What a lovely, well written piece! You've really hit at what makes 'The Little Prince' resonate. Reading this story and putting together a portfolio on it ranges among my favourite memories of French class. That, and this quote that still lingers, 'On ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.' ('It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, the essential is invisible to the eyes.')