- Hello ... Hello ... Hello ... replied the echo.

- Who are you ? Said the little prince.

"Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?" Replied the echo.

"Be my friends, I am alone," he said.

"I am alone ... I am alone ... I am alone ..." replied the echo.

"What a strange planet! He thought then. It is quite dry, and all pointed and salty. And men lack imagination. They repeat what they are told ... At home I had a flower: it always spoke first ... "

XX

But it happened that the little prince, having for a long time walked through the sands, the rocks and the snows, at length discovered a road. And the roads all go to men.

"Good morning," he said.

It was a garden full of roses.

"Good morning," said the roses.

The little prince looked at them. They all looked like her flower.

" Who are you ? He asked, stunned.

"We are roses," said the roses.