The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Grown-ups seem to understand nothing for themselves. It is very boring for children always to have to explain things to them.

‘Tie him up? Why should I want to do that? What a strange idea.’ ‘Because if you don’t,’ I said, ‘then he could wander off anywhere and get himself lost.’

I tell you about him because I don’t want to forget him. It is very sad to forget a friend. Not everyone has had a friend. And if I forget him, I could become like those grown-ups who are only interested in numbers.

Very true.