The Little Prince

This is my favorite part when the fox appeared.

"I'm looking for friends. What does tamed means?" said the Little Prince.
"It's something that's been too often neglected. It means, 'to create ties'...

"'To create ties'?"
"That's right," the fox said. "For me you're only a little boy just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you have no need of me, either. For you I'm only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, we'll need each other. You'll be the only boy in the world for me. I'll be the only fox in the world for you..."


"I'm beginning to understand," the little prince said, "There's a flower... I think she's tamed me..."
"Possibly," the fox said. "On Earth, one sees all kinds of things."

The fox fell silent and stared at the little prince for a long while. "Please.. tame me!", he said.
"I'd like to," the little prince replied, "but I haven't much time. I have friends to find and so many things to learn."

"The only things you learn are the things you tame," said the fox. "People haven't much time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But since there are no stores where you can buy friends, people no longer have friends. If you want a friend, tame me!"

"What do I have to do?" asked the little prince.
"You have to be very patient," the fox answered. "First, you'll sit down a little ways from me, over there, in the grass. I'll watch you out of the corner of my eye, and you won't say anything. Language is the source of misunderstandings. But day by day, you'll be able to sit a little closer..."

The next day, the little prince returned. And that's how the little prince tamed the fox. When the time to leave was near:
"Ah!" the fox said. "I shall weep."
"It's your own fault," the little prince said. "I never wanted to do you any harm, but you insisted that I tame you..."
"Yes, of course," the fox said.
"Then you get nothing out of it?"
"I get something," the fox said, "because of the color of the wheat that will remind me of you. And I'll love the sound of the wind in the wheat..." Then he added, " Go look at the roses again. You'll understand that yours is the only rose in all the world. Then come back to say good-bye, and I'll make you the gift of secret."
AND he went back to the Fox.
"Good-bye," he said
"Good-bye," said the fox. "Here is the secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."

~ dicuplik dari buku The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery