As a child, the storyteller drew his first picture: a boa(удав) that swallowed an

elephant. The adults who saw the drawing decided that it picted a hat, and advised
the boy to take up geography and other sciences instead of drawing. Because of
this, the child lost faith in himself. He chose the profession of a pilot and flew
around almost the whole world. He met different adults.
As soon as it seemed that a person spoke “the same language” with him, he
showed him his childish drawing: the same one with a boa constrictor and an
elephant; but everyone, without exception, saw only a hat in the picture. And then
the storyteller had no choice but to talk to them about politics, ties and other things
that they lived by. There was no one to talk to heart to heart.
So the storyteller lived alone, until one day a breakdown in the engine forced him
to land the plane in the desert.
At dawn, the sleeping pilot was awakened from nowhere by a little man who came
from nowhere. A little man asked him to draw him a lamb. He drew the only
picture he could. What was his astonishment when the boy exclaimed that he
didn’t need an elephant in a boa.
Trying over and over again to draw such a lamb that the kid was waiting for, the
pilot lost his patience and drew a box. The kid was very pleased: after all, he was
able to see his lamb there.
Such was the acquaintance of the storyteller with the Little Prince.
The kid asked a lot of questions, but when the pilot asked about himself, he
pretended not to hear. From the scraps of information received, it became clear that
the child was from another planet and this planet is very small. After thinking, the
pilot decided that his home was the asteroid B612, seen through a telescope only
once: it was so small.
Little by little the pilot learned something about the life of the Little Prince. So,
once it became known that there are troubles in the baby’s house too. Among
plants, baobabs are often found. If you do not distinguish their sprouts from others
in time and do not weed them out, they will quickly destroy the planet, tearing it
apart with their roots.
To prevent this from happening, the Little Prince had a firm rule: "Get up in the
morning, wash, put yourself in order - and immediately put your planet in order."
Gradually it became clear that the baby was often sad on his planet. If “it becomes
very sad, it’s good to watch the sun go down,” said the Little Prince.
On the fifth day of their acquaintance, the pilot learned the secret of the Little
Prince. On his planet lived an extraordinary flower that no one else in the world
had. He was afraid that someday the lamb that destroys the sprouts of baobabs will
also eat his favorite plant.
Soon the narrator learned more about the flower. The Little Prince once had a tiny
sprout, not like other flowers. Over time, a bud grew on it, which did not open for a
long time. When all the petals opened, the baby saw with admiration a real beauty.
She turned out to be a difficult character: she was a subtle and proud nature. The
boy, who took to heart everything that the beauty said, he felt unhappy and decided
to run away, setting off on a journey.
Before the journey, the boy carefully cleaned his planet. When he said goodbye to
a beautiful guest, she suddenly asked for forgiveness, and wished him happiness,
good luck and admitted that she loved the Little Prince.
Very close to the baby's planet were several asteroids, he decided to go there and
learn something.
On the first planet The king lived. On the second planet lived an ambitious man
who thought that everyone admired him. The desire of an ambitious man to be
smarter, more beautiful and richer than everyone else seemed strange to the boy.
The third planet belonged to the drunkard. The little prince was at a loss when he
heard that he was drinking in order to forget how ashamed he was because he was
drinking.
The owner of the fourth planet was a business man. He was always busy: he
counted the stars in the certainty that he owns them.
On the smallest planet there lived a lamplighter who lit and extinguished the
lantern every moment. His occupation was useful, in the opinion of the kid,
because the lamplighter thought not only about himself.
The kid also visited the geographer's planet. The scientist wrote down the stories of
travelers, but he himself never saw the seas, deserts and cities.
The seventh planet on which the Little Prince ended up was Earth, and it was huge.
At first, the baby did not see anyone on the planet, except for the snake. From her,
he learned that not only in the desert, but also among people, it is also lonely. The
snake promised to help him on the day when the boy would be sad about his home.
Wandering in the desert, the kid came across a small unattractive flower. The
flower did not know where to look for people: in his whole life he saw only a few
of them and thought that they were being carried by the wind, because people had
no roots.
Climbing a mountain that got in the way, the Little Prince hoped to see the whole
Earth and all people. But instead he saw only rocks and he became sad.
Once a little hero saw a garden with many roses. They looked like his beauty, and
the kid stopped, amazed. It turned out that his flower is not the only one in the
world and not at all special. It hurt to think about it, he sat down in the grass and
wept.
At that moment, Fox appeared. The little prince was going to make friends, but it
turned out that the animal must first be tamed.
He revealed an important secret to the boy and asked him to remember the law:
"you are forever responsible for everyone you tamed." The little prince understood:
the beautiful rose is the most precious thing, he gave her all his time and energy,
and he is responsible for the rose - after all, he tamed it.
Having repaired the motor, the pilot saw that the Little Prince was talking to a
snake. The pilot was very scared for the baby. After being told that he could return
home at night and protect the rose, the boy became very serious. He promised to
give his adult friend special stars.
Very soon, a snake flashed near the Little Prince, biting him, and he fell silently
and slowly.
The pilot never told anyone about the Little Prince. He knew: the baby returned to
his house, because the next morning he was not on the sand. And now the
storyteller loves to look at the stars and listen to them, and they either laugh quietly
or cry.