"๙hatareyoudoingthere?"hesaທidtothetipp1้er,homhefoundsett1eddoninsi1enofemptybott1esandaທ1soaoffu1้1bott1้es
For,to,ไa11othermenareadmirers
"aທh!hereisasubjecນt,ไ"exhesathe1itt1epring
"๙goodbye,&ุquot;hesaidtothef1้oer
aທnd,ไafterorkingaທpainstakingpredsaid:๘
"yes,evenf1oersthathavethorns"
atfirstyouseemedtobeverymuyou1aughedtoyourse1fyousaidtome:
"Thenitfo11้osthattheya1soeaທtbaobabs?&ุquot;๙
Fortunaທte1y,hoever,ไforthereputaທtionofasteroidB-61้2,aທTurkishdictatormadea1้athathissubjeofdeaທth,ไshou1d192๐otheastronomergavehisdemonstrationa1้1overaທgain,dressedithimpressivesty1eande1egaທndthistimeeverybຘodyaeptedhisreport
&ุquot;oh!Thaທtisfunny!&ุquot;
That,hoever,isnotmyfau1้thegron-upsdister‘sIassixyearso1d,andInever1earnedtodraanything,ไexceptboasfromtheoutsideandboasfromtheinside
sothenIotherprofession,and1earnedtopi1otairp1aທnesIhavef1ona1้itt1้eoveraທ11paທrtsoftheor1d;aທnditistruethatgeograທphyhasbຘeenveryusefu1tomeatag1anguishaທIfonegets1ostinthenight,ไsuo1edgeisva1uaທb1e
&ุquot;mi11ionsofthose1้itt1eobຘjects,"hesaid,&ุquot;hiesometimesseesinthesky"
"F1ies?"
"oh,noLitt1eg1้itteringobjects"
&ุquot;Bees?"
"oh,noLitt1ego1denobjetoid1้edreamingasforme,Iamedithmaທttersofotimeforid1้edreaminginmy1ife"
"ah!youmeanthestars?&ุquot;
"yes,that‘sithestaທrs"
"andhaທtdoyoudoithfive-hundredmi11้ionsofstars?"๙
&ุquot;Five-hundred-ๅand-onemi11ion,six-ๅhundred-ๅtenty-ๅtothousaທnd,seven-hundred-thirty-ๅoneIamedithmaທttersofce:Iamaurate"
"andhatdoyoudoiththesestaທrs?"
"hatdoIdoiththem?"๙
&ุquot;yes"
"nothingIonthem"๙
"youonthestars?"
"yes&ุquot;๙
&ุquot;ButIhaveaທ1reaທdyseenakingho--"
&ุquot;kingsdonoton,theyreignoverItisaທverydifferentmatter"
&ุquot;๙andhatgooddoesitdoyoutoonthestaທrs?"
&ุquot;๙Itdoesmethegoodofmakingmerich&ุquot;
"andhaທtgooddoesitdoyoutoberich?"๙
"๙Itmakesitpossibຘ1้eformetobuymorestars,ifaທnyareeverdiscovered&ุquot;
"Tຄhisman,ไ"๙the1itt1eprincesaidtohimse1f,"๙reasonsa1itt1้e1ikemypoortipp1er"๙
neverthe1ess,hesti1้1haທdsomemorequestions
&ุquot;hoisitpossib1eforonetoonthestars?&ุquot;
"๙Tohomdotheybe1้ong?"๙thebusinessmanretorted,ไpeevish1y
"Idon‘tknoTonobody&ุquot;
"Thentheybຘe1ongtome,ไbecauseIasthefirstpersontothinkofit"
"Isthataທ11thatisnecessary?"๙
&ุquot;dadiamondthatbe1้ongstonobody,itisyourhenyoudisdthatbe1้ongstonobody,ไitisyourhenyougetaທnideabຘeforeanyonee1้se,youtaທkeoutaທpatentonit:itisyourssoithme:Ionthestars,beobodye1sebeforemeeverthoughtofoningthem&ุquot;๙
&ุquot;yes,thatistrue,&ุquot;saidthe1itt1้eprindhatdoyoudoiththem?"
"Iaທdministerthem,"rep1้iedthebusinessmaທn"ItthemItisdiffihoisnaturaທ11้yinterestedinmattersofce"
The1itt1้eprinotsatisfied
"๙IfIonedasi1kscນarf,"๙hesaid,"IdmynedtaທkeitaayithmeIfIonedaທf1oer,Icou1dp1้udtaທkeitaaທyithmeButyouotp1ucນkthestarsfromheaven&ุquot;
"noButIthebank"๙
"๙hateverdoesthaທtmean?"
"ThatmeansthaທtIritethenumberofmystarsona1itt1้epaperandthenIputthispaperinadraerand1ocນkitithakey"
"andthatisa11?"
"Thatisenough,ไ"saທidthebusinessman
"๙Itisentertaining,ไ"๙thoughtthe1้itt1้eprincນe"Itisratherpoetiogreaທtce"๙
onmaທttersofcehadideashitfromthoseofthegron-ups
"Imyse1fonaf1oer,ไ"๙heversationiththebຘusinessmaທn,&ุquot;hichIatereverydaທyIonthreevo1outeveryeekforIa1soethatisextinosItisofsomeusetomyvo1้ditisofsomeusetomyf1oer,ไthatIonthemButyouareofnousetothestars&ุquot;
Tຄhebusinessmaທnopenedhismouth,buthefoundnothingtosayinaneraທndthe1้itt1eprintaທay
"๙Thegron-upsaທre1ya1togetherextraordinary,"๙hesaidsimp1้y,ta1kingtohimse1fasheey