idea before any &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e else , you take out a patent on it : it is yours . So with me : I own the stars , because nobody else before me ever thought of owning them . "< BR >" Yes , that is true , " said the little prince . " And what do you do with them ? "< BR >" As soon as I administer them , " replied the businessman . " I count them and recount them . It is difficult . But I am a man who is naturally interested in matters of consequence . " </ P >< P >< BR > The little prince was still not satisfied . < BR >" If I owned a silk scarf , " he said , " I could put it around my neck and take it away with me lest I should forget it . If I owned a flower , I could pluck that flower and take it away with me . But you cannot pluck the stars from heaven . .."< BR >" No . But I can put them in the bank in order to make some money . "< BR >" Whatever does that mean ? "< BR >" That means that I write the number of my stars on a little paper so that I can keep track of them . Then I put this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key . "< BR >" And that is all ? "< BR >" That is enough , " said the businessman . < BR >" It is entertaining , " thought the little prince . " It is rather poetic , but it is of no great consequence . "< BR > On matters of consequence , the little prince had ideas , which were very different from those of the grown - ups . < BR >" I myself own a flower , " he continued his conversation with the businessman , " Which I water every day so that it may grow . I own three volcanoes , which I clean out every week ( for I also clean out the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e that is extinct ; &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e never knows ) so that it will be clean of ashes . It is of some use to my volcanoes , and it is of some use to my flower , that I own them . But you are of no use to the stars . .."< BR > The businessman opened his mouth , but he found nothing to say in answer . And the little prince went away . < BR >" The grown - ups are certainly altogether extraordinary , " he said simply , talking to himself as he continued on his journey . < BR > The fifth planet was very strange . It was the smallest of all , so that there was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter . The little prince was not able to reach any explanation of the use a street lamp and a lamplighter , somewhere in the heavens . On a planet , which had no people , and no houses , there was no need really for a street lamp and a lamplighter . But he said to himself , nevertheless : < BR >" It may well be that this man is absurd . But he is not so absurd as the king , the conceited man , the businessman , and the tippler . For at least his work has some meaning . He lights his street lamp in order that &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e more star , or &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e flower can be brought to life . And he puts out his lamp , so that the flower or the star can go to sleep . That is a beautiful occupation . And since it is beautiful , it is truly useful . "</ P >< P > When he arrived on the planet he saluted the lamplighter so that he could see the little prince ' s sincere respect for him . < BR >" Good morning . Why have you just put out your lamp ? "< BR >" Those are the orders , " replied the lamplighter . " Good morning . "< BR >" What are the orders ? "< BR >" The orders are that I put out my lamp . Good morning . " </ P >< P >& nbsp ;</ P >< P > The odd thing was , even though he just put out his lamp a minute ago , he relit it again . < BR >" I don ' t understand . Why have you just lit it again ? " said the little prince . < BR >" There is nothing to understand , " said the lamplighter . " It doesn ' t matter whether you understand or not , orders are orders . Good morning . "< BR > And he put out his lamp . < BR > Mopping his forehead with a handkerchief decorated with red squares , he said , " I follow a terrible profession . In the old days it was reasonable . I put the lamp out in the morning , and in the evening I lighted it again . I had the rest of the day for relaxation and the rest of the night for sleep . "< BR >" And the orders have been changed since that time ? "< BR >" The orders have not been changed , " said the lamplighter . " That is the tragedy ! Even though the planet has turned more rapidly from year to year , the orders have not changed ! "< BR >" So then what has changed ? " asked the little prince . < BR >" So now the planet turns every minute that I no longer have a single second for repose . &# 79 ;&# 110 ; ce every minute I have to light my lamp and put it out ! "< BR >" That is very funny ! A day lasts &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e minute , here where you live ! "< BR >" It is not funny at all ! " said the lamplighter . " While we have been talking together a month has gone by . "< BR >" A month ? "< BR >" Yes , a month . Thirty minutes . Thirty days . Good evening . "< BR > And he lighted his lamp again . < BR > As the little prince watched him , he felt so much love for this faithful lamplighter that he wanted to help him . < BR >" You know , " he said , " I can tell you a way you can rest whenever you want to . .."