The Little Prince 2 Lev
The Little Prince 2 Lev
The Little Prince 2 Lev
Chapter 1
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When I was six years old, I saw a picture in a book. It was a picture of a snake who was
eating a big animal. Here is a copy of the picture.
In the book it said, “Snakes eat the whole animal. Then they are not able to move. And
they sleep for six months.”
I thought about the life in the jungle. Then I made my first picture. This is my picture
number one.
Chapter 2
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The first night I slept on the sand a thousand miles from any land with people. I was
more isolated than a sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. So you can imagine
my surprise, when a funny little voice woke me up in the morning. It said,
“Please, draw me a sheep!”
“What?”
“Draw me a sheep!”
I jumped to my feet as if I was hit by lightning. I looked around. And I saw a very
unusual little man who was looking at me very seriously. This is the best picture of him
which I later was able to make.
But my picture, of course, is much less fascinating than the original model. It’s not my
mistake. I was stopped in my career as a painter by the adults at the age of six. And I
never learnt to draw anything, except snakes from the outside and snakes from the
inside.
I looked at this little man with my eyes full of surprise. Don’t forget that I was a
thousand miles from any land with people. It was interesting to see that this little man
didn’t look tired, hungry, thirsty or scared. He didn’t look like a child who was lost in the
middle of the desert, a thousand miles from any land with people.
When I finally managed to speak, I said to him, “What are you doing here?”
He repeated, very slowly and very seriously, “Please draw me a sheep.”
It was all strange to me. I was a thousand miles from any place with people. I was
in danger of death, but I took a piece of paper and a pen out of my pocket. I wanted to
draw him a picture. Then I remembered that I mostly studied geography, history,
maths and grammar, and I told the little man that I did not know how to draw.
He said, “It doesn’t matter. Draw me a sheep.”
But I never drew a sheep. So I drew him one of only two pictures which I was able to
draw. It was a big snake from the outside. And I was shocked to hear the little man say,
“No, no, no! I don’t want an elephant inside a big snake. A big snake is a very
dangerous animal, and an elephant takes a lot of space. Where I live, everything is very
small. I need a sheep. Draw me a sheep.”
So then I made a picture.
He looked at it carefully, then he said, “No. This sheep is already very ill. Make me
another.”
So I made another picture.
My friend smiled gently at me, “You have to see it too. This is not a sheep. It’s a ram. It
has horns.”
So then I made another picture.
Chapter 3
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