to begin this story like a fairy tale. I should have liked to say:
"Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived on a planet hardly any bigger than he was, and who needed a friend ..." For those who understand life, that would sound much truer.
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The fact is, I don't want my book to be taken lightly. Telling these memories is so painful for me. It's already been six years since my friend went away, taking his sheep with him. If I try to describe him here, it's so I won't forget him. It's sad to forget a friend. Not everyone has had a friend. And I might become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but numbers. Which is still another reason why I've bought a box of paints and some pencils? It's hard to go back to drawing, at my age, when you've never made any attempts since the one of a boa from inse and the one of a boa from outse, at the age of six! I'll certainly try to make my portraits as true to life as possible. But I'm not entirely sure of succeeding. One drawing works and the next no longer bears any resemblance. And I'm a little off on his height, too. In this one the little prince is too tall. And here he's too short. And I'm uncertain about the color of his suit. So I grope in one direction and another, as best I can. In the end, I'm sure to get certain more important details all wrong. But here you'll have to forgive me. My friend never explained anything. Perhaps he thought I was like himself. But I, unfortunately, cannot see a sheep through the ses of a crate. I may be a little like the grown-ups. I must have grown old.
Chapter V
Every day I'd learn something about the little prince's planet, about his departure, about his journey. It would come quite gradually, in the course of his remarks. This was how I learned, on the third day, about the drama of the baobabs.
This time, too, I had the sheep to thank, for suddenly the little prince asked me a question, as if overcome by a grave doubt.
"Isn't it true that sheep eat bushes?"
"Yes, that's right."
".dalg m'I !hA"
:dedda ecnirp elttil eht tuB .sehsub tae dluohs peehs taht tnatropmi os saw ti yhw dnatsrednu t'nd I
"?oot ,sbaboab tae yeht erofereht dnA"
ub sehsub ton era sbaboab taht ecnirp elttil eht ot tuo detniop I
