Chapter VI

Ah! Little prince, I have understood, little by little, your little melancholy life. You had only for a long distraction the sweetness of the sunsets. I learned this new detail, on the fourth day in the morning, when you said to me:

"I like the sunsets. Let's see a sunset ...

- But you have to wait…

- Wait for what ?

- Wait until the sun goes down. "

You looked very surprised at first, and then you laughed at yourself. And you said to me:

" I always feel at home ! "

Indeed. When it is noon in the United States, the sun, as everyone knows, lies on France. It would be enough to be able to go to France in one minute to watch the sunset. Unfortunately France is far too far away. But, on your little planet, it was enough for you to pull your chair a few steps. And you were watching twilight whenever you wished ...

"One day I saw the sun go down forty-four times! "

And a little later you added:

"You know ... when you're so sad you like the sunsets ..."

"So the day of the forty-four times you were so sad?" "

But the little prince did not answer.