The Little Prince book is about a young prince and his encounter with a stranded pilot. A pilot crashes with his aeroplane in the middle of the Sahara desert. When he is trying to repair his aeroplane, a little prince appears before him. This prince has traveled from planet to planet in search of knowledge comes from asteroid B-612. Before reaching Earth, he has visited other planets and encountered some very odd people including a king, a conceited man, a businessman, a drunkard, a lamplighter and a geographer. He allows himself to be bitten by a poisonous snake to return to his abode. The pilot, who has succeeded in repairing his plane, also quits the desert in the hope that the little prince will return to his planet one day. An engaging classic fable for readers of all ages.