The Little Prince Page #4

Good morning!

Are you feeling all right?

Why don't you rest for a little while?

I can't. We've run out of water.

Unless I can get this thing

off the ground...

But I will. Don't worry, I will.

- I'm not worried.

- Good.

We'll get some water from the well.

Well? What well?

- Out there.

- What?

- Did you see an oasis?

- No, but there must be one out there.

No.

We could get lost and never find water

and never find our way back to the plane.

No. I'd rather bet on the motor.

At least we know it can work.

- Where are you going?

- To the well.

I said we were staying here.

This way!

Why not this way?

Or that way? Or that way?

This way!

Coming?

This is suicide,

don't you understand? Suicide!

Then maybe I won't have

to find my friend the snake.

- What?

- It doesn't matter.

It does matter! What snake?

I'll tell you about him later.

Tell me now.

You can't draw while you're walking.

The stars are beautiful

because of the flower I can't see.

# Why is the desert

so lovely to see?

# Why is the desert

so lovely to see?

# There is a reason lovely to tell

# Because the desert is hiding a well

# What makes the desert

so lovely at night?

# What makes the desert

so lovely at night?

# Millions of reasons

# Tell me just one

# At night the desert

is hiding the sun #

Look! Look!

It's water!

# Why am I happy?

We're dying of thirst

# Why am I happy?

We're dying of thirst

- # Why are you happy?

- # Why do you think?

# Because there's plenty

of water to drink #

# Why was the desert so lovely before?

# Why was it lovely

but not any more?

# Water was hiding

# No one could see

# But now the water is hiding in me #

- You mustn't forget your promise.

- What promise?

- You know, a muzzle for my sheep.

- I won't forget.

First, I want to hear more

about that snake.

- Now?

- Now.

Very well, then.

I met him in a tree at the edge

of the desert not far from here.

There are some hills here.

He was the first person I met here.

Until I met someone else, I thought

everyone on Earth was a snake.

I arrived on the other side of the tree.

Good afternoon!

Good afternoon.

You're talking to the wrong end!

You're a funny animal.

You're nothing but a tail.

- I'm not an animal.

- What are you?

I'm a s-s-snake.

- I'm enchanted.

- Well, you should be!

- You're all cold and slimy.

- Thank you. It runs in the family.

Could you tell me what I've landed on?

This s-s-sunny section of the solar

system is called the S-S-Sahara.

- The name of this planet is Sahara?

- No, no, no.

This simmering spot of singing sand

is called the Sahara.

The whole silly, stupid,

s- s-smelly sphere is called the Earth.

Oh, good.

I thought I'd come to the wrong place.

Oh, you have!

Listen.

You look like a nice fella.

Why don't you take off your sword

and s-s-stay awhile?

You seem like a s-s-smart, sensible sort.

Why did you s-s-swing down

to this sorry, sleazy swamp?

I'm trying to learn s-s-something.

I see.

Well, sir, this speck in space

is a s-s-scholastic sewer.

All that you can learn here is sorrow.

Sorrow. If I were you, I'd scram.

I can't. My flock of birds

have flown away.

- So?

- They brought me here.

I see.

Listen. You are so lucky

that you met me.

Why am I lucky?

You see, someday, any day, you wanna

see your own small sparkling star again,

I may have a s-s-solution.

You see, I have this special... sting.

It's almost painless.

And it can send you

scooting out of this s-s-sad slum

and sailing into the sweet,

sunny, splendiferous sky.

Really?

# If you would like to cure the fever

called life

# Get some relief

from all the struggle and strife

# The grandest medicine

that I can propose is under your nose

# A snake in the grass-ss

# If you would like a spot

where life never goes

# Where you can leave your body

home in your clothes

# The finest travel agent you'll ever meet

is right at your feet

# A snake in the grass-ss

# One sting

# And you can say goodbye

to all of your friends

# One sting

# And you'll be singing

as your spirit ascends

# All's well that ends

# So any day or night, wherever you are

# If you would like to take a trip to a star

# The quickest transportation

yet known to man is none other than

# A snake in the grass-ss

# A snake in the grass-ss

# A snake in the grass-ss

# If you would like to leave

that inhuman race

# And take up residence

out yonder in space

# When you are ready to go travelling on

# Sit right down

upon a snake in the grass-ss

# One sting

# Is quite enough to make you

happy and free

# One sting

# And you'll discover

how relaxed you can be

# Posthumously

# And while you're wandering

through the heavenly blue

# If you should see the Lord

come strolling in view

# Go up and say you bring him

best wishes from his fallen old chum

# A snake in the grass-ss

# A snake in the grass-ss

# A snake in the grass-ss

# One sting

# It's almost painless

# A snake in the grass-ss

# A snake in the grass-ss

# A snake in the grass-ss

# I'll be waiting #

Wait a minute. Just a moment.

You're looking for that snake

in order to do away with yourself?

I can't get back to my planet

any other way.

It's too far.

And my birds have disappeared.

Well, of all the...!

Listen to me. That snake has

poisoned you against the Earth.

- That's not what the snake said.

- He's always prejudiced against us.

- It's what the fox said.

- You're not letting yourself be poisoned.

What fox?

- The fox I met after I met the snake.

- I see.

You certainly got yourself mixed up

with a strange crowd.

All right, let's have it.

Where did you meet the fox?

In a garden of roses.

How many roses?

Fifty? A hundred? Five hundred?

I don't know,

but if it's too difficult to draw...

No, no, not at all. Let's get every detail

of this sordid nonsense out in the open.

When she finds out there are millions

of flowers that look just like her,

it will break her heart.

Good morning.

I thought I was rich.

I thought I had the most unique flower

in all the world.

But all I had was a common rose.

A common rose and three volcanoes

that came up to my knees.

And one of them was extinct, at that!

That doesn't make me

a very great prince, does it?

Good morning.

Good morning.

You're a prince?

Yes.

I'm a fox.

I'm sad. Would you play with me?

- No.

- Why not? It'll be fun.

Where are the others?

- What others?

- The other hunters.

There's no one here but me.

Please play with me. I won't harm you.

- Then why do you have a gun?

- I don't.

- You must have. You're a human being.

- I'm from another planet.

- Aren't there guns on your planet?

- No.

Really?

- Are there hunters on your planet?

- No.

- Any chickens?

- No.

- Oh, well. Nothing's perfect.

- Let's play hide-and-seek.

I can't play with you. I'm not tamed.

What do you mean, "tamed"?

Can't you stay put? I'm getting dizzy!

Sorry. I just don't wish to become extinct.

- If I move, will you disappear again?

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