The Little Prince - Chapter 12
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Track 12 on The Little Prince
The Little Prince - Chapter 12 Lyrics
The next planet was inhabited by a tippler. This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection.
"What are you doing there?" he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
"I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
"Why are you drinking?" demanded the little prince.
"So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
"Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.
"Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
"Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
"Ashamed of drinking!" The tipler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.
And the little prince went away, puzzled.
"The grown-ups are certainly very, very odd," he said to himself, as he continued on his journey.
"What are you doing there?" he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
"I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
"Why are you drinking?" demanded the little prince.
"So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
"Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.
"Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
"Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
"Ashamed of drinking!" The tipler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.
And the little prince went away, puzzled.
"The grown-ups are certainly very, very odd," he said to himself, as he continued on his journey.
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The Little Prince is a novella written and illustrated by French aristocrat Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 – 1944). First published in 1943, the book has since been translated into more than 190 languages and has sold more than 80 million copies, placing it among the best selling books ever. It tells the story of a pilot and the young prince he meets, who has fallen to Earth from an asteroid. The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is both a plea to those who suffer from the degenerative disease of the imagination known as the adult condition and an eloquent examination of love in all its forms.
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