The Foreword to The Little Prince plus the first chapter on the short life of a painter

"The Little Prince" is a fairy tale created by the famous French pilot and writer Saint-Exupéry, it is the most famous fairy tale book in France and one of the most beloved books in the world. Since its publication in France in 1946, The Little Prince has been translated into more than 160 languages and has sold well around the world, being named the best French book of the century", second only to the Bible in global sales.

Although "The Little Prince" is short and short, every sentence is full of wisdom. The little prince was a sentimental little man, from a very small planet, and he was kind, innocent and pure, and compassionate. After leaving his own small planet, he begins to travel to visit other planets, and finally meets the protagonist in the Sahara Desert on Earth, and they begin to communicate bit by bit...

The enduring charm of "The Little Prince" has captivated generations, and it has long become a fairy tale for all, an allegory of love and responsibility. The author uses concise and clean language to express a thought-provoking philosophy of life, which makes the whole fairy tale full of magical power that infects people's hearts.

Chapter 1 ·

Short career as a painter

One rainy evening, I sat in the house through the window and listened

The sound of raindrops falling on the ground. I was only six years old

I was reading a book called True Stories, which described mysterious primeval forests.

Slowly, I was completely overwhelmed by the wonderful book

The content captivated. I saw a wonderful picture

Illustrations

It depicts a python

Is swallowing one very much

Big beasts. Book

It was written: "These

Pythons are untying, straight

Then swallow their prey and then stop moving.

It takes them six months to digest these foods slowly.

This book made me produce

Many strange illusions were born

Thoughts: Pythons that devour beasts,

The frog with a bulging belly is green

Lizards, beautiful butterflies...

So I took out a colored pencil and drew my first picture

The painting goes like this: a python that has just finished eating an elephant moves

Lying motionless, slowly digesting its food. I was very full

He showed it to the grown-ups: "You see mine."

Will the painting be afraid?" They said, "It's just a hat.

Nothing to be afraid of. ”

I was so disappointed by their words that no one could understand my paintings.

So I decided to paint another one. This time, I put the python belly

The elephants in the box were drawn so that they could see clearly. Unexpectedly, my second painting is better than that

The first one is even worse. Adults even

Persuade me to stop painting and let me take pleasure

Fun is on arithmetic, history, geography.

My painting still didn't get Ken

Sure, that discourages me. these

Oh my lord, I can't see anything myself

Understand, there is always a need for others to solve

This really makes the child feel bored.

In this way, at the age of six, I gave up my dream of becoming a painter.

When I grew up, I chose a different profession – flying an airplane.

Airplanes soar high in the air, like eagles. From the plane

Looking down, buildings look like matchboxes, and cars are like little beetles. I drive

On the plane, I have been to almost every place in the world. Geographical knowledge has helped me a lot, and it will not let me get lost in the dark night

Direction, and, at a glance, I could tell where China was and where

It's Arizona. In life, I have come into contact with many serious adults, also boys

I watched them closely, but that didn't make me change what I did to adults

opinion. Whenever I meet an adult, as long as I feel that his mind is a little clearer, I will show him my first painting and think

Know if he can read it. But every time I hear the answer is one

"It's just a hat." Then, I won't be with him again

Talk about pythons or primeval forests. I'm just going to follow him and talk to him about ties, politics, Goyle

Fu ball and other topics. So, adults

All think I'm reasonable, very much

Glad to know me.

No adult can recognize my drawing of a python that swallows an elephant