< BR >" I always want to rest . Even if I could , I really shouldn ' t since I must follow my orders , " said the lamplighter < BR > Even though he is lazy , it is possible for a man to be faithful as well . < BR > Whether or not &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e agreed with this , the little prince went on with his explanation : < BR >" Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it . Even if you are always in the sunshine , you need &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly walk along rather slowly . When you want to rest , you will walk -- and the day will last as long as you like . "< BR >" That doesn ' t do me much good , " said the lamplighter . " The &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e thing I love in life is to sleep . "< BR >" Then you ' re unlucky , " said the little prince . < BR >" I am unlucky , " said the lamplighter . " Good morning . "< BR > And he put out his lamp . < BR >" That man , " said the little prince to himself , as he continued farther on his journey , " that man would be scorned by people like the king , the conceited man , the tippler , and the businessman . But even though he would be scorned , he is the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e who does not seem to me ridiculous . Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself . "< BR > He breathed a sigh of regret , and said to himself , again : < BR >" That man is so faithful and precious that I could have been a friend with him . But his planet is so small that there is no room on it for two people . .."< BR > Even if the little prince did not confess that he was sorry most of all to leave this planet , he felt blessed every day with 1440 sunsets ! </ P >< P >< BR > If &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e were able to join the little prince on his travels , they could see that the sixth planet was ten times larger than the last &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e . </ P >< P >" Oh , look ! Here is an explorer ! " exclaimed an old gentleman who saw the little prince coming and asked him , " Where do you come from ? " < BR > But the little prince acted as if he had not heard him , and asked , " What is that big book ? What are you doing ? "< BR >" I am a geographer , " said the old gentleman , " which is a scholar who knows about the location of all the seas , rivers , towns , mountains , and deserts . "< BR >" Fantastic ! " said the little prince . " Here at last is a man who has a real profession ! Your planet is very beautiful . If I had more time to explore , it would be nice to stay here for awhile , but has it any oceans ? " he said . < BR >" I couldn ' t tell you , " said the geographer . < BR >" Ah ! " The little prince was disappointed . " Has it any mountains ? "< BR >" I couldn ' t tell you that either , " said the geographer . < BR >" But you are a geographer ! "< BR >" Exactly , " the geographer said . " If I were an explorer , I could tell you , but I am &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly a geographer who writes down what the explorers recall of their travels . If any are interesting enough , I would order an inquiry into that explorer ' s moral character . "< BR >" Why is that ? "< BR >" Because if an explorer were to lie , it would bring disaster on the books of the geographer . It would also be a disaster if an explorer drank too much . "< BR >" I know someone , " said the little prince , " who would make a bad explorer . If you met him , you would agree . "< BR > The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement and asked , " But you -- you come from far away ! You are an explorer ! Describe your planet to me ! Perhaps it would be better if I were to write down the facts as you describe them . "< BR >" Oh , where I live , " said the little prince , " It is not very interesting . It is all so small . I have three volcanoes and I also have a flower . "< BR >" We do not record flowers , " said the geographer , " because they are ephemeral . "< BR >" What does that mean --' ephemeral '?"< BR >" It means , ' which is in danger of speedy disappearance . " < BR >" Is my flower in danger of speedy disappearance ? " asked the little prince thinking about his flower on his planet , left all alone . < BR >" It certainly is , " replied the geographer . < BR >" If I had stayed , I might have been some aid to her . " That was his first moment of regret . But he took courage &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce more . < BR >" If you were me , what place would you advise me to visit now ? " he asked . < BR >" If I were you , I would go to the planet Earth , " replied the geographer . " It has a good reputation . "< BR > And the little prince went away , thinking of his flower . </ P >< P >< BR > So then the seventh planet was Earth . If &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e had been there as well , &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e could have seen that it was not just an ordinary planet ! There were 111 kings , 7000 geographers , 900 , 000 businessmen , 7 , 500 , 000 tipplers , and 311 , 000 , 000 conceited men -- that is to say , about 2 , 000 , 000 , 000 grown - ups . To give you a better idea of the size of the Earth , before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain a veritable