chapter4
ihadtleaedasecondfactofgreatrtance:thiswasthattheplthelittleprincecafrowasscarcelyanyrgerthanahe
butthatdidnotreallysurprisech.iknewverywellthatinaddintothegreatplssuchastheearth,jupiter,rs,vetowhichwehavegivennas,therearealsohundredsofothers,soofwhicharesosllthatonehasahardtiseeingthethroughthetelescope.whenanastronordiscoversoneofthesehedoesnotgiveitana,butonlyanuer.heghtcallit,forexale,”asteroid325.”ihaveserireasontobelievethattheplfrowhichthelittleprincecaistheasteroidknownasb612.thisasteroidhasonlyoncebeenseenthroughthetelescope.thatwasbyaturkishastronor,in1909.
onkinghisdiscovery,theastronorhadpresentedittotheinteanalastronocal
congress,inagreatdenstran.buthewasinturkishe,andsonobodywouldbelievewhathesaid.
grownupsarelikethat...
fortunately,however,forthereputanofasteroidb612,aturkishdiadeawthathissubjects,underpainofdeath,shouldchangetoeuropeane.soin1920theastronorgavehisdenstranalloveragain,dressedwithiressivestyleandelegance.andthistieverybodyeptedhisreport.
ifihavetoldyouthesedetailsabouttheasteroid,anddeanoteofitsnuerforyou,itisonountofthegrownupsandtheirways.whenyoutellthethatyouhavedeanewfriend,theyneveraskyouanyquesnsaboutessentialtters.
theyneversaytoyou,”whatdoeshisvoicesoundlikewhatgasdoeshelovebestdoeshecollectbutterflies”instead,theydend:”howoldishehownybrothershashehowchdoesheweighhowchneydoeshisfatherke”onlyfrothesefiguresdotheythinktheyhaveleaedanythingabouthi
ifyouweretosaytothegrownups:”isawabeautifulhedeofrosybrick,withgeraniuinthewindowsanddovesontheroof,”theywouldnotbeabletogetanyideaofthatheatall.youwouldhavetosaytothe”isawahethatcost20,000.”thentheywouldexi”oh,whataprettyhethatis”tso,youghtsaytothe”theproofthatthelittleprinceexistedisthathewascharng,thatheughed,andthathewaslookingforasheep.ifanybodywantsasheep,thatisaproofthatheexists.”andwhatgoodwoulditdototellthethattheywouldshrugtheirshoulders,andtreatyoulikeachild.