Resumo de The Little Prince - de Saint-Exupery, Antoine

The story is told as a discourse between the narrator and the Little Prince. The narrator finds himself stranded in the Sahara desert, where he meets an extraterrestrial being, a small boy who is a prince. The Prince is from a very small asteroid named B612. The asteroid contains nothing more than three volcanoes, one of them extinct, a rose, and baobab trees. The baobabs have long and grasping roots, and in tending his asteroid the Prince must pull them up to keep them from destroying his small world. The rose the Prince tends with great care, thinking it the most lovely and rare thing in the universe. The Prince is curious about what might exist in other places and so decides to explore other asteroids. He visits several, each populated by an adult who is foolish in his own way. He meets a king who believes he rules the stars. He tells the stars where to go, and as they travel their regular celestial course, he preens because that is the route he has chosen. Then the Prince meets a conceited man, whose only desire is to be admired, but he lives completely alone on his asteroid. Next he meets a drunkard, who drinks to forget; but what he is trying to forget is that he is ashamed of his drinking. The Prince meets a business man, who thinks he is so vastly rich that he even owns the stars. In fact, he spends all his days counting the stars to see if he has enough wealth to buy more stars. The next asteroid is inhabited by a poor lamplighter who is to be admired in his own foolish way because he sticks by an impossible task: his asteroid used to rotate at a normal rate and his job was to light the lamp at dusk. Now the asteroid rotates once per minute, and the lamplighter gets no rest, but is faithful to his task. The Prince meets a geographer who makes maps all day, but never leaves his asteroid to explore. The geographer asks where the Prince lives and the Prince proudly describes his home, and his rose. But he is shocked that the geographer has no interest in it, because plants are temporary, and the rose will die one day. The Prince is desolate, as he never knew his rose would not last forever. The geographer suggests that the Prince visit the Earth, and is again saddened when he sees a whole row of rose bushes. He thought that his rose was the only one in the universe. Then the Prince meets a fox who teaches him that his rose is unique and special because it is the one the Prince loves. After telling the narrator the tales of his travels, the Prince asks the narrator to draw him a picture of a sheep so he can see what one is like. But the narrator can?t draw a sheep: only a boa with a bulge in its stomach. The Prince complains that he does not want a picture of an elephant, which puzzles the narrator until he realizes the Prince can see inside the snake?s stomach. So the narrator thinks hard, and draws a picture of a box. This pleases the Prince, as he can see the sheep inside the drawing of the box. The Prince wants to return to his asteroid to see his rose and make sure the baobab trees are under control. He meets a snake who says he has the power to return him, but only if he can bite the Prince. The Prince allows it, and in the morning when the narrator wakes, the Prince?s body has disappeared.

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