The Little prince (53)

The Little Prince (53)

  " And what do you do with five-hundred millions of stars ? "

  " Five-hundred-and-one-million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one. I am concerned with matters of consequence : I am accurate. "

  " And what do you do with these stars ? "

  " What do I do with them ? "

  " Yes. "

  " Nothing, I own them. "

  " You own stars ? "

  " Yes. "

  " But I have already seen a King who ― "

  " Kings do not own, they reign over, It is very different matter. "

  " And what good does it do you to own stars ? "

  " It does me the good of making me rich. "
 
  " And what good does  it do you to be rich ? "

  " I makes it possible for me to buy more stars, if any are discovered. "

  " This man, " the little prince said to himself, " reasons a little like my poor tippler. . . " 

  Nevertheless, he still had some more question. 

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