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LittlePrinceWrittenByAntoinedeSaiot­Exupery(1900～1944)PrefaceToLeonWerthasktheindulgenceofthechildrenwhomayreadthisbookfordedicatingittoagrown­up.Ihaveaseriousreason:heisthebestfriendIhaveintheworld.Ihaveanotherreason:thisgrown­upunderstandseverything,evenbooksaboutchildren.Ihaveathirdreason:helivesinFrancewhereheishungryandcold.Heneedscheeringup.Ifallthesereasonsarenotenough,Iwilldedicatethebooktothechildfromwhomthisgrown­upgrew.Allgrown­upswereoncechildren­­althoughfewofthemrememberit.AndsoIcorrectmydedication:ToLeonWerthwhenhewasalittleboy[Chapter1]­weareintroducedtothenarrator,apilot,andhisideasaboutgrown­upsOncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificentpictureinabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature,abouttheprimevalforest.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Hereisacopyofthedrawing.Inthebookitsaid:"Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirpreywhole,withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion."Ipondereddeeply,then,overtheadventuresofthejungle.AndaftersomeworkwithacoloredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown­ups,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.Buttheyanswered:"Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?"Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown­upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown­upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis:Thegrown­ups‘response,thistime,wastoadvisemetolayasidemydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter.IhadbeendisheartenedbythefailureofmyDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown­upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,anditistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysandforeverexplainingthingst...