"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery
A piccolo , grande libro, che si dovrebbe leggere almeno una volta nel corso della propria esistenza ...Per farne tesoro.
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In quel momento apparve la volpe.
"Buon giorno", disse la volpe.
"Buon giorno", the little prince responded politely, turned around but saw no one.
"I'm here," the voice said, "under the apple tree ..."
"Who are you?" ask 'the little prince, "You are very pretty ..."
"I am a fox," said the fox.
"Come play with me," proposed the little prince, I'm so 'sad ... "
" I can not play with you, "said the fox," are not tame. "
" Ah! excuse me, "said the little prince.
But after a moment's reflection he added:
" What does it mean? "
"You're not from these parts, thou," said the fox, "What are you looking?"
"I am looking for men," said the little prince.
" What does that mean?"
"Men," the fox said, "They have guns and hunt. It 's very boring! Also raise chickens. E' are their only interests. You looking for chickens?"
"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does it mean"? "
" It 's an act too often neglected. means ... "
" To establish ties? "
" Sure, "said the fox." You, fino ad ora, per me, non sei che un ragazzino uguale a centomila ragazzini. E non ho bisogno di te. E neppure tu hai bisogno di me. Io non sono per te che una volpe uguale a centomila volpi. Ma se tu mi addomestichi, noi avremo bisogno l'uno dell'altro. Tu sarai per me unico al mondo, e io saro' per te unica al mondo".
"Comincio a capire" disse il piccolo principe. "C'e' un fiore... credo che mi abbia addomesticato..."
"E' possibile", disse la volpe. "Capita di tutto sulla Terra..."
"Oh! non e' sulla Terra", disse il piccolo principe.
La volpe sembro' perplessa:
"Su un altro pianeta?"
"Yes".
"Buon giorno", disse la volpe.
"Buon giorno", the little prince responded politely, turned around but saw no one.
"I'm here," the voice said, "under the apple tree ..."
"Who are you?" ask 'the little prince, "You are very pretty ..."
"I am a fox," said the fox.
"Come play with me," proposed the little prince, I'm so 'sad ... "
" I can not play with you, "said the fox," are not tame. "
" Ah! excuse me, "said the little prince.
But after a moment's reflection he added:
"
"You're not from these parts, thou," said the fox, "What are you looking?"
"I am looking for men," said the little prince.
"
"Men," the fox said, "They have guns and hunt. It 's very boring! Also raise chickens. E' are their only interests. You looking for chickens?"
"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does it mean"
" It 's an act too often neglected.
" To establish ties? "
" Sure, "said the fox." You, fino ad ora, per me, non sei che un ragazzino uguale a centomila ragazzini. E non ho bisogno di te. E neppure tu hai bisogno di me. Io non sono per te che una volpe uguale a centomila volpi. Ma se tu mi addomestichi, noi avremo bisogno l'uno dell'altro. Tu sarai per me unico al mondo, e io saro' per te unica al mondo".
"Comincio a capire" disse il piccolo principe. "C'e' un fiore... credo che mi abbia addomesticato..."
"E' possibile", disse la volpe. "Capita di tutto sulla Terra..."
"Oh! non e' sulla Terra", disse il piccolo principe.
La volpe sembro' perplessa:
"Su un altro pianeta?"
"Yes".
"Are there hunters on this planet?"
"No".
"This interests me. Are there chickens?"
"No".
"There 'nothing perfect," sighed' the fox. But the fox would return 'to his idea
"My life is' boring. I hunt chickens, and men hunt me. All chickens are just alike, and all men are alike. And I'm bored because '. But if you tame me, my life will be' enlightened. I shall know 'the sound of footsteps that will be' different from all others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me 'out of my burrow like music. And then, look! Look, over there 'at the bottom, the wheat fields? I do not eat the bread and grain, for me it 's useless. The wheat fields say nothing to me. And this' sad! But you have hair the color of gold. Then it will be 'wonderful when you have tamed me. The wheat, which is 'Golden will make me' think of you. And I shall love 'the sound of wind in the wheat ... "
The fox gazed' long the little prince
" Please ... tame, "he said.
" Willingly, "said the little prince," but do not have much time, but '. I have to find out friends, and learn many things. "
" We know that the things that one tames, "said the fox." Men have no more 'time to learn anything. They buy things already 'done. But there is no shop with friends, men no longer have 'friends. If you want a friend, tame me! "
" What should I do? "Asked 'the little prince.
" We must be very patient, "said the fox." In the beginning you will sit down a bit' away from me , so 'the grass. I'll look at you 'with one eye and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But every day you will sit a bit 'more' close ... "
"No".
"This interests me. Are there chickens?"
"No".
