Books The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint Exupery

The story begins with the narrator, a pilot, crashing his plane in the Sahara Desert and struggling to repair it with limited supplies 56. There, he meets a small, golden-haired boy who introduces himself as the Little Prince and asks the pilot to draw him a sheep 5. The pilot learns that the prince comes from a tiny asteroid, B-612, which is no bigger than a house 456. On his planet, the prince meticulously tends to three volcanoes and constantly weeds out baobab saplings to prevent them from overrunning his world 34.

A significant part of the prince's life on his asteroid revolves around a beautiful, yet vain and demanding, rose that grows there 34. Despite his deep love for her, her vanity and constant demands become overwhelming, leading the prince to feel that she is taking advantage of him. He decides to leave his planet to explore the universe and cure his loneliness 2345.

During his travels, the Little Prince visits six other small planets, each inhabited by a single adult who embodies a particular flaw or narrow-minded perspective 345:

A King who demands absolute obedience but has no subjects 346.

A Conceited Man who only wants to be admired 345.

A Drunkard who drinks to forget the shame of drinking 345.

A Businessman who endlessly counts stars, believing he "owns" them, blind to their beauty 35.

A Lamplighter on a planet where a day lasts a minute, constantly lighting and extinguishing a lamp due to an old, nonsensical order. The prince respects him as the least ridiculous of the adults because he thinks of something other than himself 356.

An elderly Geographer who records information about planets but has never explored his own. He dismisses the prince's rose as "ephemeral," prompting the prince to worry about her and miss her 2345.

At the geographer’s suggestion, the Little Prince visits Earth 24. He lands in the Sahara Desert, where he meets a snake that speaks in riddles and hints at its ability to return him to his home via its lethal poison 26. He then encounters a rose garden, which initially depresses him because his rose had claimed to be unique 26. However, a wise Fox teaches him the value of "taming" and forming connections, revealing that it is the time and care he invested in his rose that makes her unique and special, despite others appearing similar 156.

The prince returns to the pilot in the desert, and together they find a well, sharing a poignant moment. As the anniversary of his descent to Earth approaches, the prince decides it is time to return to his planet and his beloved rose 56. He arranges for the snake to bite him, explaining to the pilot that it will only look like he is dying 6. The pilot is reassured when the prince's body vanishes the next day, believing he has returned to his asteroid, but remains forever changed by their encounter 6. The pilot's lingering worry is whether the sheep he drew for the prince will eat his rose

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