' The Fox '

‘Please,’ he said, ‘tame me!’

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‘One only ever understands what one tames. People no longer have the time to understand anything. They buy everything ready-made from the shops. But there is no shop where friends can be bought, so people no longer have friends. If you want a friend, tame me!’

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‘He was just a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I made him my friend, and now he is unique in the world.’

‘You have to be very patient,’ replied the fox. ‘First , you will sit down a short distance away from me, like that, in the grass. I shall watch you out of the corner of my eye and you will say nothing; words are the source of misunderstandings. But each day you may sit a little closer to me.’

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​—— The Little Prince