The Little Prince (16)

The little Prince (16)

  They are like that.

  One must not hold it against them.
  Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-ups people.

  But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference. I should have liked to began this story in the fashion of the fairy-tales.

  I should have liked to say : " Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived on a planet that was scar any bigger than himself, and who had need of a sheep. . . "

  To those who understand life, that would have given a much greater air of truth to my story.

  For I do not want anyone to read my book carelesssly.
  I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories.

  Six years have already passed since my friend went away frrom me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forgot him.

  To forget a friend is sad.
  Not everyone has had a friend. And I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures. . .

(16/30~)
遅くなり申し訳ありません。
帰京しましたので、明日からしばらくはきちんと出せると思います。