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chapterfour
ihadthuslearnedasecondfactofgreatimportance
thiswasthattheplanet
thelittleprincecamefromwasscancelyanylargerthanahouse
butthatdidnotreallysurprisememuch
iknewverywellthatinadditiontothegreatplanets
suchastheearthjupiter
mars
venners
towhichwehavegivennames
therearealsohundredsofothers
someofwhicharesosmall
thatonehasahardtimeseeingthemthroughthetelescope
whenanastronomerdiscoversoneofthese
hedoesnotgiveitaname
butonlyanumberhemightquoitforexampleastheroadstraighttwo
five
ihaveseriousreasontobelievethattheplanetfromwhichthelittleprincekimistheasterroadknownasbsixonetwo
thisasteroroadhasonlyoncebeenseenthroughthetelecope
thatwasbyaturkishastronomerinnineteen
onnineonmakinghisdiscovery
theastronomerhadpresentedittotheinternationalastronomicalcongressinagreatdemonstration
buthewasinturkishcostume
andsonobodywouldbelievewhathesaidrunnupsarelikethatfortunately
howeverforthereputationofesteroroad
bsixonetwo
aturkishdictatormadealaw
thathissubjectsonthepainofdeath
shouldchangeeuropeancostumemeinnineteen
twentytheastronomergavehisademonstrationalloveragaindressedwithimpressivestyleandelegance
andthistimeeverybodyacceptedhisreport
ifihavetoldyouthesedetailsaboutasteroild
andmadeanoteofitsnumberforyou
itistheonlycountofthegrownumpps
andtheirwaysgrownnupslovefigures
whenyoutellthemthatyouhavemadeanewfriend
theyneveraskyouanyquestionsabouttheessentialmatters
theyneverseentoyou
whatdoeshisvoicesoundlikewhatgames
doeshelovebest
doeshecollectabutterfliesinsteadtheydemandhowoldishehowmanybrothershashehowmuch
doesheweighhowmuchmoney
doeshisfathermakeonlyfromthesefiguresdotheythinktheyhavelearnedanythingabouthim
ifyouweretosaytothegrownnups
isawabeautifulhouse
madeaforrosybreakwithjuaniumsinthewindowsanddovesontheroof
theywouldnotbeabletogetanyideaofthehouseatallyouwouldhavetosaytothemisawahouse
thatcaststwentythousanddollars
thentheywouldexplain
oh
whataprettyhousethatisjust
soyoumightsingtothemtheproof
thatthelittleprinceexisted
isthathewascharming
thathelauved
andthathewaslookingforasheep
ifanybodywantsasheepthatisaroof
thatheexists
andwhatgoodwoulditdototellthem
thattheywouldshragtheirshouldersandtreatyoulikeachild
butifyousaidtothemtheplanet
hecamefromisasterodbesixone
two
thentheywouldbeconvincedandleaveyouinpeacefromtheirquestions
theyarelikethatonemustnotholditagainstthem
childrenshouldalwaysshowgreaterfullarancetowardgrounduppeople
butcertainlyforus
whounderstandlifefiguresareamatterofindifference
ishouldhavelikedtobeginthisstoryinthefashionofthefairytales
ishouldhavelikedtosayonceuponatime
therewasalittleprincewholivedonaplanetthatwasscancelyanybiggerthanhimself
andwhohadaneedofasheeptothosewhounderstandlifethatwouldhavegivenamuchgreaterearftruthtomystory
foridonotwantanyonetoreadmybook
careleouslyihavesufferedtoomuchgriefinsettingdownthesememoriessixyearshavealreadypassed
sincemyfriendwentawayfrommewithhissheep
ifitrytodescribehim
hereitistomakesure
thatishallnotforgethim
toforgetafriendissad
noteveryonehashadafriend
andififorgothim
imaybecomelikethegrounnupsewhoarenolongerinterestedinanythingbutfigures
itisforthatpurposeagainthatihaveboughtaboxofpantsandsomepencils
itishardtotakeup
drawingagainatmyage
whenihavenevermadeanypicturesexceptthoseofthebullconstructorfromtheoutside
andthebuwconstruicorfromtheinside
sinceiwassix
ishallcertainlytrytomakemyportraitsattruetolifeaspossible
butimnotatallshortofsuccess
onethrowlinggoesalongallright
andanotherhasnoresemblancetoitssubject
imakesomeerrorstoointhelittleprinceheightinoneplace
heistootall
andanothertooshort
andifeelsomedoubtsaboutthecolorofhiscostume
soifumblealongasbest
icannotgoodnotbad
andihopegenerallyfairtomiddlingincertainmoreimportantdetails
ishallmakemistakes
butthatissomethingthatwillnotbemyfault
myfriendneverexplainedanythingtome
hethought
perhapsthatiwaslikehimself
butiallowdonotknowhowtoseesheepthroughthewallsoftheboxes
perhaps
iamalittlelikethegrounners
ihavehadtogrowold