THE LITTLE PRINCE

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Then, for what seemed like a long time, he stood lost in thought. Eventually, he took my sheep out of his pocket and looked at it closely.

As you can imagine, I was intrigued when he suggested he was from another planet, so I tried to find out more.

‘Where are you from? What is this “small place” you speak of? Where are you going to take my sheep?’

He thought for a while and answered, ‘It is good that he has the box. At night, he can use it as his house.’

‘Quite right. And if you behave, I can give you a rope to tie him with during the day, and also a post to which he can be tied.’

The little prince was aghast, ‘Tie him! Why would we do such a strange thing?’

‘But if you don’t,’ I said, ‘will he not wander off and get lost?’

My little friend burst out laughing again.

‘But where do you think he would go?’

‘Anywhere, I suppose. As his nose guides him.’

He answered solemnly, ‘It doesn’t matter. In my world, everything is really small!’ And then with a touch of sadness, the little prince added:

‘Letting his nose guide him will not get him very far.’ 

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