"There 'nothing perfect," sighed' the fox. But the fox would return 'to his idea
"My life is' boring. I hunt chickens, and men hunt me. All chickens are just alike, and all men are alike. And I'm bored because '. But if you tame me, my life will be' enlightened. I shall know 'the sound of footsteps that will be' different from all others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me 'out of my burrow like music. And then, look! Look, over there 'at the bottom, the wheat fields? I do not eat the bread and grain, for me it 's useless. The wheat fields say nothing to me. And this' sad! But you have hair the color of gold. Then it will be 'wonderful when you have tamed me. The wheat, which is 'Golden will make me' think of you. And I shall love 'the sound of wind in the wheat ... "
The fox gazed' long the little prince
" Please ... tame, "he said.
" Willingly, "said the little prince," but do not have much time, but '. I have to find out friends, and learn many things. "
" We know that the things that one tames, "said the fox." Men have no more 'time to learn anything. They buy things already 'done. But there is no shop with friends, men no longer have 'friends. If you want a friend, tame me! "
" What should I do? "Asked 'the little prince.
" We must be very patient, "said the fox." In the beginning you will sit down a bit' away from me , so 'the grass. I'll look at you 'with one eye and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But every day you will sit a bit 'more' close ... "
The little prince back 'the next day.
"It would be better to return at the same time," said the fox.
"If you come, for example, every afternoon at four o'clock, I shall begin by the three 'to be happy. Over time will increase' my happiness '. At four, begin' agitated and worried ; discover 'how happy'! But if you come you do not know when I will not know 'that never prepare my heart ... It takes the rites. "
"What is' a ritual?" said the little prince.
"This too 'something long forgotten," said the fox. "That 's what che fa un giorno diverso dagli altri giorni, un'ora dalle altre ore. C'e' un rito, per esempio, presso i miei cacciatori. Il giovedi ballano con le ragazze del villaggio. Allora il giovedi e' un giorno meraviglioso! Io mi spingo sino alla vigna. Se i cacciatori ballassero in un giorno qualsiasi, i giorni si assomiglierebbero tutti, e non avrei mai vacanza".
Cosi' il piccolo principe addomestico' la volpe.
E quando l'ora della partenza fu vicina:
"Ah!" disse la volpe, "... piangero'".
"La colpa e' tua", disse il piccolo principe, "io, non ti volevo far del male, ma tu hai voluto che ti addomesticassi..."
"E' vero", disse la volpe.
"Ma piangerai!" disse il piccolo principe.
"E' certo", disse la volpe.
"Ma allora che ci guadagni?"
"Ci guadagno", disse la volpe, "il colore del grano".
Poi soggiunse:
"Va' a rivedere le rose. Capirai che la tua e' unica al mondo. Quando ritornerai a dirmi addio, ti regalero' un segreto".
Il piccolo principe se ne ando' a rivedere le rose.
"Voi non siete per niente simili my rose, yet you are nothing, "he said." No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I have made my friend and now it 'for me unique in the world. "
And the roses were very uncomfortable.
" You are beautiful, but you are empty, "she said again." You can not' die for you. Certainly, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you, but she, she alone, and 'more' important than all of you, because it 's you that I have watered. 'Cause you that I have put under the glass globe. 'Cause you that I have sheltered behind the screen. 'Cause for her that I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three le farfalle). Perche' e' lei che ho ascoltato lamentarsi o vantarsi, o anche qualche volta tacere. Perche' e' la mia rosa".
E ritorno' dalla volpe.
"Addio", disse.
"Addio", disse la volpe. "Ecco il mio segreto. E' molto semplice: non si vede bene che col cuore. L'essenziale e' invisibile agli occhi".
"L'essenziale e' invisibile agli occhi", ripete' il piccolo principe, per ricordarselo.
"E' il tempo che tu hai perduto per la tua rosa che ha fatto la tua rosa cosi' importante".
"E' il tempo che ho perduto per la mia rosa..." sussurro' il piccolo principe per ricordarselo.
"Gli uomini hanno dimenticato questa verita'. Ma tu non la devi dimenticare. Tu diventi responsabile per sempre di quello che hai addomesticato. Tu sei responsabile della tua rosa..."
"Io sono responsabile della mia rosa..." ripete' il piccolo principe per ricordarselo.
"L'essenziale e' invisibile agli occhi", ripete' il piccolo principe, per ricordarselo.
"E' il tempo che tu hai perduto per la tua rosa che ha fatto la tua rosa cosi' importante".
"E' il tempo che ho perduto per la mia rosa..." sussurro' il piccolo principe per ricordarselo.
"Gli uomini hanno dimenticato questa verita'. Ma tu non la devi dimenticare. Tu diventi responsabile per sempre di quello che hai addomesticato. Tu sei responsabile della tua rosa..."
"Io sono responsabile della mia rosa..." ripete' il piccolo principe per ricordarselo.
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