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"The fox says that if the prince wants a friend, he will have to tame the
fox. The prince asks how such a thing is done, and the fox coquettishly takes
him through the ritual. He explains that rites and rituals are important because
they allow certain moments to stand out from all the others.
The prince tames the fox, but when the time comes for the
prince to go, the fox says he will weep. When the prince explains that it's
the fox's fault for insisting they become friends, the fox says that he knows
and that it has all been worthwhile because he can now appreciate the wheat
fields. The fox tells the little prince to visit the rose garden again so he can
see why his rose is so special. The fox says he will reveal a secret when the
little prince returns to say good-bye.
At the garden, the little prince realizes that, even though
his rose is not a unique type of flower, she is unique to him because he has
cared for her and loved her. He tells the roses that his rose is like the fox.
He has tamed her and cared for her, and now in his eyes she is the only rose.
The prince then returns to say good-bye to the fox. The fox tells him a
threefold secret: that only the heart can see clearly because the eyes miss what
is important; that the time the prince has spent on his rose is what makes his
rose so important; and that a person is forever responsible for what he has
tamed."
by Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince.
