16-07-11 The fourth planet belonged to a businessman. This man was so much occupied that he did not even raise his head at the little princes arrival. Good morning, the little prince said to him. Your cigarette has gone out. Three and two make five. Five and...
16-07-11 The next planet was inhabited by a tippler. This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection. What are you doing there? he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottl...
16-07-11 The second planet was inhabited by a conceited man. Ah! Ah! I am about to receive a visit from an admirer! he exclaimed from afar, when he first saw the little prince coming. For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers. Good morning, said the...
16-07-11 He found himself in the neighborhood of the asteroids 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, and 330. He began, therefore, by visiting them, in order to add to his knowledge. The first of them was inhabited by a king. Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seate...
16-07-11 I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. On the morning of his departure he put his planet in perfect order. He carefully cleaned out his active volcanoes. He possessed two active volcanoes; and they...
16-07-11 I soon learned to know this flower better. On the little princes planet the flowers had always been very simple. They had only one ring of petals; they took up no room at all; they were a trouble to nobody. One morning they would appear in the grass...
16-07-11 On the fifth day-- again, as always, it was thanks to the sheep-- the secret of the little princes life was revealed to me. Abruptly, without anything to lead up to it, and as if the question had been born of long and silent meditation on his proble...
16-07-11 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,...
16-07-11 As each day passed I would learn, in our talk, something about the little princes planet, his departure from it, his journey. The information would come very slowly, as it might chance to fall from his thoughts. It was in this way that I heard, on t...
16-04-24 Ten special stamps have been released to celebrate the Queens birthday, including a stamp sheet featuring four generations of the Royal Family. 庆祝女王生日的十张纪念邮票已经发行,其中包括一张王室家族四代传人的合影。 The picture of the Queen, Prince...