army of 462 , 511 lamplighters for the street lamps . Seen from a slight distance , that would have made a splendid spectacle if they had all been lit up at the same time . The movements of this army would be regulated like those of the ballet in the opera . </ P >< P > If &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e had had the chance to play the wit , he might have wandered sometimes a little from the truth . I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters because men occupy a very small place upon the Earth . If the two billion inhabitants stood upright and somewhat crowded together , they could easily be put into &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide . < BR > The grown - ups , surely , would have not believed you if you told them this . They would imagine that men fill up a lot of space and that they think of themselves as import &# 033 ant as the baobabs . < BR > When the little prince arrived on the Earth , he was very much surprised not to see any people . If it had not been for a coil of gold flashing across the sand , he would have thought he had come to the wrong planet . </ P >< P >" Good evening , " said the little prince courteously to the snake who returned his greeting . < BR >" What planet is this on which I have come down ? " asked the little prince . < BR >" This is the Earth , " the snake answered . < BR >" But why are there no people here ? "< BR >" This is the desert . There are no people here , " said the snake . " Why are you here ? "< BR >" I have been having some trouble with a flower . If I could have reconciled with her , I would have but … , " said the little prince . < BR >" Ah ! " said the snake . And they were both silent . </ P >< P >" Where are the men ? " the little prince said at last . " It is as if no &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e were living here , which makes it quite lonely . "< BR >" It is also lonely among men , " the snake said . < BR >" You are a funny animal , " he said . " You are no thicker than a finger . .."< BR >" But I am more powerful than the finger of a king , " said the snake talking as if he were a mighty king . < BR >" You &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly wish it were true , but you don ' t have any feet . You cannot even travel . .."< BR >" I can carry you farther than any ship could take you , " said the snake . < BR > He twined himself around the little prince ' s ankle , like a golden bracelet . < BR >" Whomever I touch , I send back to the earth from whence he came , " the snake spoke again . " But you are innocent and true , and you come from a star . .."< BR > The little prince made no reply . < BR >" You move me to pity -- you are so weak on this Earth made of granite , " the snake said . " " I wish you were able to stay , and then I could help you … "< BR > The Little prince crossed the desert and met with &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e flower that had three petals . </ P >< P >" Where are the men ? " the little prince asked , politely . < BR >" Men ? " she echoed as if she were pretending not to know . " I think there are six or seven of them in existence . I saw them , several years ago . But &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e never knows where to find them . The wind blows them away . They have no roots , and that makes their life very difficult . "< BR > After that , the little prince climbed a high mountain , wishing to see the whole planet at &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e glance , and all the people . .."< BR > But he saw nothing , except peaks of rock as if they were sharp needles . < BR >" Good morning , " he said courteously . < BR >" Good morning - Good morning -- Good morning , " answered the echo . < BR >" I wish to have someone to play with for I am alone , " he said . < BR >" I am all alone -- all alone -- all alone , " answered the echo . < BR >" What a queer planet ! " he thought , wishing it had been more exciting . " It is altogether dry , and pointed , and altogether harsh and forbidding . And the people have no imagination , repeating whatever &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e says to them . .. On my planet I had a flower ; she always was the first to speak as if I were someone import &# 033 ant . .." </ P >< P >< BR > The little prince walked for a long time . If it had not been for the road he had come across , he would have given up and left , but standing before him were a garden blooming with roses . < BR >" Good morning , " he said . </ P >< P >" Good morning , " said the roses . < BR > The little prince gazed at them . They all looked like his flower . < BR > Had he not felt a bit foolish for thinking his rose was the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly flower , he would not have gotten so mad . " Who are you ? " he demanded , thunderstruck . < BR >" We are roses , " the roses said . < BR > And he was overcome with sadness . Had he not been so naive , he would have realized that his flower was not the &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of her kind in the universe . And here were five thousand of them , all alike , in &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e single garden ! < BR >" She would be very upset , " he said to himself , " Should she