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Lokacin da mutum yake so ya nuna wayo, wani lokaci yakan ɗan karkata daga gaskiya. Game da lamarin mai fitila, ban gaya muku gaskiya gaba ɗaya ba. Na gane cewa, ga waɗanda ba su san duniyarmu ba, ina cikin haɗarin ba su ra'ayi kuskure. Dan Adam yana ɗaukar sarari kaɗan a doron ƙasa. Idan mutane biliyan biyu na saman doron ƙasa suka tsaya a tsaye kuma su dan matsa juna, kamar yadda suke yi a wasu manyan tarukan jama'a, za a iya sanya su cikin sauƙi a cikin filin jama'a mai tsawon mil ashirin da faɗin mil ashirin. Dukan bil'adam za a iya taruwa a kan wani ƙaramin tsibiri na Pacific.
The grown-ups would certainly not believe you if you told them this. They imagine they occupy a great deal of space. They fancy themselves as important as baobabs. Well, you should suggest that they make the calculation themselves. They adore figures, and that will please them. But you must not waste your time on this extra task. It is unnecessary. I know you have confidence in me.
When the Little Prince arrived on Earth, he was very surprised not to see anyone. He began to fear he had come to the wrong planet, when a golden coil, the color of moonlight, flashed across the sand. "Good evening," said the Little Prince politely. "Good evening," said the snake. "On what planet have I come down?" asked the Little Prince. "This is the Earth; this is Africa," the snake answered. "Ah! Then there are no people on the Earth?" "This is the desert. There are no people in the desert. The Earth is large," said the snake. The Little Prince sat down on a stone and raised his eyes to the sky. "I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again... Look at my planet. It is right there above us. But how far away it is!" "It is beautiful," the snake said. "What has brought you here?" "I have had some trouble with a flower," said the Little Prince. "Ah!" said the snake. And they were both silent. "Where are the men?" the Little Prince at last took up the conversation again. "It is a little lonely in the desert..." "It is also lonely among men," the snake said. The Little Prince gazed at him for a long time. "You are a funny animal," he said at last. "You are no thicker than a finger..." "But I am more powerful than the finger of a king," said the snake. The Little Prince smiled. "You are not very powerful. You haven't even any feet. You cannot even travel..." "I can carry you farther than any ship could take you," 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 whence he came," the snake spoke again. "But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star..." The Little Prince made no reply. "You move me to pity—you are so weak on this Earth made of granite," the snake said. "I can help you, some day, if you grow too homesick for your own planet. I can—" "Oh! I understand you very well," said the Little Prince. "But why do you always speak in riddles?" "I solve them all," said the snake. And they were both silent.