The Little Prince Summarized
The Little Prince Summarized
The Little Prince Summarized
He
meets a serious little boy named the little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep.
They become friends, and the pilot discovers the prince comes from a planet called
Asteroid 325, which is called Asteroid 8-612.
The little prince cared for a planet, preventing bad seeds and baobab tree
overruns. A mysterious rose grew on the planet, and he fell in love with it.
However, he fell in love with the rose and became lonely. Despite reconciliation,
he left to explore other planets and cure his loneliness.
The little prince, despite admiring the lamplighter, doesn't appreciate the adults
he visits and learns nothing useful. However, he learns from a geographer that
flowers don't last forever, and he starts to miss the rose he left behind.
The little prince, following a geographer's advice, visits Earth but finds no
humans. Instead, he encounters a snake who speaks riddles and suggests its lethal
poison could send him back to the heavens if he wishes.
The little prince ignores an offer and explores, talking to a three-petaled flower
and climbing a tall mountain. He confuses his voice echo for conversation.
Eventually, he finds a rose garden, which surprises and depresses him, as his rose
had told him she was the only one of her kind.
The prince befriends a fox, who teaches him that the important things in life are
visible only to the heart, that his time away from the rose makes the rose more
special to him, and that love makes a person responsible for the beings that one
loves.
The little prince realizes his love for his rose makes her unique and responsible,
despite the many roses. He feels lonely due to being far from her. The story ends
with encounters with a railway switchman and a salesclerk.
It is now the narrator's eighth day in the desert, and at the prince's suggestion,
they set off to find a well. The water feeds their hearts as much as their bodies,
and the two share a moment of bliss as they agree that too many people do not see
what is truly important in life.
The prince, fixated on returning to his rose, plans to return to Earth with a
snake. The narrator and his friend visit the prince's place, but the snake bites
him, and he falls silently to the sand.
The narrator finds comfort in the absence of the prince's body the next day,
believing he has returned to his asteroid. He is also comforted by the stars and
his friend's laughter.
The narrator expresses sadness over the drawing of a sheep eating the prince's
rose, prompting readers to stop under the stars and inform him if the prince
returns.