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Antoine De Saint Exupéry

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I was six years old when I spotted a magnificent picture in a book about an ancient forest. The picture showed a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing a wild beast. It said in the book: ‘A boa constrictor swallows its prey whole, without chewing it. 

After this, it is unable to move and sleeps through the next six months – this is needed for digestion.’ I thought deeply about the experiences of the forest. Then, with care and a coloured pencil, I succeeded in making my first . I showed my fine work to the grown-ups, and asked if the drawing scared them. ‘Scared? Why, it is only a hat!’ But it was not a hat! It was very clearly a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But the grown-ups need explanations for everything. So, I made another drawing showing the elephant inside the boa constrictor.

 This time, the grown-ups advised me to put away my representations of the boa constrictor, be it from the inside or the outside, and instead spend my time learning geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why at six years of age, I gave up a promising career as an artist, disappointed by the failure of Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two. 

Grown-ups find it hard to understand anything on their own, and it is tiring for children to always have to explain things to them. Hence, I chose a different occupation, and learned to fly airplanes. I flew all over the world and found that geography was very useful to me. I can easily distinguish China from Arizona, and such knowledge is important if you get lost in the dark. ..........................................

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