see this , it would cause her to cough most dreadfully , and she would pretend that she was dying , to avoid being laughed at . " < BR > Then he went on with his reflections : " I thought that I was rich , but all I had was a common rose and three volcanoes that come up to my knees -- and &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of them perhaps extinct forever . .. That doesn ' t make me a very great prince … If it had not been for meeting these roses I would have never known . "< BR > And he lay down in the grass and cried . Had he possessed a unique flower , he could have been a very great prince . < BR > If it were not for the appearance of the fox , the little prince would have continued to feel worthless , but his spirits rose when there was someone to talk with . < BR >" Good morning , " said the fox . < BR >" Good morning , " the little prince responded politely , although when he turned around he saw nothing . < BR >" I am right here , " the voice said , " under the apple tree . " </ P >< P >< BR >" Who are you ? " asked the little prince , and added , " You are as pretty as a puppy . "< BR >" I am a fox , " the fox said . < BR >" Come and play with me , " proposed the little prince . " I am as unhappy as when I left my flower , who was quite unique . "< BR >" I cannot play with you , " the fox said . " I am not as tame as you think . "< BR >" What does that mean --' tame '?" asked the little Prince . < BR >" You do not live here , " said the fox . " What is it that you are looking for ? "< BR >" I am looking for men … for friends . ," said the little prince . < BR >" Men , " said the fox . " They have guns , and they hunt . They are as dangerous as any untamed animal when they have guns . It is very disturbing . < BR >" What does tame mean ? " the little prince asked again . < BR >" It is an act too often neglected , " said the fox . " It means to establish ties . To me , you are just as alike as the other little boys . And I have no need of you . And you , on your part , have no need of me . To you , I am not any more special than other foxes . But if you tame me , then we shall need each other and come to be as loyal as a dog would be to his master . To me , you will be unique . To you , I shall be just as unique as your flower … "< BR >" My life is not so meaningful as when I have someone to tame me . It is very monotonous , " the fox said . " I hunt chickens ; the men hunt me . Chickens are just as alike as all of them , and all the men are just alike . And so , I am a little bored . But if you tame me , my life will be as bright as the shining sun . I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others . Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground . Yours will call me , as beautiful as music , out of my burrow . The fox gazed at the little prince , for a long time . </ P >< P >" Please -- tame me ! " he said . < BR >" I want to , very much , " the little prince replied . " But I don ' t have as much time as I thought . I have friends to discover , and a great many things to understand . "< BR >"&# 79 ;&# 110 ; e &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly understands the things that &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e tames , " said the fox . " Men have little time to understand anything . They buy as many things as possible that they can at the shops . But there is no shop where &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e can buy friendship as tender as a rose , and so men have no friends anymore . If you want a friend , tame me . .. "< BR >" What must I do , to tame you ? " asked the little prince . < BR >" You must be as patient as possible , " replied the fox . " First you will sit down as far as a mile from me -- like that -- in the grass and you will sit a little closer to me , every day . .."< BR > The next day the little prince came back . < BR >" It would have been better to come back at the same hour , " said the fox . " For if you come at four o ' clock in the afternoon , then at three o ' clock I shall begin to be happy . I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances . At four o ' clock , I shall already be as excited as when I saw you before . But if you come at just any time , I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you . "< BR > So the little prince tamed the fox . And when the hour of his departure drew near -- </ P >< P >< BR >" Ah , " said the fox , " I shall cry if you leave . You mean more than I realized . "< BR >" It is your own fault , " said the little prince . " I never wished to hurt you ; but you wanted me to tame you . .."