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chapter 1 The meeting in the desert

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My name is Antoine and when I was a child I wanted to become

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a great artist One day when I was 6 I drew a boa constrictor digesting an elephant It was a

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very simple drawing but the adults didn't understand it They said it looked like a hat

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So I stopped drawing I grew up and became a pilot I liked flying above

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the world in the clouds away from the confusion of life But one day my plane broke down

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I was in the middle of the Sahara desert alone No phone no village just sand

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I had to fix the engine myself and I had water for just a week The first evening I

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fell asleep under the stars It was all silent but in the morning something incredible happened

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A sweet voice woke me up Please draw me a sheep I turned around quickly

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In front of me there was a child He was blond with serious eyes dressed in a strange way He didn't seem lost

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or scared He seemed calm curious What did I ask thinking I was dreaming Can you draw me a sheep

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please he repeated I didn't know what to say I was in the desert with an engine to repair and this

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child asked me for a drawing but there was something about him that made me say yes I took out

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a pen and paper and tried to draw a sheep but he didn't like the first drawing No this

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is sick The second no she's too old The third no this one has horns I want a sheep In the

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end I drew a box with holes Here's your sheep inside I said a little tired

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The child smiled She's perfect It's just how I wanted it And so our friendship began That

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day I understood something important Children understand things that adults have forgotten

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Chapter 2 The planet of the Little Prince As the days went by, the Little Prince and I

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became friends. Every morning while I was trying to repair the plane's engine he asked me

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questions. They weren't common questions like the ones adults ask, they were strange little poems and he never

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answered right away. He seemed to think a lot before speaking. One day he asked me "What is

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that thing?" he pointed to the plane "It's a plane flying in the sky" I replied "So you fell from the sky?"

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"Exact." "How funny!" he exclaimed and burst out laughing. He felt a little offended but his laughter was so

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contagious that I ended up laughing too. Then he looked at me seriously. You too are from another planet.

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That question struck me. He said "You too, then, are you really from another planet?" I asked him

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The little prince didn't answer immediately but from that moment he began to tell me his story

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Little by little, day after day as if each word were a small seed that had to germinate

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He told me that he came from a very small planet, so small that you only had to move a

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chair to see the sunset again. Sometimes he watched the sun go down 44 times in a day

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just because he felt sad. On his planet there were three small volcanoes, two active and one

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extinct. "But you never know," he told me. "I clean the extinct one every day too. week" It seemed so

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strange to me to clean volcanoes like you clean your teeth but he spoke with a disarming seriousness In addition to the

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volcanoes on his planet there was a very particular plant growing. It wasn't just any plant it was a

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rose. A beautiful rose with delicate petals and proud thorns but he would tell me

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more about that later. He also explained to me that he had to be careful of the Baobabs. If you don't tear them up when

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they were small he told me they become enormous and destroy the whole planet. He drew a baubab for me and I

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understood how important it was to be careful. On his planet every day he cleaned he removed

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the dangerous shoots he cleaned the volcanoes he watered the rose It was all a ritual a way to take

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care of his world The Little Prince spoke with love about his planet Even if he was alone it seemed

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that everything there was alive and important The fire of the volcanoes the winds the light of the sun the silent

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company of his rose He once asked me: "If a person loves a flower that is found on only one

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planet among millions of stars, isn't he happy just looking at the sky knowing that his flower is there?"

