I always thought the boy just wanted to return home, not to die. Since he lives on an asteroid, loves a rose... and everything else in the book, it isn't necessary for a physical body to remain after the soul goes -wherever it went. :) The Untold Stories of The Little Prince seem like a perfect, natural sequel to Saint-Exupery's book since it begins where Antoine stopped.
The Untold Stories of The Little Prince seem like a perfect, natural sequel to Saint-Exupery's book since it begins where Antoine stopped.