Little Prince:
Where are the people? It's a little lonely in the desert...
Snake:
It is also lonely among men.
Little Prince:
You are a funny animal. You are no thicker than a finger...
Snake:
But I am more powerful than the finger of a king.
Little Prince:
You are not very powerful. You haven't even any feet. You cannot even travel...
Snake:
I can carry you farther than any ship could take you. Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence he came. But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star... You move me to pity--you are so weak on this Earth made of granite. I can help you, some day, if you grow too homesick for your own planet. I can-
Little Prince:
Oh! I understand you very well. But why do you always speak in riddles?
Snake:
I solve them all.


