Reading the fairy tale “Le Petit Prince” over and over again for several days, I did not feel immersed in the plot. Every time I passed a nearby garden, I would turn my head and gaze at the roses standing tall in the April light. The appearance of the rosy face, against the wind delicate posture, like the “Le Petit Prince” in the beautiful and proud rose. Even today, with a thin, cold drizzle covering her face like a veil, she still smiles. But was the little prince reunited with his rose at last?
Can not help but look up at the night sky, not a single star inlaid in the dark blue canopy. In the vast expanse of heaven, the little prince’s little planet is silent, only the endless rain woven into a fine net, flying to the distant sky to the earth… Is it not the tears of the stars falling? Could it be that the little prince did not return to his home? Had the sheep eaten the little prince’s roses? Is that why all the stars can’t laugh like bells? Is it that half a billion little bells have turned into tears… Suddenly, I was in a trance…
“Le Petit Prince” is a fairy tale that enjoys worldwide fame. It was created in 1943 by the famous French writer and aviator Saint-Exupery. My son had recommended “Le Petit Prince” to me several times before, but I thought it was a children’s book. It makes me ashamed to think about it now.
Far from being a fairy tale for children, Le Petit Prince is a book for grown-ups. It is a book for “adults who were originally children”, and in the opening dedication the author already has a clue.”Le Petit Prince” is a collection of insights honed by the author’s life. The language is as pure as washing.
Deep implicit, everywhere flashing the light of philosophy, meditation, lingering aftertaste. With a child’s age and experience, it is difficult to deeply understand the inner truth, let alone the response and resonance with the ideas of the work.
The first time I read “Le Petit Prince,” I was lost in a lot of places. For example, snake, fox, domestication, sheep, desert, mountains and other metaphors are dark and unclear, the relationship between the little prince and the pilot, the relationship between the little prince and the fox indicates the significance needs to be peeled off. The joy of uncovering a mystery draws me back and forth. As the clouds gradually rise, the words before my eyes converge into a surging tide, which lashes against the door of thought and breaks out waves. The one I pick today is a sad and beautiful love story between the little prince and the rose. Because it’s the thread of the book, the thread of the book. At the same time, love and responsibility, as well as loneliness are eternal subjects of human beings.
The hero of this book is a little prince from another planet. He had curly blond hair, pure, intelligent, inquisitive, imaginative. He was lonely, too. He is the only inhabitant of this planet. Apart from pulling up the young baobabs every day, the little prince’s only pastime was to watch the sunset in silence.
A rose has put out its bud. She did not want to be wrinkled like a poppy, she carefully chose the color of the petals, mysterious dress for many days, choose the moment of sunrise, full of beautiful light. She was “surprisingly beautiful”. The little prince could not help falling in love with her.
She was naturally proud of her beauty. Clearly carefully dressed up, but lazily yawning said he just got up, have not washed. The little prince praised her touching, she replied that the sun was just right when she was born.
Because she is loved, she acts like a princess to the little prince. “I think it’s time for breakfast, would you… “The little prince quickly brought her a watering can full of water and waited on her.
The flower, sensitive and vain, began to torment the little prince. She has four thorns, but bravado, “Let the tiger come, I am not afraid of its claws.” But she delicately said that she hated the wind, and asked the little prince to give her a screen against the wind, and let him take the glass, because it was too cold at night. Flowers often lie. Falling in love is easier than getting along. The little prince was at a loss, and his heart was hurt.
At last he said goodbye to the rose and never came back. Rose confessed her love for the little prince, but the proud flower did not retain, “since you have decided to leave, then go.”
The little prince has visited six asteroids, none of whom he would like to make friends with, he lamented that the world of adults is too strange and absurd. The geographer said that flowers were fleeting, and the little prince began to regret leaving them.
He plucked up the courage to visit the earth. The first thing he encountered was snakes. The snake said that no matter how far it went, he could send a man back to where he had started. Passing by a rose garden, the little prince was surprised to find that there were five thousand roses. The little prince thought that his proud rose had deceived her, but she was not the only one in the world. As the little prince wept, a fox appeared.
“If you domesticate me, then we will need each other. You are unique to me, and I am unique to you…” The fox let the little prince tame it, the two of them establish a close relationship and become good friends. The fox told the little prince that his rose was unique in all the world. The wise little prince knew because the rose had tamed him. The fox’s gift to the little prince was a secret saying: It is only with the heart that one can see what is important, but one cannot see it with the eyes. The little prince knew that the little trick of the rose was to attract his attention. Words are the root of misunderstanding, just look at the action.
The little prince thought about roses all the time. Planet travel let the little prince see the adult world is full of utilitarianism, money, numbness and greed, like dust blinded the hearts of adults, wiped out the innocence once. The little prince decided to return to the planet, continue to protect his rose. So he returned to the spot where he had landed in the desert.
The little prince meets the pilot “Me” who crash-lands in the desert, and the two become friends. After unremitting efforts they found a spring of life. “What is important is invisible to the eye. If you love a flower that grows on a planet, you will feel sweet when you look up at the night sky. It was as if all the stars were full of flowers.”
He says goodbye to me, “When you look up at the stars, because I live on a star, because I laugh on a star, it will be as if all the stars are laughing to you. Then you will have stars that can laugh. … It seems that instead of stars, I gave you many bells that can laugh.”
The little prince said the journey back to the planet was too far to take his body with him. He begged the snake to bite him.
“A yellow flash of lightning passed by his feet. He stood motionless for a moment. He didn’t shout. He fell slowly, like a tree cut down. There wasn’t even a sound because the ground was full of sand.”
It’s a sad ending to a story. It made my eyes blur a few times. Snake is a symbol of death and separation, death can let people back to the way they came, but I would rather believe that the soul of the little prince returned to the planet, accompanied by the rose. Like this spring night, when it is raining outside, I do not think it is the tears of the stars. I imagine it is the spring from the well with the pulley. For the little prince told us, “Everything will be all right. All the stars will become Wells with a rusty tackle. All the stars will pour water for me to drink.”
