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{{quote| ''"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."''}}
 
A worldwide literary classic (it's been translated into 190 languages), ''The Little Prince'' (''Le Petit Prince'' in French) is a 1943 children's book written by French aviator and count [[Antoine De Saint Exupery]]. It is the fictional account of a French aviator whose plane crashes in the Sahara desert, a thousand miles from civilization. He is approached by a young prince who requests that he draw him a sheep, which leads into the prince describing to the narrator his life on an asteroid and his travels from planet to planet in search of the meaning of [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy|life, the universe, and everything]]. While the book was written for children, the philosophical content appeals to any adult reader, as during the prince's adventures he encounters analogues of many of the traits of modern humanity, and learns about love and friendship from the plants and animals he meets.
 
Adaptations have mostly been for the stage, but there's also a 1974 movie musical and a 1979 Claymation short. It also inspired an [[wikipedia:The Adventures of the Little Prince (TV series)|anime]]. There is also a new CGI cartoon, airing on French TV, called [http://www.thelittleprince.com/tv-serie/the-origins/ The New Adventures of the Little Prince].