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[Chapter4]thenarratorspeculatesastowhichasteroidfromwhichthelittleprincecame
Ihadthuslearnedasecondfactofgreatimportance:thiswasthattheplanetthelittleprincecamefromwasscarcelyanylargerthanahouse!
Butthatdidnotreallysurprisememuch.Iknewverywellthatinadditiontothegreatplanets--suchastheEarth,Jupiter,Mars,Venus--towhichwehavegivennames,therearealsohundredsofothers,someofwhicharesosmallthatonehasahardtimeseeingthemthroughthetelescope.Whenanastronomerdiscoversoneofthesehedoesnotgiveitaname,butonlyanumber.Hemightcallit,forexample,"Asteroid."
IhaveseriousreasontobelievethattheplanetfromwhichthelittleprincecameistheasteroidknownasB-.
Thisasteroidhasonlyoncebeenseenthroughthetelescope.ThatwasbyaTurkishastronomer,in.
Onmakinghisdiscovery,theastronomerhadpresentedittotheInternationalAstronomicalCongress,inagreatdemonstration.ButhewasinTurkishcostume,andsonobodywouldbelievewhathesaid.
Grown-upsarelikethat…
Fortunately,however,forthereputationofAsteroidB-,aTurkishdictatormadealawthathissubjects,underpainofdeath,shouldchangetoEuropeancostume.Sointheastronomergavehisdemonstrationalloveragain,dressedwithimpressivestyleandelegance.Andthistimeeverybodyacceptedhisreport.
IfIhavetoldyouthesedetailsabouttheasteroid,andmadeanoteofitsnumberforyou,itisonaccountofthegrown-upsandtheirways.Whenyoutellthemthatyouhavemadeanewfriend,theyneveraskyouanyquestionsaboutessentialmatters.Theyneversaytoyou,"Whatdoeshisvoicesoundlike?Whatgamesdoeshelovebest?Doeshecollectbutterflies?"Instead,theydemand:"Howoldishe?Howmanybrothershashe?Howmuchdoesheweigh?Howmuchmoneydoeshisfathermake?"Onlyfromthesefiguresdotheythinktheyhavelearnedanythingabouthim.
Ifyouweretosaytothegrown-ups:"Isawabeautifulhousemadeofrosybrick,withgeraniumsinthewindowsanddovesontheroof,"theywouldnotbeabletogetanyideaofthathouseatall.Youwouldhavetosaytothem:"Isawahousethatcost$20,."Thentheywouldexclaim:"Oh,whataprettyhousethatis!"
Justso,youmightsaytothem:"Theproofthatthelittleprinceexistedisthathewascharming,thathelaughed,andthathewaslookingforasheep.Ifanybodywantsasheep,thatisaproofthatheexists."Andwhatgoodwoulditdototellthemthat?Theywouldshrugtheirshoulders,andtreatyoulikeachild.Butifyousaidtothem:"TheplanethecamefromisAsteroidB-,"thentheywouldbeconvinced,andleaveyouinpeacefromtheirquestions.
Theyarelikethat.Onemustnotholditagainstthem.Childrenshouldalwaysshowgreatforbearancetowardgrown-uppeople.
Butcertainly,foruswhounderstandlife,figuresareamatterofindifference.Ishouldhavelikedtobeginthisstoryinthefashionofthefairy-tales.Ishouldhaveliketosay:"Onceuponatimetherewasalittleprincewholivedonaplanetthatwasscarcelyanybiggerthanhimself,andwhohadneedofasheep…"
Tothosewhounderstandlife,thatwouldhavegivenamuchgreaterairoftruthtomystory.
ForIdonotwantanyonetoreadmybookcarelessly.Ihavesufferedtoomuchgriefinsettingdownthesememories.Sixyearshavealreadypassedsincemyfriendwentawayfromme,withhissheep.IfItrytodescribehimhere,itistomakesurethatIshallnotforgethim.Toforgetafriendissad.Noteveryonehashadafriend.AndifIforgethim,Imaybe
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