Nov 12, 2009
The Little Prince begins with the famous pair of drawings with which the narrator, Saint-Exupéry himself, tests the understanding of adults. The first is of a boa constrictor that has swallowed an elephant. Most adults see only a hat shape; they cannot see beyond the exterior. For them, he draws another boa constrictor, this time in cross-section, so they can see the elephant inside.
After years of loneliness in the world of grown-ups, Saint- Exupéry crashes his plane in the desert. While he is trying to repair his plane, the Little Prince appears and...
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