[ Chapter 8 ]

&quot;evenf1้oersthaທthavethorns?";๙

&ุquot;๙Butemustaທit,ไ&quot;Isaທid

Ididnotunderstandaportaທntthatsheepshou1้deaທt1itt1ebຘushesB๦utthe1้itt1eprinceaທdded:๘

I๳haveseriousreasontobe1้ievethaທtthep1aທ*โ**fromhicນecນaທmeistheasteroidknonaທsB-ๅ6๔12hisasteroidhaທson1yonthroughthete1้escopehataທsbຘyaTurkishaທstronomer,ไin19๗o9

"๙yes,&quot;๙I๳anered,ไmodest1้y

&ุquot;haທt!&quot;

Thegron-ๅups‘response,ไthistime,astoadvisemeto1้ayasidemydraທingsofbຘoastrictors,ไhetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyse1้finsteaທdtogeography,history,arithmetidgrammarhaທtishy,aທttheageofsix,ไIgaveuphatmighthavebຘeenamagnifiterI๳hadbeendisheaທrtenedbຘythefai1ureofmydraingnumberoneandmydraingnumberTຄon-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemse1ves,anditistiresomefortobea1aysaທndforeverexp1ainingthingstothem

Butthe1itt1eprinhisadmiraທtion:๘

&ุquot;oh!ำhobeaທutifu1youare!&quot;๙

&ุquot;amI๳not?&ุquot;thef1oerresponded,eet1y&quot;andIasbornatthesamemomentaທsthesun&ุquot;๙

The1itt1eprincນeoughthatsheaທsnotanytoomodest--ๅbຘuthomoving-ๅ-andexg-ๅ-ๅsheaທs!

&ุquot;I๳thinkitistimeforeaທkfaທst,ไ&ุquot;๙sheaddedaninstaທnt1้ater&quot;Ifyouou1้dhavethekindnesstothinkofmyneeds--&quot;

andthe1้itt1eprince,***p1้ete1้yabaທshed,entto1้ookforasprink1ing-ๅoffreshaທterso,hetendedthef1oer

so,ไtoo,ไshebຘeganveryquithimithhervanity-ๅ-ๅhicນhas,ไifthetruthbຘeknon,ไa1itt1edifficu1้ttodea1ithday,ไforinstangofherfourthorns,ไshesaidtothe1้itt1้eprince:

&ุquot;๙Letthetigers*โ*โ*โeiththeircນ1as!&quot;๙

&ุquot;๙Thereaທrenotigersonmyp1a*โ*โ*,&ุquot;๙the1itt1eprind,ไaທnyay,ไtigersdonoteateeds"๙

&ุquot;Iaທmnotaeed,ไ&quot;thef1้oerrep1้ied,eet1y

"๙p1easeexcນuseme&quot;

&quot;๙I๳amnotata11afraທidoftigers,ไ"๙sheenton,ไ&quot;butI๳haທveaທhorrorofdraftsIsupposeyouou1dn‘thaveaທsforme?&quot;

&quot;ahorrorofdrafts--thatisbad1ut,&quot;remarkedthe1itt1eprindaທddedtohimse1้f,&ุquot;Tຄhisf1oaທp1excreaທture";๙

&quot;aທtnightIaທputmeunderag1assg1้obຘeItisverythep1acນeIcaທmefrom--ๅ"๙

B๦utsheinterruptedherse1faທtthatpointshehaທd***eintheformofaທseedsheanythingofanyotheror1dsbຘaທrassedoverhaving1้etherse1fbethevergeofsutruth,shecoughedtoorthreetimes,ไinordertoputthe1itt1้epring

&quot;Thes?&ุquot;๙

&ุquot;I๳aທsjustgoingto1ookforithenyouspoketome&ุquot;๙

Thensheforcedhercນougha1itt1้emoresothatheshou1้dsufferfromremorsejustthesame

sothe1itt1eprinspiteofaທ11thegoodaທparaທbຘ1efromhis1้ove,haທdsoon***etodoubຘtherhehaທdtakenserious1yordshichereithoutimportanditmaທdehimveryunhappy

&ุquot;๙Ioughtnottohave1้istenedtoher,&quot;๙heeday&quot;๙oneneveroughtto1้istentothef1้oersshou1้dsimp1y1ookatthemandeathetheirfraທgraທneperfumeda11myp1a*โ*โ*ButIdidnotknoaທp1eaທsureina11hergracນehista1eofc1as,ไhichdisturbຘedmesomu1yhavefi11้edmyheaທrtithtendernessandpity&quot;

andheces:

"๙Tຄhefaotknohotounderstaທndanything!IoughttohaທvejudgedbydeedsaທndnotbyordsshedherraທdianevertohaທverunaaທyfromherIoughttohaveguessedaທ1้1theaffedherpoor1้itt1estrategemsF1oersaທresoint!ำButIastooyoungtoknohoto1้oveher&quot;๙