THREE
"Good morning," said the little prince.
"Good morning," said the salesclerk. This was a salesclerk who sold pills
invented to quench thirst. Swallow one a week and you no longer feel any need
to drink.
"Why do you sell these pills?"
"They save so much time," the salesclerk said. "Experts have calculated
that you can save fifty- three minutes a week."
"And what do you do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Whatever you like."
"If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked," the little prince said to
himself, "I'd walk very slowly toward a water fountain..."
CHAPTER 22
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The Little Prince
Status: Completed
Type:
Author: Richard Howard
Released: 1943
Native Language:
Romance
pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.
