The little prince
once when i was six years old i saw a magnificent picture in a book, called
true stories from nature, about the primeval forest. it was a picture of a boa
constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. here is a copy of the drawing.
in the book it said: "boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing
it. after that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months
that they need for digestion."
i pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. and after some
work with a colored pencil i succeeded in making my first drawing. my drawing
number one. it looked like this:
i showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the
drawing frightened them.
but they answered: "frighten? why should any one be frightened by a hat?"
my drawing was not a picture of a hat. it was a picture of a boa constrictor
digesting an elephant. but since the grown-ups were not able to understand it,
i made another drawing: i drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the
grown-ups could see it clearly. they always need to have things explained. my
drawing number two looked like this:
5
the grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my
drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and
devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. that is
why, at the age of six, i gave up what might have been a magnificent career as
a painter. i had been disheartened by the failure of my drawing number one
and my drawing number two. grown-ups never understand anything by
themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining
things to them.
so then i chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. i have flown
a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very
useful to me. at a glance i can distinguish china from arizona. if one gets lost
in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
in the course of this life i have had a great many encounters with a great many
people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. i have lived a
great deal among grown-ups. i have seen them intimately, close at hand. and
that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.
whenever i met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, i tried the
experiment of showing him my drawing number one, which i have always
kept. i would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. but,
whoever it was, he, or she, would always say:
"that is a hat."
then i would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval
forests, or stars. i would bring myself down to his level. i would talk to him
about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. and the grown-up would be
greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
true stories from nature, about the primeval forest. it was a picture of a boa
constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. here is a copy of the drawing.
in the book it said: "boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing
it. after that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months
that they need for digestion."
i pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. and after some
work with a colored pencil i succeeded in making my first drawing. my drawing
number one. it looked like this:
i showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the
drawing frightened them.
but they answered: "frighten? why should any one be frightened by a hat?"
my drawing was not a picture of a hat. it was a picture of a boa constrictor
digesting an elephant. but since the grown-ups were not able to understand it,
i made another drawing: i drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the
grown-ups could see it clearly. they always need to have things explained. my
drawing number two looked like this:
5
the grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my
drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and
devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. that is
why, at the age of six, i gave up what might have been a magnificent career as
a painter. i had been disheartened by the failure of my drawing number one
and my drawing number two. grown-ups never understand anything by
themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining
things to them.
so then i chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. i have flown
a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very
useful to me. at a glance i can distinguish china from arizona. if one gets lost
in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
in the course of this life i have had a great many encounters with a great many
people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. i have lived a
great deal among grown-ups. i have seen them intimately, close at hand. and
that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.
whenever i met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, i tried the
experiment of showing him my drawing number one, which i have always
kept. i would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. but,
whoever it was, he, or she, would always say:
"that is a hat."
then i would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval
forests, or stars. i would bring myself down to his level. i would talk to him
about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. and the grown-up would be
greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
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