Little
Prince Table of Contents
After that, the little prince climbed a high mountain. The only
mountains he had ever known were the three volcanoes, which came
up to his knees. And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool.
"From
a mountain as high as this one," he said to himself, "I shall
be able to see the whole planet at one glance, and all the people..."
But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like
needles.
"Good
morning," he said courteously.
"Good
morning...Good morning...Good morning," answered the echo.
"Who
are you?" said the little prince.
"Who
are you...Who are you...Who are you?" answered the echo.
"Be
my friends. I am all alone," he said.
"I
am all alone...all alone...all alone," answered the echo.
"What
a queer planet!" he thought. "It is altogether dry, and altogether
pointed, and altogether harsh and forbidding. And the people have
no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them... On
my planet I had a flower; she always was the first to speak..."
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