And he put out his street lamp.

"That one," said the little prince, "as he pursued his journey further, he would be despised by all the others, by the king, by the vain, by the drinker, by the businessman." However, it is the only one that does not seem ridiculous to me. It is, perhaps, because he cares about nothing but himself. "

He sighed with regret and said to himself again:

"This is the only one I could have made my friend. But his planet is really too small. There is no room for two ... »

What the little prince did not dare to admit was that he regretted this blessed planet because, above all, of the thousand four hundred and forty sunsets in twenty-four hours!

XV

The sixth planet was a planet ten times larger. It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote enormous books.

"Here! Here is an explorer! Cried he, when he perceived the little prince.

The little prince sat down on the table and breathed a little. He already had traveled so much !