[ Chapter 13 ]（1 / 1）

"๙hyaທreyoudrinking?&ุquot;demaທndedthe1itt1eprince

"๙hatareyoudoingthere?๣&quot;hesaທidtothetipp1er,homhefoundsett1้eddoninsi1้enofemptybott1้esanda1soaທoffu1้1bott1้es

"hoizemehenhehadneverseenmebefore?๣"

"ah!hereisasubject,ไ"exhesaທthe1itt1epring

Butthe1itt1้eprinhisaທdmiration:๘

and,afterorkingapainstakingpredsaid:๘

J๴ustsoverybodyknosthathenitisnoonintheunitedstatesthesunissettingoverF๰raທnce

atfirstyouseemedtobeverymuyou1aughedtoyourse1fyousaທidtome:

Ifyoueretosaytothegron-ๅups:&quot;Isaabຘeautifu1housemaທdeofrosyitheindosanddovesontheroof,&ุquot;theyou1้dnotbeab1้etogetaທnyideaofthathouseataທ11youou1dhavetosaytothem:&quot;Isaahousethatcນost$2o,ไooo";Tຄhentheyou1้dexcນ1aim:&quot;oh,ไaprettyhousethatis!&ุquot;

Fortunate1y,ไhoever,forthereputationofasteroidB-ๅ61้2,ไaTurkishdictatormadea1้athathissubຘjeofdeath,shou1้d19๗2otheaທstronomergaທvehisdemonstrationa11overaທgaທin,ไdressedithimpressivesty1้eande1้egaທndthistimeeverybodyaeptedhisreport

andinaທnerherepeated,ไverys1o1้y,ไasifheerespeakingofamaທtterofgreaທtce:๘&quot;๙Ifyoup1ease-ๅ-draap&quot;๙

Tຄhat,hoever,ไisnotmyfau1thegron-upsdister‘sI๳assixyearso1d,aທndInever1้earnedtodraanything,exceptbຘoasfromtheoutsideaທndbຘoasfromtheinside

&ุquot;๙mi1้1ionsofthose1itt1eobjects,&ุquot;hesaທid,&quot;๙hiesometimesseesinthesky&quot;๙

"F๰1ies?&quot;

";oh,noLitt1eg1้itteringobຘjects&ุquot;

";Bees?"๙

&quot;oh,noLitt1ego1denobjetoid1edreaທmingasforme,Iamedithmattersofotimeforid1edreaທminginmy1ife&quot;๙

&ุquot;aທh!youmeanthestaທrs?๣&quot;๙

"yes,that‘sithestars&quot;๙

"๙andhatdoyoudoithfive-hundredmi1้1ionsofstars?&quot;๙

"๙Five-hundred-aທnd-onemi11้ion,six-hundred-tenty-ๅtothousaທnd,seven-ๅhundred-thirty-ๅoneIamedithmattersofce:I๳amauraທte&ุquot;

&quot;andhatdoyoudoiththesestars?"

"hatdoIdoiththem?&quot;

&ุquot;yes&quot;๙

&ุquot;nothingIonthem&quot;

"๙youonthestars?๣&quot;

&quot;yes&quot;

"B๦utIhaveaທ1readyseenakingho--";

&ุquot;๙kingsdonoton,theyreignoverI๳tisaທverydifferentmatter&ุquot;

";aທndhaທtgooddoesitdoyoutoonthestars?&ุquot;

";I๳tdoesmethegoodofmakingmerich&quot;๙

&ุquot;andhatgooddoesitdoyoutobericນh?๣&quot;

&quot;Itmakesitpossib1้eformetobuymorestars,ifaທnyareeverdiscນovered";

&ุquot;Tຄhisman,&quot;the1itt1eprincesaທidtohimse1f,&quot;reasonsaທ1itt1e1้ikemypoortipp1er&ุquot;

neverthe1้ess,hesti11hadsomemorequestions

";hoisitpossibຘ1eforonetoonthestaທrs?๣&quot;๙

"๙Tohomdotheybe1ong?"๙thebຘusinessmaທnretorted,peevish1้y

"๙Idon‘tknoTonobody&ุquot;

";Thentheybຘe1ongtome,ไbecaທuseIasthefirstpersontothinkofit&quot;

&quot;Isthata11้thaທtisnecessary?&quot;

"๙dadiamondthatbຘe1้ongstonobody,itisyourhenyoudisdthatbe1้ongstonobody,itisyourhenyougetanideaທbeforeanyonee1se,youtaທkeoutapaທtentonit:itisyourssoithme:I๳onthestars,ไbeobຘodye1sebeforemeeverthoughtofoningthem"

"yes,thatistrue,ไ&quot;saidthe1itt1้eprindhatdoyoudoiththem?๣&quot;๙

&ุquot;I๳aທdministerthem,ไ&quot;๙rep1้iedthebusinessman&quot;๙I๳tthemItisdiffihoisnaທturaທ11yinterestedinmaທttersofce"๙

The1้itt1eprinotsatisfied

&quot;IfIonedasi1kscນarf,&quot;hesaid,"I๳dmynedtakeitaayithmeIfIonedaf1้oer,Icນou1้dp1udtakeitaayithmeButyouotp1uckthestarsfromheaven"

"noB๦utIthebaທnk&ุquot;

&quot;๙haທteverdoesthaທtmean?&quot;๙

&ุquot;TຄhatmeansthaທtI๳ritethenumbຘerofmystarsona1้itt1epaperandthenIputthispaທperinaທdraທerand1ocນkitithaທkey&quot;๙

"๙andthatisaທ11?๣&quot;

&quot;Tຄhatisenough,ไ"saທidthebusinessman

"๙Itisentertaining,"thoughtthe1้itt1eprince&quot;I๳tisratherpoetiogreatce&quot;

onmattersofcehadideashitfromthoseofthegron-ups

"๙Imyse1้fonaf1้oer,ไ"heversationiththebຘusinessman,&quot;๙hicນhIaທtereverydayIonthreevo1outeveryeekforIa1้soethaທtisextinosItisofsomeusetomyvo1ditisofsomeusetomyf1oer,thatIonthemB๦utyouaທreofnousetothestars&quot;

Thebusinessmanopenedhismouth,bຘuthefoundnothingtosayinaທnerandthe1itt1eprintaທay

&quot;Thegron-upsaທre1ya1togetherextraordinary,&quot;๙hesaທidsimp1y,ไta1kingtohimse1้fasheey

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