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I didn't know what to answer but yes he was right. It was one of the most beautiful things I had ever heard

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The little prince was not just a child he was something more a heart that saw with the eyes

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of the soul Chapter 3 The rose and the departure The little prince often spoke about his rose but

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at the beginning he didn't say much only small hints it was very beautiful it was a little complicated it could be very

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proud I listened in silence and I understood that for him that rose was not just a plant it was the

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rose the only one his He told me that one day it had suddenly appeared among many banal plants

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it was different elegant mysterious Before opening the The rose had taken a long

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time to prepare its petals. It had carefully chosen its colors. It wanted to appear perfect. When it finally

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bloomed, it was a spectacle. The little prince was enchanted. "How beautiful she is!" he said to her "Yes but

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don't you think I need to be protected the wind could ruin me and also the cold

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Do you want me to cover you with a glass bell perhaps and remember to water me The rose spoke

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sweetly but also with a vain tone She always seemed to want attention One day she said: "

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Are there tigers on your planet?" "No there are no tigers So I'm not afraid But if there were my

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thorns they would be of some use The little prince took care of her every day he covered her

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with his glass when it was cold protected her from the wind she listened to her but over time she began to

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feel sad She didn't quite understand why the rose never seemed to be satisfied Sometimes

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she was kind and sometimes too proud to say "Thank you or sorry." "I should have understood her better""

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he told me melancholy "But I was too young, despite everything, he loved her." But one day

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he felt the need to leave. He wanted to discover other worlds, other hearts, perhaps even understand himself better

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. On the morning of his departure, he put the planet in order, cleaned the volcanoes, tore out the last

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Baobab shoots and once again took care of the rose. For the first time she was sweet without being

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proud. Sorry" she said to him "I was stupid but I love you" "Me too" replied the little

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prince with his shining eyes She added: "Don't bring the bell, I don't need it anymore"

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She had grown up too In silence the little prince looked at her once again then left

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With the help of some migratory birds he left his little planet to begin a journey full

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of encounters and reflections And so the Little Prince's adventure among the stars began

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Chapter 4 The king, the vain and drunkard The little prince left his planet

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and began to visit other worlds The planets he encountered were tiny, each inhabited by

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only one person The first one he met was a king The king sat on a huge throne even though

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he was completely alone "Ah a subject!" he exclaimed upon seeing the little prince "Good morning" the

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child said politely "I order you to greet me" the king said in a solemn voice "Er I just

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did it" the little prince replied a little confused The king was happy to have someone to command but

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he only gave orders that could be executed I command the sun to set but only this

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evening around 7:00 when the time is right the little prince found all this a bit

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funny "And your subjects?" he asked "I command them all" said the king "even the stars always obey"

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The little prince understood that the king was not bad just very lonely and believed he commanded everything to

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feel important "I have to go" said the little prince "I appoint you as my ambassador!" shouted the king

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proudly. On the next planet he met a vain man. As soon as he saw him the man exclaimed:

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"Ah an admirer." "Good morning" said the little prince "You admire me, right, what does admiring mean?"

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"It means recognizing that I am the most handsome most elegant and intelligent man on the planet But

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you are the only one on the planet it doesn't matter admire me anyway The little prince didn't understand The adults

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seemed so strange always wanting to be noticed even if they were alone The third planet was

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inhabited by a drunkard He kept some empty bottles and some full ones He looked sad "What are you doing?"

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asked the little prince I drink because to forget Forgetting what to be ashamed of

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Ashamed of what to drink The little prince didn't know what to say That man was trapped

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in an endless circle and it seemed like there was no one who cared After

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leaving that planet too the little prince began to feel a little more alone All these

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adults he thought were strange they lived in a world of their own made of

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meaningless appearances and habits but he didn't stop There were other planets to discover and maybe sooner or later someone who

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could really understand Chapter 5 The businessman and the lamplighter The journey of the Little Prince

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continued Every new planet was a surprise On the fifth planet he met a very busy businessman

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He was sitting at his desk doing calculations on large sheets of paper

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Good morning" said the little prince "I don't have time I'm very busy What are you doing counting

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the stars." "The stars?" "Yes I have them all" The little prince was surprised "And what do you

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do with the stars?" "I put them in my records then I lock the records in a drawer

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so I know I have them" The child didn't understand It's like saying you have flowers but you don't take care of them or that

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you have shells and never listen to them What's the point of owning if you don't take care of what

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you have the businessman looked at him but didn't answer He was too busy with his numbers The little prince

