The Little Prince (1974)

Richard Kiley: The Pilot

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• The Pilot : Over the years, I came to know a great many grownups. My opinion of them never improved. In time, I stopped showing my drawing, and never again mentioned boa constrictors, elephants, or stars - instead, I would talk about golf, money, politics, and neckties, and everyone was pleased to have met such a sensible man.

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  The Pilot : One day when I was six years old, I saw a magnificent picture in a nature book about the primeval forest. It was picture of a boa constrictor swallowing an animal. I'm trying to make a sketch of it to show you. Under this picture it said: Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole without chewing it. There. "And then remain stationary for six months digesting it." I pondered that deeply. And after some work, I succeeded in making my first drawing. I called it drawing number one.