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Who narrates the story of The Little Prince?
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The Little Prince
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) pictured on a French stamp, circa 1998.
The story of The Little Prince is narrated by a pilot who has crash-landed in a desert.1
The narrator introduces himself as a man who, since childhood, has felt that adults lack imagination and understanding. During his time stranded in the desert, he encounters the little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. Over the course of eight days, the pilot listens to the prince's stories about his travels and his home on asteroid B-612. The narrator and the little prince are often viewed as expressions of different aspects of the author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who was himself a pilot and experienced a plane crash in a desert.1