A good read indeed...by Exupery

As a kid once, I loved to hear stories and fables...so amazingly like Pinocchio, Cinderella, Hanzel and Gretel...and our own kwento ng pinya, ng Bundok Makiling, at iba pa. I just love to hear everything. And this one story caught my attention...when my son always asking for my help to make a synopsis. I am a reader but this story never did sink into my mind because I was very busy so I would always end up giving him the unfinished summary, not once, twice or thrice. Until I finally read the whole story and it's really one of those good read that teaches us values as we read the whole plot. This story written by the famous Antoine de Saint Exupery is entitled The Little Prince. I knew now why this book is always a part of their subject. Because the author reveals his own views about the follies of mankind and the simple truths that people seem to forget as they grow older.The essence of the book is contained in the famous line uttered by the fox to the Little Prince: "On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (One can't see well except with the heart, the essential is invisible to the eyes). There are also two other main points in the book, both spoken by the fox. They are: "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" and "It is the time you have spent with your rose that makes your rose so important."

Throughout the book, a child's view of the world, of the purpose of human life and of relations between people, (as represented by the Little Prince and partially by the narrator), is set off against the grown-ups' view (as revealed in memories of the narrator and in characters that the Little Prince meets on asteroids). But the author underscores that the "'grown-ups' are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people."

Do you know that:
The B612 Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes. Their immediate goal is to "significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015".It is named for the home asteroid of the eponymous hero of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince.


PS/ This book got my highest rating's because it imparts a lot of values and enlightenment. You must have a copy and read it...

Source: Wikipedia