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And then I put this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key . " |
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" And that is all ? " |
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" That is enough , " said the businessman . |
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" It is entertaining , " thought the little prince . |
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" It is rather poetic . |
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But it is of no great consequence . " |
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On matters of consequence , the little prince had ideas which were very different from those of the grown - ups . |
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" I myself own a flower , " he continued his conversation with the businessman , " which I water every day . |
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I own three volcanoes , which I clean out every week ( for I also clean out the one that is extinct ; one never knows ) . |
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It is of some use to my volcanoes , and it is of some use to my flower , that I own them . |
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But you are of no use to the stars ... " |
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The businessman opened his mouth , but he found nothing to say in answer . |
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And the little prince went away . |
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" The grown - ups are certainly altogether extraordinary , " he said simply , talking to himself as he continued on his journey . |
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Chapter 14 . |
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The fifth planet was very strange . |
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It was the smallest of all . |
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There was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter . |
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The little prince was not able to reach any explanation of the use of a street lamp and a lamplighter , somewhere in the heavens , on a planet which had no people , and not one house . |
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But he said to himself , nevertheless : " It may well be that this man is absurd . |
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But he is not so absurd as the king , the conceited man , the businessman , and the tippler . |
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For at least his work has some meaning . |
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When he lights his street lamp , it is as if he brought one more star to life , or one flower . |
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When he puts out his lamp , he sends the flower , or the star , to sleep . |
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That is a beautiful occupation . |