The Little Prince
The Little Prince "A sheep, if he eats the shrubs, he also eats the flowers?"
"A sheep eats whatever he meets."
"Even flowers that have thorns?"
- Yes. Even flowers that have thorns.
"Then the thorns, what are they for?" "
I did not know. I was then very busy trying to unscrew a too tight bolt from my engine. I was very worried because my breakdown was beginning to appear very serious, and the drinking water that was exhausted made me fear the worst.
"Thorns, what are they used for?" "
The little prince never renounced a question once he had asked it. I was irritated by my bolt and I answered no matter what:
"Thorns are useless, it's pure wickedness on the part of flowers!
- Oh ! "
But after a pause he threw me, with a sort of rancor:
" I do not believe you ! Flowers are weak. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They think they are terrible with their thorns ... "
I made no reply. At that moment I said to myself: "If this bolt still resists, I'll blow it up with a hammer. The little prince again disturbed my reflections:
"And you think that flowers ..."