That frightens me... I cannot, any more... murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.
Hum! Hum! replied the king. Then I-- I order you sometimes to yawn and sometimes to--
He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.
For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected. He tolerated no disobedience. He was an absolute monarch. But, because he was a very good man, he made his orders reasonable.
If I ordered a general, he would say, by way of example, if I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general. It would be my fault.
May I sit down? came now a timid inquiry from the little prince.
I order you to do so, the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.
But the little prince was wondering... The planet was tiny. Over what could this king really rule?
Sire, he said to him, I beg that you will excuse my asking you a question--
I order you to ask me a question, the king hastened to assure him.
Sire-- over what do you rule?
Over everything, said the king, with magnificent simplicity.
Over everything?
The king made a gesture, which took in his planet, the other planets, and all the stars.
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