

He then meets a fox, who teaches the little prince what it means to tame-or to establish ties-with another. The little prince continues to travel on Earth, however, eventually discovering a bed of roses, all identical to his own rose on asteroid B-612, making him question his own rose's contention that it is unique. The snake speaks in riddles, hinting that he has a powerful poison that can take the little prince back to his planet. The little prince lands in the middle of the Sahara desert, where he encounters a snake. Nevertheless, he continues on his journey to the planet Earth. The little prince then comes across a geographer who tells the little prince that his rose is "ephemeral," or in other words, "in danger of speedy disappearance." This alarms the little prince and makes him regret leaving his rose. The little prince finds the lamplighter to be the least ridiculous of all the grownups because he thinks of something other than himself. The fourth grownup is a businessman who is busy counting the stars so that he may own them.Īt this point, the little prince finds all the grownups very strange, and he continues onto the planet of the lamplighter, who lights a lamp on his planet when night falls and puts it out again when the sun rises. The third is a tippler who says that he drinks to forget that he is ashamed of drinking. The second person the little prince meets is a conceited man who enjoys applause and admiration.

He has no subjects on his own planet to rule, however, and the little prince grows bored and leaves. The little prince first encounters a king who claims to rule over everything, including the stars. He decides that he cannot trust her anymore and leaves his planet.

This rose is very vain, however, and tells lies, making the little prince unhappy. Eventually, he begins to learn other details of the little prince's planet as well, including the fact that baobab trees are a major menace and that the object of the little prince's affection is a rose. The pilot begins to learn more about the little prince, discovering that he comes from the asteroid known as B-612. The narrator turns around to meet t he little prince, and after making several attempts at drawing the sheep, he settles on sketching a box-he tells the little prince that the box contains a sheep, and to the pilot's astonishment, the little prince is delighted. As he begins to work on the engine, however, he hears a small voice asking him to draw a sheep.

He attempts to fix his engine, knowing that he only has a limited supply of water. The narrator, the pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert.
