The Little Prince

We have to ask from everyone what everyone can give,”

“One day, I saw the sun set forty-three times!”

When I was a little boy, the light of the Christmas tree, the music of midnight mass, the sweetness of the smiles made all the radiance of the Christmas gift I received.

If the hunters danced at any time, the days would look like every other, and I wouldn’t have any vacation.”

Grown-ups like digits. When you talk to them about a new friend, they never ask you the essential. They never tell you: “What does his voice sound like? What games does he prefers? Does he collect butterflies?” They ask you: “How old is he? How many brothers does he have? How much does he weight? How much money does his father earn?” Only then, the

must support two or three caterpillars if I want to know the butterflies.

But that is not a man, that’s a mushroom!”

“It’s a hat.” Then, I did not talk to that person about boa snakes, neither virgin forests, nor stars. I put myself on the same level. I talked about bridge, golf, politics, and neckties. And the grown-up was glad to know another rational man…

This water was something more than food. It was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, as a gift.