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What does the snake offer to do for the little prince in The Little Prince?

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French postage stamp featuring an illustration of the Little Prince in a blue and red coat, with text reading Le Petit Prince and Republique Francaise, and a value of 3,00. — The Little Prince *Le Petit Prince* (*The Little Prince*) pictured on a French stamp, circa 1998.

In The Little Prince, the snake offers to help the little prince return to his home planet. To accomplish this, the snake explains that it can bite the prince, as the poison would allow him to leave his physical body behind and return to his asteroid.1