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went away a little sad The grown ups he thought don't know how to see Really on the next planet

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he met a lamplighter He was a simple man but with a specific mission to turn on the lamp

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in the evening and turn it off in the morning "Good morning" said the little prince "Good morning"

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the man replied as he turned on the lamp "Why do I turn it on?" Because it's my job the planet was

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so small that the day lasted one minute Every 60 seconds the sun set and rose again So the

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lamplighter had to turn the lamp on and off continuously without ever stopping

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It's tiring" said the little prince "Yes but it's my duty and I like to know that when

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I turn on the light somewhere a little beauty comes from" The little prince looked at him with

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admiration Finally an adult who doesn't think only of himself does something for others

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even if no one sees him He said hello the lamplighter with respect He was tired but he didn't complain

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he did his job with dedication "That man" thought the little prince "could I become his

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friend?" But he had to continue his journey Other planets were waiting for him and inside himself he felt

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many questions growing Chapter 6 The geographer and the meaning of the journey The seventh planet was inhabited

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by a geographer, an old gentleman with a large white beard and huge books open in front

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of him "Good morning" said the little prince "Good morning" the geographer replied without looking up

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"What job do you do?" "I am a geographer I study where seas, mountains, rivers and deserts are found"

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Oh interesting You have traveled a lot then Traveling no I stay here I wait for

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the explorers to arrive and tell me what they see Then I write it in my books The little prince

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was perplexed But how do you know if the explorers are telling the truth I question them

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carefully and if I see that they are lying I don't take note But I never take note of ephemeral things

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What does ephemeral mean? asked the little prince "It means destined to disappear" For example, a

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flower is ephemeral, an extinct volcano too The little prince remained silent

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He thought about his flower, that very fragile flower with the thin thorns that he left alone on his

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planet And if something is ephemeral it's not important he asked softly "It's not because of geography" replied

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the old man The child felt his heart ache "My flower is ephemeral" he thought "and I

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left it alone Maybe it's in danger maybe it feels abandoned "Do you advise me to visit the earth?"

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he asked the geographer Yes he replied He has a good reputation and is very interesting The little

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prince greeted him and resumed his journey but this time something had changed He was no longer

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just curious Now he was homesick He had met strange, funny, sad or too busy adults He had

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learned a lot but the further he went the more he felt how important what he had left was

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Chapter 7 landing on earth and meeting the fox The little prince finally arrived

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on Earth, a planet much larger than all the others he had visited. He landed in the middle

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of the desert where there was no one. He walked for a long time until one day in the middle of a wheat field

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he saw a fox. "Good morning" said the little prince. Good morning, the fox replied. "Do you want to play

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with me?" asked the child "I can't" replied the fox "I'm not tamed" What does it mean

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to tame it means to create a bond For now you are just a child to me like many others

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But if you tame me I will be unique to you in the world and you will be to me The little prince

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had never heard anything like that I have a flower I left it on a distant planet I believe

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he has tamed me The fox smiled It's possible when someone tames you the world changes

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Look to me the wheat means nothing but if you tame me the wheat will be special

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because it has the color of your hair What should I do asked the child You have to be patient

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You will sit a little far away from me Every day you will sit a little closer So

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trust will be born The little prince did as the fox said every day he got a little closer

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and every day the silence between them became sweeter At the end the fox said: "

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The time has come to say goodbye" The little prince was sad "It's your fault" he said "Now I will suffer"

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Yes" said the fox "but thanks to you my life will have been beautiful and I'll give you a

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secret." The child looked at her carefully. You can only see clearly with the heart, the essential is

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invisible to the eyes. The little prince remained silent. Those words entered his soul.

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People forget this truth," continued the fox. "But don't forget it, you are

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forever responsible for what you have tamed." The little prince thought about his flower Maybe

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it was fragile maybe he was vain but it was his flower and he had tamed it Chapter 8

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the snake the echo and the rose garden After saying goodbye to the fox the little prince continued

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to walk on the earth The desert seemed infinite and there was not a living soul around him

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Suddenly he saw something moving among the rocks It was a snake as thin as a

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golden thread "Good morning" said the little prince "Good morning" whispered the snake "Who are you?"

