AND SO IT WAS, ON THE THIRD DAY IN FRANCE,
WE FOUND OURSELVES WANDERING AMONGST THE VINES OF OUR HOSTS
THE LOVELY BROTHERS de SAINT-EXUPERY
AS IN, ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES, LE PETIT PRINCE, WRITTEN MANY YEARS AGO,
AND ALSO THE LONGTIME MAKERS OF SOME VERY FINE WINE.
(TRUST US, WE TRIED THEM ALL)
AND INSTEAD OF A ROSE,
WE CLUTCHED A BOUQUET OF BLANC.
AND INSTEAD OF WANDERING ASTEROID 325,
OUR PLANET WAS A WHITE FLOWERED FIELD.
INSTEAD OF A FOX,
WE TRIED TO TAME A DOG NAMED DIMITRIUS.
INSTEAD OF A BLUE VELVET COAT,
WE WORE
AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA
RAGGEDY JACKET
AND
LOLA DRESS.
'GOODBYE', SAID THE FOX
'AND NOW HERE IS MY SECRET, A VERY SIMPLE SECRET.
IT IS ONLY WITH THE HEART THAT ONE CAN SEE RIGHTLY. WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYE'
'I HAVE LIVED A GREAT DEAL AMONGST GROWN UPS. I HAVE SEEN THEM INTIMATELY, CLOSE AT HAND.
AND THAT HASN'T MUCH IMPROVED MY OPINION OF THEM.'
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE LITTLE PRINCE TAMES THE FOX?
AND THE FOX CRIES A BIT?
'I REMEMBERED THE FOX.
ONE RUNS THE RISK OF CRYING A BIT IF ONE ALLOWS ONESELF TO BE TAMED.'
LE PETIT PRINCE, ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY
WE HAVE TO ADMIT WE CRIED UN PETIT PEU WHEN WE HAD TO LEAVE.
BUT DON'T WORRY. OUR WILD GYPSY HEART CAN NEVER BE TAMED.
RAGGEDY JACKET AND LOLA DRESS, BOTH ALIX OF BOHEMIA.
GET IN TOUCH, BUTTERCUP, ABOUT THEM BOTH.
