The Little Prince Page #5

- Of course.

- Why?

- You're human. I'm a fox!

- I hunt chickens. You hunt foxes!

- But I don't.

- You're a human being and you also lie.

- But I don't lie.

Then you're inhuman.

To be tamed...

Let me know before you move!

See if this will clear it up.

Underneath the prince, you're a little boy,

just like millions of other boys.

I'm a fox, just like millions of other foxes.

But if you tame me,

I won't be like all the other foxes,

and you won't be like the other boys.

I'll be unique to you, and you'll be

unique to me. Understand?

Sort of.

- Where are you?

- You moved!

I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

I have a very monotonous life.

I hunt chickens. Men hunt me.

They come, I hide,

they leave, I come out.

That's all.

But if you tamed me,

everything would be different.

- Even the wheat fields.

- The wheat fields?

Of course. I don't like bread,

so I don't care about wheat.

Wheat is the colour of gold,

like your hair.

If you tamed me, I'd care about wheat

because it would remind me of you.

I'm going to sit down.

What would I have to do?

Every day, you'd come and sit

where you're sitting now.

You'd always come at the same time,

let's say four in the afternoon.

I'd start to get excited

about three o'clock.

If you came any time,

I wouldn't get keyed up.

But what would I do at four o'clock?

- Nothing.

- Nothing?

If you did anything, I'd get frightened

and wouldn't come out.

It's like this.

At first, I'll hide behind the trees.

Trembling.

As I do in winter.

# In time

# I'll start to feel at ease

# Show my face

# And we'II... beginter #

Beginter?

Get closer.

And closer.

And closer.

# We'll go a glance at a time

# A small advance at a time

# We'll be afraid a bit and shy a bit

# Avoid each other's eye

a bit less often each day

# The ice'll soften each day

# As we get closer and closer and closer

# We'll go a blush at a time

# A happy flush at a time

# Begin to laugh a bit and stare a bit

# And walk around on air a bit

# As gaily we grow

As night and daily we grow

# A little closer and closer and closer

# And then one day

# There'll come a day

# A Christmas Eve

# Midsummer Day

# A moment when right there and then

# We're gonna touch

# Then we'll jump miles at a time

# A million smiles at a time

# Begin to love a lot and live a lot

# And give and give and give a lot

# Away we will go

And every day we will grow

# A little closer and closer and closer

# And closer and closer and closer

# And closer and closer all the time

# And then one day

# There'll come a day

# A Christmas Eve

# Midsummer Day

# A moment when right there and then

# We're gonna touch

# Begin to laugh a bit and stare a bit

And walk around on air a bit

# As gaily we grow

As night and daily we grow

# A little closer and closer and closer

# Away we will go

And every day we will grow

- # A little closer

- # And closer

- # And closer

- # And closer

# And closer and closer and closer

# And closer all the time #

After I tamed him, we stayed

together for quite a while.

But then, one day, I had to say goodbye.

I think I'm going to cry.

I didn't want to make you unhappy.

But you asked me to tame you.

- I know.

- I haven't done you much good.

It's all been a waste of time.

No.

Because you wasted

so much time on me,

you made me feel very important.

But now I feel sort of responsible for you.

I should have warned you

that would happen.

You always feel responsible

for what you've tamed.

The moment he said that,

I understood everything.

He wasn't like all the other foxes

in the world any more.

I'd tamed him, and now he was unique,

at least to me.

And my flower wasn't

like all those other flowers,

because I'd fetched her a screen

and put a bowl over her at night

and listened when she grumbled,

and now she was my rose.

I was responsible for her.

I had to go back and take care of her.

I brought you a present.

It's a secret.

So I wrote it down.

The last time I saw him

he was sitting in a wheat field.

What was the secret?

It's only with the heart

that one can see clearly.

What's essential is invisible to the eye.

It works!

Eureka! It works!

I need air.

It works!

It works!

Wait.

Don't.

My God! What have you done?

No.

Don't.

I'm glad you've repaired your engine.

Now you can go back home.

Yes.

I, too, am going back home.

You must keep your promise.

- What promise?

- You know, a muzzle for my sheep.

I'm responsible for this flower.

Please. You promised.

You also forgot the fence.

It's a very nice muzzle and fence.

Thank you.

You're cold as ice.

Are you afraid?

Please leave me.

I can't.

I won't.

I don't want you to suffer.

I'll look as if I'm dead,

but it won't be true.

It's just that it's too far

to carry this body with me.

You understand, don't you?

This part of me will be like

an old abandoned shell.

There's nothing sad

about old shells, is there?

My star is so small

I can't show you where it is.

I'm going back there now, but before

I do, I want to give you something.

- All I want is to hear you laugh again.

- You will.

More than you ever did before.

Because on one of those stars

I'll be laughing,

but you won't know which one,

so all the stars will be laughing.

It'll be like a bell that's hanging

from every star in the sky.

There, now. That's all.

# Little Prince from who knows where

# Was it a star?

# Was it a prayer?

# With every smile you clear the air

# So I can see

# Oh, Little Prince

# Don't take your smile away from me

# When you came my day was done

# And then your laugh turned on the sun

# Oh, Little Prince

# Now to my wonder and surprise

# All the hopes and dreams I lived among

# When this heart of mine

was wise and young

# Shine for me again, Little Prince

# In your eyes

# Please, Little Prince

# Don't take your smile away from me

# When you came my day was done

# And then your laugh turned on the sun

# Oh, Little Prince

# Now to my wonder and surprise

# All the hopes and dreams I lived among

# When this heart of mine

was wise and young

# Shine for me again, Little Prince

# In your eyes #

Where are you?

I won't leave without you!

Oh, my God!

It never happened.

He wasn't here.

It never happened.

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