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B. The “Heart” is the new “Mind” VALUES AND NORMS
THEME 10

Reading & Writing

1 a. & Read the quotes of The Little Prince and tick the ones you agree.

All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched; they
are felt with the heart.
I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted
with the butterfies.

Walking in a straight line, one cannot get very far.

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome
for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
b. Work in pairs. Compare your choices with your partner’s choices and discuss.

2 & Read the summary of The Little Prince focusing on the highlighted words. Use your
dictionaries to choose their antonyms.
1. a. bored b. fascinated
2. a. please b. annoy
3. a. in the end b. never
4. a. arrogant b. modest
5. a. insincerely b. frankly
6. a. joyful b. upset

THE LITTLE PRINCE

Antoine de Saint Exupery introduces his little hero to the
readers in The Little Prince, which was published on April 6,
1943. The book tells the story of a pilot whose plane is crashed
in the Sahara. There he meets a young blond boy known as
the Little Prince. Even though the narrator, who is the pilot, is
a grown-up, he is young at heart. That’s why they get along
very well. The novella has been translated into more than 250
languages and dialects as it touches the universal moral values.
It has been read by both children and adults across the world
for almost a century.
The moral lesson conveyed in The Little Prince is that life is only
worth living when it is lived for others, not for oneself. As the Little
Prince journeys from planet to planet, he meets the residents who
live there and learns a lesson from each. The Little Prince lives on
his planet in peace, taking care of his volcanoes and watching his
sunsets. One day a rose appears on his planet and he is
(1) intrigued by her, but soon her manners and her false words
deeply (2) offend him. Then, he leaves her.

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