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Why does the narrator believe that the little prince returned to his planet?
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The Little Prince
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) pictured on a French stamp, circa 1998.
The narrator believes that the little prince successfully returned to his planet because, when he checked the following morning, the princeâs body was missing.1
The narrator had previously spent eight days with the prince in the desert, during which the prince expressed his intention to return to his home and his flower by allowing a poisonous snake to bite him. Finding the site empty six years later serves as the narrator's confirmation that the prince had departed for his home among the stars.1