1 00:00:01,006 --> 00:00:03,098 I lived by myself 2 00:00:03,098 --> 00:00:07,089 without people with whom I could speak truthfully 3 00:00:07,089 --> 00:00:12,369 until a crash in the Sahara desert 6 years ago 4 00:00:12,369 --> 00:00:15,589 something was broken in my motor but as I had no 5 00:00:15,589 --> 00:00:17,024 mechanics nor passengers with me 6 00:00:17,024 --> 00:00:21,021 I was preparing myself to attempt to accomplish a difficult repair by myself 7 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,071 for me it was a question of life or death 8 00:00:23,071 --> 00:00:26,859 I hardly had any water to drink for 10 days 9 00:00:26,859 --> 00:00:30,089 the first evening I slept on the sand 10 00:00:30,089 --> 00:00:33,048 with one thousand miles from any earth 11 00:00:33,048 --> 00:00:36,038 I was much more isolated nevertheless on a raft in the middle of 12 00:00:36,038 --> 00:00:38,041 the Ocean 13 00:00:38,041 --> 00:00:40,061 so I imagine the surprise 14 00:00:40,061 --> 00:00:42,009 at the awakening of the day 15 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:45,088 when a funny little voice awakened me 16 00:00:45,088 --> 00:00:47,041 "Please... 17 00:00:47,041 --> 00:00:49,032 ...draw a sheep for me." 18 00:00:49,032 --> 00:00:50,052 "What?" 19 00:00:50,052 --> 00:00:52,004 "Draw a sheep for me." 20 00:00:52,004 --> 00:00:56,012 I jumped to my feet as if I had been hit by lightning 21 00:00:56,012 --> 00:00:59,074 I rubbed my eyes and looked 22 00:00:59,074 --> 00:01:04,006 and I saw a little extraordinary fellow 23 00:01:04,006 --> 00:01:06,096 he seriously considered me 24 00:01:06,096 --> 00:01:09,061 he seemed not lost nor dying of hunger 25 00:01:09,061 --> 00:01:14,029 nor dying of fatigue nor dying of thirst nor dying of fright 26 00:01:14,029 --> 00:01:18,032 he just had the appearance of a child lost in the desert 27 00:01:18,032 --> 00:01:22,055 friend of all the inhabited regions 28 00:01:22,055 --> 00:01:24,006 "What are you doing here?!" 29 00:01:24,006 --> 00:01:25,047 "Please... 30 00:01:25,047 --> 00:01:28,095 ...draw a sheep for me." 31 00:01:28,095 --> 00:01:32,093 for the mystery and three precious points in rise not to obey 32 00:01:32,093 --> 00:01:35,038 as absurd as this seemed to me 33 00:01:35,038 --> 00:01:39,049 I pulled out a paper and a pen from my pocket and I drew 34 00:01:39,049 --> 00:01:45,015 he watched attentively 35 00:01:45,015 --> 00:01:46,084 "No, this one is too sick, 36 00:01:46,084 --> 00:01:49,011 do another one." 37 00:01:49,011 --> 00:01:53,059 I drew another sheep 38 00:01:53,059 --> 00:01:54,609 "You see well, 39 00:01:54,609 --> 00:01:58,041 it's not a sheep, it's a ram because it has horns." 40 00:01:58,041 --> 00:02:02,081 so I redrew my drawing 41 00:02:02,081 --> 00:02:04,029 "This one is too old, 42 00:02:04,029 --> 00:02:07,093 I want it to live a long time." I was in a hurry to start to dismantle 43 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:11,069 the motor. I scribbled a cage 44 00:02:11,069 --> 00:02:13,179 with three air vents. 45 00:02:13,179 --> 00:02:16,499 "This is the cage, the sheep that you want is inside." 46 00:02:16,499 --> 00:02:19,459 "That's actually exactly how I wanted it! 47 00:02:19,459 --> 00:02:22,849 Do you think it will need lots of grass?" "Why?" 48 00:02:22,849 --> 00:02:25,299 "Because where I live everything is small." 49 00:02:25,299 --> 00:02:28,839 "It will surely be enough. I gave you a small sheep." 50 00:02:28,839 --> 00:02:32,709 "Is it that small? 51 00:02:32,709 --> 00:02:34,809 Look, it fell asleep." 52 00:02:34,809 --> 00:02:44,389 And that's how I met the little prince. 53 00:02:44,389 --> 00:02:47,359 It took me a long time to understand where he came from. 54 00:02:47,359 --> 00:02:50,819 The little prince who asked me lots of questions never seemed to hear 55 00:02:50,819 --> 00:02:52,039 my questions. 56 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:55,669 It was the words that were pronounced randomly that slowly brought me to the light. 57 00:02:55,669 --> 00:02:58,819 Then for the first time he noticed my airplane. 58 00:02:58,819 --> 00:03:00,599 "What is that thing?" 59 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:01,094 "It's not a thing. 60 00:03:01,094 --> 00:03:03,329 It flies, 61 00:03:03,329 --> 00:03:04,529 it's an airplane, 62 00:03:04,529 --> 00:03:06,519 and my airplane." 63 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:08,659 "Did it fall from the sky?" "Yes, haha." 64 00:03:08,659 --> 00:03:12,169 "That's funny! So did you also fall from the sky? What planet did you 65 00:03:12,169 --> 00:03:14,549 come from?" 66 00:03:14,549 --> 00:03:17,269 "You come from another planet?" 67 00:03:17,269 --> 00:03:18,549 "It's true that above 68 00:03:18,549 --> 00:03:22,759 I couldn't of come from that far." 69 00:03:22,759 --> 00:03:28,339 "Where do you come from, my little fellow?" "Huh?" 70 00:03:28,339 --> 00:03:31,569 "Where is it that you live? 71 00:03:31,569 --> 00:03:34,469 Where is it that you want to keep your sheep?" 72 00:03:34,469 --> 00:03:36,699 "What is good, 73 00:03:36,699 --> 00:03:39,329 with the cage that you gave me, 74 00:03:39,329 --> 00:03:42,289 it could be used as a house." 75 00:03:42,289 --> 00:03:45,799 "Of course. 76 00:03:45,799 --> 00:03:50,059 And if you're nice I'll give you a leash to attach it in the day, 77 00:03:50,059 --> 00:03:53,039 and a stake-" "Attach it? What a weird idea!" 78 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:56,759 "If you don't attach it it could go anywhere!" "Where do you think he'll go?" 79 00:03:56,759 --> 00:03:59,489 "Well, anywhere, straight in front of him!" 80 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,139 "Nowhere. 81 00:04:01,139 --> 00:04:04,199 It's so small where I live 82 00:04:04,199 --> 00:04:07,579 that if you advance forward you can't go that far." 83 00:04:07,579 --> 00:04:10,479 That's when he learned something pretty important. 84 00:04:10,479 --> 00:04:18,289 It's that his home planet was hardly larger than a house. 85 00:04:18,289 --> 00:04:22,939 Ah, the little prince, I understood little by little by random 86 00:04:22,939 --> 00:04:25,027 about his little melancholic life. 87 00:04:25,027 --> 00:04:29,011 He had a