synopsis of the little prince by antoine de saint exupery

The adults, still confused, handed him the offhand remark that the kid should focus on subjects like Geography and History more.

To make the adults realize this, he drew the internal structure of the elephant present inside. The kid had become disappointed to learn that none of the adults were able to see that the drawing was actually that of a Boa constrictor who had swallowed an entire Elephant. The kid used to ask every adult he met what they thought of the picture and every one of the adults speculated about the kind of hat the drawing represented. He then proceeded to draw a picture inspired by it which showed the very image I was confused by. The kid had learned about how Boa constrictors swallow their whole prey after taking around 6 months to digest it.

The novel begins with an adult describing the years of his childhood. As I started reading, on the second page of the book, I was greeted with this:Ĭonfused by the picture, I thought to myself ‘Such a Weird Hat!’. Do help us spread a word for this one!)Ībout how it has become something more than just a book, verging on a phenomenon, an obsession. ( Announcement: Bookish Santa has organized a massive books by weight sale at Guwahati from 12th May to 21st May, 2023. I had heard a lot about it, about how it was translated into over 300 different languages with over 200 million books published worldwide. I had first tried to read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, a few months ago.

Synopsis of the little prince by antoine de saint exupery