The narrator is still trying to learn where the Little Prince came from. In their conversation, the Little Prince reveals that he too came from the sky, but does not say which planet. When asked where he wants to take his sheep, the Little Prince answers vaguely that where he lives, everything is so small that nobody can go very far. He seems sad when explaining this, leaving the narrator still uncertain of exactly where the Little Prince originally came from.

1. Reading Activity
“The Little Prince”
Chapter 3

2. My favorite character
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3. Adverbs▪ We use adverbs to modify verbs, clauses and other adverbs.
▪ The simplest way to recognize adverbs is by the most common ending –ly.
▪ 'Adverbs with Verbs
▪ 'She slowly entered the room.‘ He carefully drove through the city.'
▪ Adverbs with Adjectives
▪ 'The test was extremely difficult.‘ 'I'm incredibly sorry about
what I did.'
▪ Adverbs with Adverbs
▪ 'The cheetah runs incredibly quickly.‘ 'He talks exceptionally loudly.'

4. Vocabulary

5. ▪ Earnestly
▪ Modestly
▪ Peal
▪ Queer
New words to
understand the lecture
▪ showing depth and sincerity of feeling:
▪ having or showing a moderate or humble
estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; fr
ee from vanity,
egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
▪ a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
▪ A person whose behavior seems strange or
unusual.

6. Chapter 1 and 2

7. Chapter 3
The narrator learns more about
from where The Little Prince
came

8. It took me a long time to learn where he came from.
The little prince, who asked me so many questions,
never seemed to hear the ones I asked him. It was from
words dropped by chance that, little by little,
everything was revealed to me.
The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall
not draw my airplane; that would be much too
complicated for me), he asked me:

9. ▪ TLP: “What is that object?”
▪ N: “That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane.”
And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly.
He cried out, then:
▪ TLP: "What! You dropped down from the sky?"
▪ N: "Yes," I answered, modestly.
▪ TLP: "Oh! That is funny!"
And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which
irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

10. Then he added:
▪ TLP: “So you, too, come from the sky! Which is your planet?”
At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable
mystery of his presence; and I demanded, abruptly:
▪ N: “Do you come from another planet?”
But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently, without taking
his eyes from my plane:
▪ TLP: “It is true that on that you can't have come from very far
away...”

11. And he sank into a reverie, which lasted a long time. Then, taking
my sheep out of his pocket, he buried himself in the
contemplation of his treasure.
You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-
confidence about the “other planets”. I made a great effort,
therefore, to find out more on this subject.
▪ TLP: “My little man, where do you come from? What is this
'where I live,' of which you speak? Where do you want to take
your sheep?”

12. After a reflective silence he answered:
▪ TLP: “The thing that is so good about the box you
have given me is that at night he can use it as his
house.”
▪ N: “That is so. And if you are good I will give you a
string, too, so that you can tie him during the day, and
a post to tie him to.”
But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer:

13. ▪ TLP: “Tie him! What a queer idea!”
▪ N: “But if you don't tie him,” I said, “he will wander off
somewhere, and get lost.”
My friend broke into another peal of laughter:
▪ TLP: “But where do you think he would go?”
▪ N: “Anywhere. Straight ahead of him.”
Then the little prince said, earnestly:
▪ TLP: “That doesn't matter. Where I live, everything is so
small!”
And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added:
▪ TLP: "Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far..."

20. Where didThe Little Prince
come from?