*If you were to say to the grown-u ups: *I saw a beautiful housemade of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves onthe roof,* they would not be able to get any idea of that houseat all. You would have to say to them: *I saw a house that cost$20,000.* Then they would exclaim: *Oh, what a pretty house that is!*Just so, you might say to them: *The proof that the little princeexisted is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he waslooking for a sheep.

If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proofthat he exists.* And what good would it do to tell them that?

They would shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child.But if you said to them: *The planet he came from is Asteroid B-612,* then they would be convinced, and leave you in peace fromtheir questions.*