That, at least, is the dichotomy presented in Saint-Exupéry’s classic, Le Petit Prince. But the sound of his voice? His preferred games? Whether he once collected butterflies? Irrelevant and unimportant considerations that could do little to shed light on the party in question. For them, for the little prince to be real there must be proof positive. For, you see, adults wouldn’t understand. To those who understand life, he says, that sort of a beginning would have rung far more true than any other.īut he doesn’t begin that way. “Once upon a time, there was a little prince who lived on a planet that was barely larger than he, and who needed a friend.” * That’s how Antoine de Saint-Exupéry would have liked to begin his story of the Little Prince.
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