A Special Post For My Father-In-Law

My Father-In-Law (FIL) requested a post on the book The Little Prince.  Since I have several connections to this book, and I really like my FIL it seemed like a great idea.  My first introduction to The Little Prince was actually a little traumatic, I had seen the claymation movie and it kind of freaked me out, especially the part were the snake bit the Little Prince.

When I got a little older, I picked up the book and reluctantly read it, to my surprise I very much enjoyed it.  The imagination the title character shows is just astounding.  The story is basically about a pilot who crash lands in the Sahara desert and is found by a little boy who asks him to draw a sheep.  From there we learn that the boy lives on an asteroid with three volcano's and a rose, his main occupation if tending the vain rose, and uprooting baobabs that threaten to take over the little asteroid.  The little prince travels to 6 other asteroids, each with an adult that is concerned solely with themselves and their preconceived idea's.  The little prince finally ends up on Earth where he meets the pilot and tells his story.  At the end a snake offers to help the little prince return to his beloved asteroid by way of its bite.  The pilot is understandably upset, thinking the boy means to die, but is told by the little prince that it is just his body is to heavy to take the trip back.  The snake bites him and he falls to the ground, when the pilot returns he cannot find the body and begs the reader to contact him if they ever find a strange boy who does not answer questions.  This book while for children has many lessons for adults in it.
When I got to college we performed the play "The Little Prince", it was my first role in college and I was given the title role.  I got to were a short blond wig, and a long blue and red coat (I looked like David Bowie!)  It was an amazing experience, I really loved every moment of it. It was very interesting to physically explore this universe that I had read about as a child, kind of surreal actually.  I now have fond and amazing memories of this book, and am glad to have that to share with my wonderful FIL, I hope he enjoys this post because I enjoyed writing it.  Let me know what you think folks!