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"I am a snake. Can I take you back to where you came from?" "I don't understand. Whoever I touch returns to the land

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from which it came." "But you seem pure, you have a light heart." The little prince was not afraid

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That snake did not seem evil only mysterious You are more powerful than a king replied the snake But

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I do not hurt those who carry love in their hearts the little prince greeted him and continued his journey

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Pensively he reached the top of a mountain and shouted: "Hello!" But a distant voice replied:

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"Bye bye it was an echo The little prince felt alone What a strange planet he thought It's hard and dry and

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people don't speak it just repeats what you say He came down from the mountain and after a long walk he found a

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garden full of roses There were so many beautiful ones all smelling the same as his flower The little

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prince sat on the ground sad I thought my flower was unique in the world and instead there

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are thousands like him And he started to cry At that moment he remembered the words of the fox:

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"Your flower is unique because you you took care of him you wasted time with him you loved him This

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makes him special." The roses in the garden were beautiful yes but they didn't have the voice of his

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flower they didn't laugh like his flower they hadn't been tamed by him and then he understood you are never

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really alone when you love Chapter 9 the plane in the desert and thirst The narrator i.e. the pilot

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was in the desert because his plane had broken down He was trying to repair it alone

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without help without water and without knowing how long he would resist It was there that he met

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the little prince The child appeared as if from silent nowhere with his calm look.

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Please" he said "can you draw me a sheep?" And from there their friendship began Eight

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days had passed since the pilot had fallen in the desert The water had run out He was tired, sweaty and worried

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The little prince looked at him "Are you thirsty too?" "Yes" said the pilot Let's go and look for a well"

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proposed the child They walked in the silence of the desert side by side The sun was burning and the

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sand seemed infinite but the little prince was smiling "The desert is beautiful" he said "Do you know why?"

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"Why?" asked the pilot "Why does he hide a well somewhere?" The pilot looked at him

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amazed In fact even the silence and emptiness of the desert had their own poetry They walked

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again Then in the darkness of the night they saw a small stone wall and next to that a real well The

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pilot bent down and he pulled up the fresh, clear water The little prince drank His eyes shone

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This water is different he said It's not just water it's like a gift It has the song of the wheelbarrow the

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effort of looking for it the joy of finding it The pilot stopped to reflect The child was right

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When something is sought with the heart it becomes precious Then the little prince said softly:

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"Tomorrow is the anniversary of my arrival on earth A year has passed" The pilot looked at him

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he felt a strange sadness within himself He knew that their time together was about to end Chapter 10

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the return and the invisible presence of love The little prince was very serious he looked at the sky

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as if he was waiting for something The pilot had finally managed to fix his plane He was happy

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of course but also worried The little prince had told him: "Today is the day I have to go back to my

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planet" The pilot did not want to let him go You are not just a child you have become my friend I

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cannot lose you The little prince smiled sweetly If you love someone you never lose them

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even if you no longer see them Then he approached the stone wall where the day before they had found the

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well There waiting for him was the yellow snake The pilot understood The snake would help him

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get home but at a price The little prince spoke softly It seems terrible but it is nothing My

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body is just a shell It is too heavy for the journey The real me is invisible The pilot

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knelt His eyes were full of tears I will miss you The little prince looked at him

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When you look at the sky at night you will see the stars but one of those stars will laugh because I

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will be there and it will be as if all the stars are laughing You will hear me laugh in every corner of the sky

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Then he lay down gently on the sand the snake touched him and the little body fell silently But

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the pilot knew it wasn't over The little prince had returned home Maybe to his rose

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maybe to his tiny planet Every time he raised his eyes to the sky he smiled because a

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star was laughing for him And still today if you listen to the silence of the night maybe you can hear it too