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35 But they answered: “Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?” My drawing was not
36 a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grow…
63 was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say: “That is a
89 great seriousness. Here you may see the best portrait that, later, I was able to make of him. But
102 When at last I was able to speak, I said to him: “But, what are you doing here?” And in answer he
109 of paper and my fountain pen. But then I remembered how my studies had been concentrated on
116 But I had never drawn a sheep. So I drew for him one of the two pictures I had drawn so often. It
132 So then I did my drawing over once more. But it was rejected too, just like the others. “This one is
181 come from another planet?” But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently, without taking his
198 But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer: “Tie him! What a queer idea!”
200 “But if you don’t tie him,” I said, “he will wander off somewhere, and get lost.”
202 My friend broke into another peal of laughter: “But where do you think he would go?”
212 came from was scarcely any larger than a house! But that did not really surprise me much. I knew
230 Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe
254 would shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child. But if you said to them: “The planet he
257 great forbearance toward grown-up people. But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a
279 shall certainly try to make my portraits as true to life as possible. But I am not at all sure of
284 mistakes, also. But that is something that will not be my fault. My friend never explained anything
285 to me. He thought, perhaps, that I was like himself. But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep
302 I did not understand why it was so important that sheep should eat little bushes. But the little
308 top of the other,” he said. But he made a wise comment:
312 “That is strictly correct,” I said. “But why do you want the sheep to eat the little baobabs?”
325 from bad plants. But seeds are invisible. They sleep deep in the heart of the earth’s darkness,
329 might wish. But when it is a bad plant, one must destroy it as soon as possible, the very first
351 Sometimes,” he added, “there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. But
356 the tone of a moralist. But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable
364 drawing of the baobabs?” The reply is simple. I have tried. But with the others I have not been
375 “But we must wait,” I said.
386 Unfortunately, France is too far away for that. But on your tiny planet, my little prince, all you
395 But the little prince made no reply.
446 “You talk just like the grown-ups!” That made me a little ashamed. But he went on, relentlessly:
456 “But he is not a man, he is a mushroom!”
486 He can say to himself, ‘Somewhere, my flower is there...’ But if the sheep eats the flower, in one
503 peacefully away. But one day, from a seed blown from no one knew where, a new flower had come
509 bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it. But the flower was
519 scarcely awake. I beg that you will excuse me. My petals are still all disarranged...” But the litt…
549 came from...” But she interrupted herself at that point. She had come in the form of a seed. She
571 fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.
578 behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to
584 breakfast in the morning. He also had one volcano that was extinct. But, as he said, “One never
590 last little shoots of the baobabs. He believed that he would never want to return. But on this last
593 was very close to tears. “Goodbye,” he said to the flower. But she made no answer. “Goodbye,”
594 he said again. The flower coughed. But it was not because she had a cold.
601 while. That is of no importance. But you, you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy... let
604 “But the wind...” “My cold is not so bad as all that... the cool night air will do me good. I am a
607 “But the animals...” “Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to
656 authority should be respected. He tolerated no disobedience. He was an absolute monarch. But,
664 answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle. But the little prince was
704 “You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But, according to my science of government, I
714 not go. I will make you a Minister!” “Minister of what?” “Minster of...of Justice!” “But there is
730 to death. Thus his life will depend on your j ustice. But you will pardon him on each occasion; for
734 my way.” “No,” said the king. But the little prince, having now completed his preparations for
774 make the hat come down?” he asked. But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people
781 most intelligent man on this planet.” “But you are the only man on your planet!” “Do me this
857 “You own the stars?” “Yes.” “But I have already seen a king who...” “Kings do not own, they
881 “I administer them,” replied the businessman. “I count them and recount them. It is difficult. But I
886 me. But you cannot pluck the stars from heaven...”
888 “No. But I can put them in the bank.” “Whatever does that mean?” “That means that I write the
895 “It is entertaining,” thought the little prince. “It is rather poetic. But it is of no great
902 that I own them. But you are of no use to the stars...”
917 But he said to himself, nevertheless: “It may well be that this man is absurd. But he is not so
934 “The orders are that I put out my lamp. Good evening.” And he lighted his lamp again. “But why
998 whom I could have made my friend. But his planet is indeed too small. There is no room on it for
1041 “But you are a geographer!”
1043 “Exactly,” the geographer said. “But I am not an explorer. I haven’t a single explorer on my
1046 does not leave his desk. But he receives the explorers in his study. He asks them questions, and
1067 “No. That would be too complicated. But one requires the explorer to furnish proofs. For example,
1069 back from it.” The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement. “But you come from far away!
1076 volcanoes. Two volcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows.”
1100 “But extinct volcanoes may come to life again,” the little prince interrupted.
1107 “But what does that mean ‘ephemeral’?” repeated the little prince, who never in his life had let go
1119 That was his first moment of regret. But he took courage once more. “What place would you
1163 them, then, to make their own calculations. They adore figures, and that will please them. But do
1188 may find his own again... Look at my planet. It is right there above us. But how far away it is!”
1202 “But I am more powerful than the finger of a king,” said the snake.
1210 “Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence he came,” the snake spoke again. “But
1217 “Oh! I understand you very well,” said the little prince. “But why do you always speak in
1234 years ago. But one never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no
1252 at one glance, and all the people...” But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened
1274 But it happened that after walking for a long time through sand, and rocks, and snow, the little
1319 “Ah! Please excuse me,” said the little prince. But, after some thought, he added: “What does
1344 need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you
1368 “Nothing is perfect,” sighed the fox. But he came back to his idea. “My life is very monotonous,”
1370 just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun
1374 no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that
1379 “I want to, very much,” the little prince replied. “But I have not much time. I have friends to
1383 understand anything. They buy things all ready-made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere
1391 Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day...”
1403 jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never
1411 I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day
1423 “But now you are going to cry!” said the little prince.
1435 when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made
1438 ordinary passer-by would think that my rose looked just like you, the rose that belongs to me. But
1462 “Men have forgotten this truth,” said the fox. “But you must not forget it. You become
1546 But he looked at me steadily, and replied to my thought: “I am thirsty, too. Let us look for a
1548 of the desert. But nevertheless we started walking.
1553 demanded. But he did not reply to my question. He merely said to me: “Water may also be good
1577 no one had ever known how to find it; perhaps no one had ever even looked for it. But it cast an
1606 mere holes dug in the sand. This one was like a well in a village. But there was no village here,
1639 And the little prince added: “But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart...”
1666 “You have plans that I do not know about,” I said. But he did not answer me. He said to me,
1681 But he interrupted me. “Now you must work. You must return to your engine. I will be waiting for
1684 But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets
1707 But, at the noise I made, the snake let himself flow easily across the sand like the dying spray of
1735 But he laughed lightly.
1743 “Little man,” I said, “I want to hear you laugh again.” But he said to me: “Tonight, it will be a
1747 place, and the star...” But he did not answer my plea.
1778 sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But
1809 But he was worried. “I tell you, it is also because of the snake. He must not bite you. Snakes, they
1820 But a thought came to reassure him: “It is true that they have no more poison for a second bite.”
1824 said to me merely: “Ah! You are there...” And he took me by the hand. But he was still worrying.
1834 “But it will be like an old abandoned shell. There is nothing sad about old shells...”
1836 I said nothing. He was a little discouraged. But he made one more effort: “You know, it will be
1858 them: “I am tired.” Now my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say, not entirely. But I know
1861 But there is one extraordinary thing... when I drew the muzzle for the little prince, I forgot to a…
1872 But at another time I say to myself: “At some moment or other one is absent-minded, and that is