I had thus learned a second fact of great importance，This was that the planet the little prince came from scarcely any larger than a house. But that didn't really surprised me much，I know very well that in addition to the great planets，Such as the earth jupiter Mars venus to which we have given names，There are also hundreds of others，Some of which are so small，That one has more a hard time seeing them through the telescope.When the astronomer discovered one of these，He does not given it a name only a number，He might call it，For example，asteroid three two five one. I have seriously reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the Asteroid known as b six one two.This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope，That was by a turkish astronomer in nineteen zero nine，On making his discovery，The astronomer had presented it to the international astronomical congress，In the great demonstration，But he was in turkish costume，So nobody would believe what he said，Grown UPS are like that Fortunately，However，For the reputation of asteroid B six one two，The turkish dictator made a law that the subjects under pain of death should change european costume，So in nineteen twenty，The astronomer gave his demonstration all over again，Dressed with impressive style and elegance，And this time，Everybody accepted his report If I have told you these details about this asteroid and made a note of its number for you，It was on account of the grownups and their ways Grown UPS love's figures，When you tell them that you have made a new friend，They never ask you any questions about essential matters，They never say to you"What does his voice sound like？What games does he love best？Does he collect butterflies？"Instead，They demand"How old is he？How many brothers has he？How much does he weigh？How much money does his father make?"Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him，If you want to say to the grown UPS"I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brakes with geraniums in the WINDOWSAnd dose on the roof"They were not be able to get any ideas of that house at all，You would have to say to them"I saw a house that costs two thousand dollars"Then they would Exclaim"Oh what a pretty house that is！" Just so，You might say to them"The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming that he loved and that he was looking for a sheepIf anybody wants a sheep that is proof that he existed" And what good would it do to tell them，They would shrug their shoulders and treat you like a child，But if you say to them，The planet he came from is Asteroid，B six one two，Then，They would be convinced and leave you in peace From their question.They are like that One must not hold it against them，Children should always show great forbearance toward grown up people，But certainly，For US WHO understand life，Figures are a matter of indifference，I should have like to beginning story in a fashion of the fairy tales，I should have liked to say "Once upon a time，There was a little prince WHO lived a planet that was scarcely any bigger than himselfAnd WHO had need of a sheep."To those WHO understand life，That would have given them much greater air of truth to my story，For i do not want anyone to read My book carelessly，I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me with his sheep，If I try to describe him here，It is to make sure that I shall not forget him To forget a friend is sad，Not everyone has had a friend，And if I forget him i May become like the grown UPS，WHO are no longer interested in anything but figures It is for that purpose again，That have bought a box of paints and some pencils，It is hard to take up joys again at my age，When I have never made any pictures except those of the boa constrictor from the outside and the boa constrictor from the inside since I was six I shall certainly try to make my poetry as true to life as possible，But I am not at all sure of success，One joins goes along all right，And another has no resemblance to its subject，I make some errors too，In the little princess height，In one place，He is too tall，And in another，He is short，And I feel doubt about the color of his costume，So I bumble along as best as i can，No good，No bad And I have generally fear to meddling in certain more important details，I shall make mistakes also，But that is something that we are not be my fault，My friend never explain anything to me，He thought perhaps that I was little like himself，But I also do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes，Perhaps I am a little like the grown UPS，I have had grown old