The Little Prince--Penguin/Random House
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Transcript
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on the first night I fell asleep on the sand A 1000 miles from any human habitation. I was far more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. So you can imagine my surprise at sunrise when an odd little voice woke me up it said, Please draw me a sheep! What draw me a sheep! I jumped up completely. Thunderstruck. I rubbed my eyes, blinked hard, and looked carefully around me, and I discovered an extraordinary little boy watching me gravely. Here's the best portrait I was able to draw of him later, but of course my drawing is not half as charming as its model. It is not my fault. I had been discouraged by grown ups in my career as a painter when I was six years old, and I hadn't learned to draw anything, with the exception of boas from the outside and boas from the inside. I, therefore stared in total astonishment at this sudden apparition. Don't forget that I was 1000 miles away from any inhabited region. But my little chap did not seem to be either lost or dead tired, or dying of hunger, thirst, or fear. He did not look like a child lost in the middle of the desert! 1000 miles from any inhabited region! When I finally managed to speak, I said to him. But what are you doing here? Whereupon? He repeated softly and gravely, Please draw me a sheep! When a mystery is too overpowering! one dare not disobey Absurd, as it seemed to me. A, 1000 miles from any human habitation, and in danger of death. I took a sheet of paper in my fountain pen out of my pocket, but I suddenly remembered that my studies had been concentrated on geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. So I told the little chap a little grossly that I did not know how to draw, he replied, That doesn't matter. Draw me a sheep, since. I had never drawn a sheep. I drew for him. One of the two pictures I had drawn before, that of the boa constrictor from the outside, and I was astounded to hear the little fellow saying, no, no, I don't want an elephant inside the boa. A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Everything is very small where I live. I need a sheep, draw me a sheep. So I drew
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Characters, Child, Narrator, Playful, Storyteller, Amusing, Animated, Child-like, Endearing, Genuine, Natural, Nurturing, Whimsical, Approachable, Emotional