The Little Prince

by: Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins the wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers. {cover copy}
I had never read this book. I finally saw the film on Netflix and loved it, so of course I had to finally read the book. I mean, if it was so iconic, then it was one our kid library needed to have in it and the girls needed to hear at some point in their childhood. So I'm happy to say that they now have the book in their library and I have now read it. I really enjoyed it. Possibly because I had already seen the film. But still. It was such a lovely story and I will be reading it very soon to Madeline. I just need a night where the baby actually goes to bed  earlier than her so I can have enough time to read it to her!

Once when I was six I saw a magnificent picture in a book about the jungle, called True Stories{first line}
"One sees clearly only with the heart."

"The only things you learn are the things you tame. People haven't the time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But since there are no stores where you can buy friends, people no longer have friends. If you want a friend, tame me!"

"I need to put up with two or three caterpillars if I want to get to know the butterflies."

"That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups."


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Published on November 07, 2018 08:00
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