< BR >" Yes , that is so , " said the fox . < BR >" Then it has done you no good at all ! "< BR >" But it has done me good , " said the fox , " because it is &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ly with the heart that &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e can see rightly ; what is essential is invisible to the eye . That is the secret . It is the time you have spent with your rose that makes your rose more import &# 033 ant than anything in the world . You must not forget this truth . You become responsible , forever , for what you have tamed . You are responsible for your rose . .." < BR >" Good morning , what do you do here ? " asked the little prince to a switchman . < BR >" I sort out travelers , in bundles of a thousand , " he said . " I send off the trains that carry them : now to the right , now to the left . "< BR >" They are in a greater hurry than usual , " said the little prince . < BR >" Are they coming back already ? " demanded the little prince . < BR >" These are not the same &# 111 ;&# 110 ; es , " said the switchman . " It is an exchange . "< BR >" Are they pursuing the first travelers ? " demanded the little prince . < BR >" They are pursuing nothing at all , " said the switchman . < BR >" Hmm … it seems that children know more of what they are looking for than adults , " said the little prince . " They spend time with a rag doll and it becomes very import &# 033 ant to them ; and cry if somebody were to take it away from them . "< BR > Next was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench your thirst . All you needed to do was swallow &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e pill a week and you would feel no need to drink anything . This seemed more of a hoax than anything . < BR >" Why are you selling those ? " asked the little prince . < BR >" Because they allow you to have more time than before , " said the merchant . " With these pills , it saves fifty - three minutes in every week . "< BR >" And what do I do with those fifty - three minutes ? "< BR >" Anything you like . .."< BR >" As for me , " said the little prince to himself , " if I had fifty - three minutes to spend as I liked , I should walk more leisurely toward a spring of fresh water than I would on any ordinary day . "</ P >< P > Eight days had passed 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 . < BR >" Ah , " I said to the little prince , " these memories of yours are very charming ; but I have not yet succeeded in repairing my plane . Since I have nothing more to drink ; and I , too , I would be very happy if we could walk toward a spring of fresh water ! "< BR >" Me too , I am thirstier than I thought . Let us look for a well . .. Water may also be good for the heart … "< BR > I made a gesture of weariness . It is absurd to look for a well , at random , in the immensity of the desert . But nevertheless we started walking since that was better than just sitting . < BR > Looking across the ridges of sand that stretched out before us in the moonlight , the little prince said , " the desert is beautiful . " And that was true . I have always loved the desert . &# 79 ;&# 110 ; e sits down on a desert sand dune , and sees and hears nothing more than the silence that something throbs , and gleams . ..< BR >" What makes the desert beautiful , " said the little prince , " is that somewhere it hides a well . .." </ P >< P >& nbsp ;</ P >< P >& nbsp ;</ P >< P >< BR > The more I understand about this mysterious radiation of the sand , the more astonished I was from this fact . When I was a little boy I lived in an old house , and a legend told us that a treasure was buried there . To be sure , no &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e ever knew how to find it ; perhaps no &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e had ever even looked for it . But it cast an enchantment over that house . My home was hiding a secret in the depths of its heart . ..< BR >" Yes , " I said to the little prince . " The house , the stars , the desert -- What gives them their beauty is something that is invisible ! "< BR > Shortly after , when the little prince fell asleep , I took him in my arms and set out walking &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce more . I said to myself , " What moves me so deeply , about this little prince is his loyalty to a flower -- the image of a rose that shines through his whole being like the flame of a lamp , even when he is asleep . .." And the more I felt him to be fragile , the more I felt the need to protect him , as if he himself were a flame that might be extinguished by a little puff of wind . ..< BR > And , as I walked on so , I found the well , at daybreak . </ P >< P > The well that we had come to was not like the wells of the Sahara . This &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e was like a well in a village . But there was no village here , and I thought I must have been dreaming . ..< BR >" It is strange , " I said to the little prince . " Everything is ready for use : the pulley , the bucket , the rope . .."< BR > He laughed , touched the rope , and set the pulley to working . The more he pulled on the pulley , the more it moaned like an old weather vane . < BR > I did not want him to tire himself with the rope . < BR > Being the stronger of the two of us , I said , " Leave it to me . It is too heavy for you . "< BR > I raised the bucket to his lips and he drank with his eyes closed . It was as sweet as some special festival treat . This water was indeed a different thing from ordinary nourishment . Its sweetness was born of the walk under the stars , the song of the pulley , the effort of my arms . It was good for the heart , like a present . < BR >" You must keep your promise to draw a muzzle for my sheep , " said the little prince , softly , as he sat down beside me &# 111 ;&# 110 ; ce more . " I am responsible for this flower . .." I liked him all the better for saying this . < BR > As I made a pencil sketch of a muzzle , he said