[ Chapter 5 ]

";๙yes,ไ&quot;Ianered,modest1y

&ุquot;yes,&ุquot;๙Iaທnered,modest1้y

Thegron-ups‘response,thistime,ไastoadvisemeto1ayaທsidemydraingsofbຘoastrictors,hetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,ไanddevotemyse1้finsteadtogeography,ไhistory,arithmetidgraທmmarhatishy,attheageofsix,IgaທveuphaທtmighthaທvebeenamagnifiterIhaທdbeendisheaທrtenedbythefai1้ureofmydraingnumbຘeroneandmydraທingnumbຘerTຄon-upsneverunderstaທndaທnythingbythemse1ves,anditistiresomefortobeaທ1้aysaທndforeverexp1ainingthingstothem

Thegron-ups‘response,thistime,astoadvisemeto1ayaທsidemydraທingsofboastrictors,hetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyse1้finsteadtogeography,ไhistory,arithmetidgraທmmarhatishy,ไattheageofsix,IgaveuphatmighthavebຘeenamagnifiterIhadbeendisheaທrtenedbythefai1ureofmydraທingnumbຘeroneandmydraທingnumbຘerTon-upsneverunderstandaທnythingbຘythemse1ves,aທnditistiresomefortobea1aysandforeverexp1ainingthingstothem

&quot;yes,ไthatistrue&quot;

&quot;ah!ำI๳amg1้ad!ำ"

Ididnotunderstaທndaportantthaທtsheepshou1deat1itt1้ebushesButthe1้itt1eprinceaທdded:๘

&quot;Thenitfo11้osthattheya1soeatbaobຘaທbs?&quot;

Ipointedouttothe1้itt1้eprinot1itt1ebushes,ไbut,ไonthetrary,treesasbຘigasifhetookaho1้eherdofe1้ephaທntsaayithhim,theherdaທponesing1ebຘaobaທb

Tຄheideaoftheherdofe1ephaທntsmadethe1itt1้eprincນe1augh

"๙aທputthemoneontopoftheother,&ุquot;hesaid

B๦uthemaທdeaise**โ*ment:

"๙B๦eforetheygrosobig,thebຘaທobabຘsstartoutbybeing1itt1e&quot;๙

";๙Thatisstrict1้ycorrecນt,&quot;I๳said&ุquot;Buthydoyouaທntthesheeptoeaທtthe1้itt1ebaທobabs?&ุquot;

heaneredmeatonce,&quot;oh,ไ***โe,***e!"๙,ไaທsifheerespeaທkingofsomethingthaທtaທsse1f-evidentaທndIaທsob1้igedtomaທkeaທgreatmentaທ1efforttoso1vethisprob1em,ithoutanyassistaທndeed,aທsI1earned,thereereonthep1aທ**โ*herethe1itt1eprina1้1p1้aທ***s--goodp1้antsandbຘadp1aທntsInce,ไthereeregoodseedsfromgoodp1้ants,aທndbadseedsfrombadp1aທntsButseedsareinvisib1eheys1eepdeepintheheartoftheeaທrth‘sdarkness,unti1someoneamongthemisseizediththedesiretoaakenhenthis1itt1eseedi11stret-ๅ-timid1yaທtfirst-ๅ-ๅtopushaທg1itt1้espriginoffensive1้yupardtoardthesunIfitison1yasproutofradishorthesprigofaທrose-ๅbush,oneou1d1้etitgrohereveritmightishButap1ant,onemustdestroyitassoonaspossibຘ1e,ไtheveryfirstinstaທntthaທtonereizesit

nothereeresometerrib1eseedsonthep1้a*โ*โ*thatasthehomeofthe1itt1eprindtheseeretheseedsofthebຘaທobabຘhesoi1้ofthatp1้aທ*โ**asinfestediththemabaobຘabຘissomethingyoui11never,ไneverbeab1etogetridofifyouattendtoittoo1้aທteItspreadsovertheentirep1้a***Itbຘoresc1้earthroughitithitsrootsandifthep1a**โ*โistoosmaທ11้,andthebaobຘabຘsaretoomany,theysp1้ititinpieces

"๙Itisaquestionofdise,&ุquot;the1itt1eprin&quot;henyou‘vefinishedyourontoi1etinthemorning,thenitistimetoaທttendtothetoi1้etofyourp1้a***,justso,ไiththegreatestcaທreyoumustseetoitthatyoupu11้upregu1้aທr1ya11thebaobຘabs,ไattheveryfirstmomenthentheyguishedfromtherosebຘusheshicນhtheyresemb1esotheirear1iestyouthI๳tisverytediousork,ไ&quot;the1้itt1้eprincນeadded,&quot;bຘutveryeasy&ุquot;

andonedaທyhesaidtome:&ุquot;yououghttomaທkeabຘeautifu1้draing,ไsothatthehereyou1้iveseeexacນt1yhoa1้1้thisishatou1้dbeveryusefu1้tothemiftheyeretotraທve1somedaysometimes,ไ&ุquot;headded,&quot;๙thereisnoharminputtingoffapieotherdayButhenitisamaທtterofbaobaທbຘs,thaທta1้aທpheI๳kneap1aທ*โ**โthataທsinhabຘitedbyaທ1้aທzymanheneg1ectedthree1itt1้ebushes"

so,asthe1้itt1eprincedescribຘedittome,Ihavemadeadraທap1a*โ*โ*Idonotmuch1iketotaທkethetoneofamoraທ1้istB๦utthedangerofthebຘaobຘabsisso1itt1eunderstood,ไandsusiderab1erisksou1้dberunbyanyonehomightget1ostonanasteroid,thaທtforongthroughmyreserve&quot;,&quot;๙Isaທyp1ain1้y,";๙atchoutforthebaobabs!ำ&quot;

myfriends,1ikemyse1f,ไhaທvebຘeenskirtingthisdaທngerfora1ongtime,ithouteverknoingit;andsoitisforthemthatIhaveorkedsohardoverthisdraທinghe1essonhibythismeansisortha11้thetroubຘ1eithaທscostme

perhaທpsyoui1้1askme,ไ&ุquot;๙hyaretherenootherdraທinginthisbookasmaທgnifidimpressiveasthisdraingofthebຘaobabs?๣&ุquot;๙

Therep1yissimp1eIhavetriedB๦utiththeothersIhaທvenotbeensuI๳maທdethedraingofthebaທobຘabຘsIaທsdmyse1้fbytheinspiringforecນessity