"What does that mean--'admire'?"
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"To admire means that you regard me as the handsomest, the best-dressed, the richest, and the most intelligent man on this planet."
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"But you are the only man on your planet!"
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"Do me this kindness. Admire me just the same."
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"I admire you," said the little prince, shrugging his shoulders slightly, "but what is there in that to interest you so much?"
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And the little prince went away.
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"The grown-ups are certainly very odd," he said to himself, as he continued on his journey.
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Chapter 12
The next planet was inhabited by a tippler.
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This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection.
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"What are you doing there?" he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
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"I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
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"Why are you drinking?" demanded the little prince.
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"So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
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"Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.
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"Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
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"Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
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"Ashamed of drinking!" The tipler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.
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And the little prince went away, puzzled.
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"The grown-ups are certainly very, very odd," he said to himself, as he continued on his journey.
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Chapter 13
The fourth planet belonged to a businessman.
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This man was so much occupied that he did not even raise his head at the little prince's arrival.
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