The Little Prince Chapter One PICTURES

Once when I was six years old, I read a book about a primeval forest.

The book described how a snake called a boa constrictor ate its food whole,

without chewing.

I thought a lot about this, and one day I drew a picture of a snake

with an elephant inside it. It is my “Picture Number One”.

Here it is.

I showed my picture to some grown-ups and I asked them,

“Are you frightened by my picture?” All of them said the same thing,

“I'm not frightened by a picture of a hat.”

But it was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a snake

with an elephant inside it. Then I drew my “Picture Number Two”

because grown ups are not very intelligent. Here it is.

I showed “Picture Number Two” to the grown-ups, but they were not interested in it.

I was sad, so I stopped drawing pictures.

I went to school and I learned about other things like math and geography.

Then I became a grown-up and I met lots of other grown-ups.

Sometimes I showed my “Picture Number One” to other grown-ups, but they are not very intelligent.

They always said, “It's a hat.” And I did not show them

“Picture Number Two”. I grew older, and I learned how to fly planes.

As a pilot, I flew planes all over the world.

Then one day, as I was flying over the Sahara Desert,

my plane crashed.

I was not hurt. But I could not start the plane again.

I was alone in the desert and I did not have much water.

I had to work on the plane quickly. That night, I slept on the sand.

The next morning, I met the most extraordinary person...

and I showed him my “Picture Number One”.

Chapter Two A SHEEP

I woke up and I heard a voice. “Draw me a sheep, please!” The voice said.

“What?” I said. I opened my eyes and I jumped up.

“Could you please draw me a sheep?” said the voice.

A boy with golden hair was standing in front of me.

I was very surprised to see him because we were in the middle of a desert

in Africa. We were alone in a desert,

but he did not look frightened. This is my picture of the boy

(It is not very good - I never learned to draw very well).

“What are you doing here?” I said. It was difficult to speak because I was surprised.

He laughed quietly, but he did not answer me.