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1、LittlePrinceThise-bookwascreatedbyZDYXToLeonWerthIasktheindulgenceofthechildrenwhomayreadthisbookfordedicatingittoagrown-up.Ihaveaseriousreason:heisthebestfriendIhaveintheworld.Ihaveanotherreason:thisgrown-upunderstandseverything,evenbooksaboutchildren.Ih
2、aveathirdreason:helivesinFrancewhereheishungryandcold.Heneedscheeringup.Ifallthesereasonsarenotenough,Iwilldedicatethebooktothechildfromwhomthisgrown-upgrew.Allgrown-upswereoncechildren--althoughfewofthemrememberit.AndsoIcorrectmydedication:ToLeonWerthwhe
3、nhewasalittleboy[Chapter1]-weareintroducedtothenarrator,apilot,andhisideasaboutgrown-upsOncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificentpictureinabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature,abouttheprimevalforest.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Her
4、eisacopyofthedrawing.Inthebookitsaid:"Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirpreywhole,withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion."Ipondereddeeply,then,overtheadventuresofthejungle.Andaftersomeworkwithacolor
5、edpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown-ups,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.Buttheyanswered:"Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?"Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapi
6、ctureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis:Thegrown
7、-ups'response,thistime,wastoadvisemetolayasidemydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter.Ihadbeen
8、disheartenedbythefailureofmyDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,anditistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysandforeverexplainingthingstothem.SothenIchoseanotherprofession,andle
