← Children, I am sorry I have dedicated this book to a grown-up person. 🔊✎
← But if all these excuses aren’t enough, I would like to dedicate the book to the child this grown-up person used to be.
← When I was six years old, I once saw an amazing picture in a book about life in the jungle, called “True Stories”. 🔊✎
← And here’s what it said in the book: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole without chewing it. 🔊✎
← I really wanted to start this book like a fairy story, and say: “Once upon a time, there was a little prince who lived on a planet only a bit bigger than he was, and who needed a friend…” 🔊✎
← Because I don’t want you to treat this book lightly. 🔊✎
← Maybe you’ll ask: “Why aren’t there any other pictures in this book as impressive as the picture of the baobabs?” 🔊✎
← “What’s the big book?” asked the little prince. “What are you working on there?” 🔊✎
← “Because if the explorer was a liar, he’d ruin the geographer’s books. 🔊✎
← “Geography books,” said the geographer, “are the most reliable books there are. They never go out of date. 🔊✎