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the little prince

　　Perhaps you will ask me, Why are there no other drawing in this book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs?

　　The reply is simple. I have tried. But with the others I have not been successful. When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.

[ Chapter 6 ]

　　　　　　- the little prince and the narrator talk about sunsets

　　Oh, little prince! Bit by bit I came to understand the secrets of your sad little life... For a long time you had found your only entertainment in the quiet pleasure of looking at the sunset. I learned that new detail on the morning of the fourth day, when you said to me: I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset now.

　　But we must wait, I said.

　　Wait? For what?

　　For the sunset. We must wait until it is time.

　　At first you seemed to be very much surprised. And then you laughed to yourself. You said to me:

　　I am always thinking that I am at home!

　　Just so. Everybody knows that when it is noon in the United States the sun is setting over France.

　　If you could fly to France in one minute, you could go straight into the sunset, right from noon. Unfortunately, France is too far away for that. But on your tiny planet, my little prince, all you need do is move your chair a few steps. You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like...