to me : < BR >" You know -- my descent to the earth . .. Tomorrow will be its anniversary . "< BR > He seemed to have plans to leave , the sooner he returned , the better . </ P >< P > Beside the well there was the ruin of an old stonewall . When I came back from my work , the next evening , I saw from some distance away my little prince sitting on top of a wall , with his feet dangling . < BR > The closer I got , I saw , facing the little prince , a yellow snake that takes just thirty seconds to kill him . Even as I was digging into my pocket to get out my revolver I made a running step back . But , at the noise I made , the snake slithered easily across the sand like the dying spray of a fountain , and , in no apparent hurry , disappeared , with a light metallic sound , among the stones . < BR > The little prince ' s face was white as snow as I demanded , " What does this mean ? Why are you talking with snakes ? "< BR > He made no answer to my question , but he added : < BR >" The more I think of home , the more I want to go … so I am also going back home today . .."< BR > Once again I felt myself frozen by the sense of something irreparable . And I knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing his laughter anymore . The more you heard it , the more you loved it . For me , it was like a spring of fresh water in the desert . < BR > But he said to me : < BR >" The thing that is import &# 033 ant is the thing that is not seen . .. At night you will look up at the stars . Where I live everything is so small that I cannot show you where my star is to be found . The better it is to be like that . My star will just be &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of the stars , for you . And so you will love to watch all the stars in the heavens . .. they will all be your friends . And , besides , I am going to make you a present . .."< BR > And with that , he laughed heartily . < BR >" Ah , little prince , dear little prince ! I love to hear that laughter ! "< BR >" That is my present . It will be as it was when we drank the water . .." </ P >< P >" All men have the stars , " he answered , " but they are not the same thing for different people . For some , who are travelers , the stars are guides . For others they are no more than little lights in the sky . For others , who are scholars , they are problems . For my businessman they were wealth . But all these stars are silent . You -- you alone -- will have the most precious stars . No &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e else has such beautiful &# 111 ;&# 110 ; es as you --"< BR >" In &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of the stars I shall be living . In &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e of them I shall be laughing . And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing , when you look at the sky at night . .. You -- only you -- will have stars that can laugh ! "< BR >" And when your sorrow is comforted ( time soothes all sorrows ) you will be content that you have known me . You will always be my friend . No &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e has been so loving as my fox , flower , and you . Sometimes you will want to laugh , and so you will open your window for that pleasure . "< BR > And he laughed again . < BR > He still hesitated a little ; then he got up . He took &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e step . I could not move . < BR > There was nothing but a flash of yellow close to his ankle . He remained motionless for an instant . He did not cry out . He fell to the ground with the gentlest movement ever . There was not even any sound , because of the sand . </ P >< P > Six years have already gone by now , and I have not told this story yet . Nothing is more delightful than this experience . The companions who met me on my return were the happiest to see me alive . My sorrow is comforted a little now , but not entirely . But I know that he did go back to his planet , because I did not find his body at daybreak . < BR > But there is the most extraordinary thing still unmentioned . .. when I drew the muzzle for the little prince , I forgot to add the leather strap to it . He will never have been able to fasten it on his sheep . So I wonder : what is happening on his planet ? Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flower . ..< BR > At &# 111 ;&# 110 ; e time I say to myself : " Surely not ! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe , or his sheep got out , without making any noise , in the night . .."< BR > Here , then , is the greatest mystery of them all . For you who also love the little prince , and for me , nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere , we do not know where , a sheep that we never saw has - perhaps , eaten a rose . .. so when you look up at the sky , ask yourselves : is it yes or no ? Has the sheep eaten the flower ? And you will see how everything changes . ..</ P >< P > This is , to me , the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world . It is the same as that on the preceding page , but I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory . < BR > Look at it carefully so that you will be sure to recognize it in case you travel some day to the African desert . 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