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'"You're a strange animal," he said at last. "You are as this as a finger..." "But I am more powerful than a king's finger," said the snake. The little prince smiled. "You do not look very powerful... you don't even have paws... you cannot even travel." "I can carry you farther than a ship," said the snake. He twined himself around the little prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet. "Whomever I touch I send back to the earth from which they came," he added. "But you are pure and innocent and come from a star." The little prince said nothing. "I feel sorry for you, so weak on this Earth of granite. I may be able to help you one day, if you become too homesick for your own planet. I can..." "Oh! I understand you perfectly," said the little prince. "But why do you talk in riddles all the time?" "I solve them all," said the snake. And they both fell silent.' |
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