ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English The Little Prince – Stories with values for kids
Once upon a time, when I was a child, I learned that a big snake called a boa constrictor could swallow an entire elephant. This idea fascinated me, so I decided to draw it. But when I showed my drawing to adults, they all thought it looked like a hat. They didn’t understand my imagination and told me to focus on things like geography and math. So, I listened to them and became a pilot, which allowed me to travel the world.
Even though I was living in the adult world, I often felt out of place and unhappy. One day, while flying over a desert, my plane broke down, and I crashed. I was all alone in the silent desert, worried about how I would survive.
Suddenly, a little boy with bright blue eyes appeared. He was the Little Prince. He asked me to draw a sheep for him. I tried drawing three different sheep, but he didn’t like any of them. Finally, I drew a box and told him the sheep he wanted was inside. To my surprise, he was delighted with that drawing!
The Little Prince lived on a tiny planet with volcanoes and giant baobab trees. He loved watching sunsets and enjoyed the simple things in life. He noticed details that adults often missed. He told me about two types of plants on his planet: good ones and bad ones. The bad plants had to be removed quickly because their roots could destroy his small planet.
One day, he asked me why roses have thorns. I said it was to protect them from being eaten by animals. But he pointed out that animals eat them anyway. I was busy worrying about fixing my plane, but he reminded me that sometimes, the small questions are important too.
On his planet, there were special flowers that only lived for a day. One day, a beautiful but vain flower grew there. It thought it was invincible because of its four thorns and always wanted the Little Prince’s attention. The flower was important to him, but he was too young to understand love fully.
The Little Prince decided to leave his flower and explore other planets. He visited a planet ruled by a king who wanted to control everything. The Little Prince realized that adults could be strange and decided to continue his journey.
On another planet, he met a vain man who wanted constant admiration. The Little Prince found it odd that the man wanted praise even though he was the only person on his planet.
Next, he met a businessman who was obsessed with counting stars. The Little Prince thought it was pointless because the businessman couldn’t do anything useful with them.
Then, he visited a planet with a lamplighter who turned a lamp on and off every minute. The Little Prince admired his dedication but thought it was silly because the planet had changed, but the lamplighter’s job hadn’t.
Finally, he met a geographer who knew about mountains and oceans but wasn’t interested in flowers because they didn’t last. This made the Little Prince miss his flower even more.
When he arrived on Earth, he saw a field of roses and realized his flower was unique because he had cared for it. He met a fox who taught him about friendship and how important it is to form bonds with others.
The Little Prince and I searched for a well in the desert. We found one, and it felt like a reward for our hard work. It reminded me of the magic of Christmas lights when I was a kid.
One day, I saw the Little Prince talking to a snake. He told me he was going back to his planet. I was sad because I knew I wouldn’t hear his laughter again. But I understood that he had to continue his journey.
Years later, I still remember the Little Prince and the lessons he taught me. The desert where I met him is both beautiful and sad because it’s where he disappeared. If you ever visit a place like that, take your time to enjoy it. Remember, the most beautiful things are invisible to the eyes, and only children can see them with their hearts.
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Imagine you have your own tiny planet like the Little Prince. Draw it and include at least three unique features or creatures. Think about what makes your planet special and how you would take care of it. Share your drawing with the class and explain your choices.
With a partner, choose one of the planets the Little Prince visited. Create a short skit where you act out a meeting with one of the characters he encountered. Focus on what lesson the Little Prince learned from that character. Perform your skit for the class.
Write a letter to the Little Prince telling him about a lesson you learned from his story. Explain why this lesson is important to you and how you can apply it in your life. Share your letter with a classmate and discuss your thoughts.
Think about the fox’s lesson on friendship. Create a web diagram showing the connections between the Little Prince and the characters he met. Include how each relationship taught him something about friendship or life. Present your web to the class.
Choose a value or lesson from the story that you think is important. Design a poster that illustrates this value, using quotes or scenes from the story. Display your poster in the classroom and explain its significance to your classmates.
Here’s a sanitized version of the provided YouTube transcript:
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[Music] Once when I was little, I heard that a boa constrictor could swallow a whole elephant. The image stayed with me all day, and I decided to draw it. [Music] All the grown-ups were telling me the same thing: “The hat looks great.” They didn’t understand. They just kept telling me to do something with myself, like study geography or math. I took their advice and became an aviator, a job that allowed me to travel the planet and live the life they always wanted me to.
I’ve been living in an adult’s world for several years now, but I’ve never felt comfortable. I felt sad and frustrated. I’ve always been the odd one in a world where everyone was alike. One day, while I was flying over the desert, my plane had an engine problem and fell to the ground. It was just the dunes and me, surrounded by a sea of silence. If I couldn’t manage to take off, I wouldn’t survive.
All of a sudden, a little blue-eyed boy appeared in front of me. He was the little prince. “Can you paint a lamb for me?” I looked for the color markers in my backpack and drew three lambs, but he didn’t like any of them. One was old, and the other was ill-looking or too thin. I was tired of him insisting so much that I drew a box, reassuring him that the lamb he wanted wasn’t there. “Oh, that’s exactly what I wanted!”
The little prince lived on a small, faraway planet. There were volcanoes on this planet, and the land was covered with enormous baobab trees. The little prince liked watching the sunsets very much. He knew how to enjoy the little things in life. He paid attention to the small details and to all those moments invisible to adult eyes.
He told me that there existed two types of plants on every planet: good plants and bad plants. Bad plants should be ripped out immediately because their huge roots could make a small planet like his explode. “Why do roses have thorns?” the little prince asked me one day. “So that animals won’t eat them,” I replied. “But they eat them anyway.” “In that case, I don’t know. I’ve got important things to do. We’re lost in the desert, and if I don’t fix my plane, we’ll die.”
“Important things? Roses have had thorns for millions of years. Don’t you think it’s important to ask about them?” I went closer and gave him a hug. He was right. In the adult world, important things are numbers or doing business. People don’t appreciate the small details in the world around us. [Music]
Unique flowers grew on the little prince’s planet, flowers that only lived one day. But one day, a different flower grew on the planet. It was incredibly beautiful and a little selfish. The flower thought it was invincible because it had four thorns. It was a vain flower and always demanded the little prince’s attention. That flower gave my life meaning. I should have never run away, but I was too young for love.
The little prince was talking about the day he said goodbye to his flower to set off on his journey around several planets. “I love you.” “You have decided to leave, so do it and try to be happy.” “I’ll be okay; I have four thorns to defend myself.”
The first planet the little prince visited was ruled by a king. “My first subject!” exclaimed the king when he saw him. The little prince was confused to hear him say that. The king explained that all the universe had to obey him. “You can demand anything you want,” asked the little prince. “No one should always demand what people are able to do.” “I think there’s nothing for me to do here; I have to go.” The king tried to hold back the little prince in every possible way. He even named him minister of the realm. Nothing could change his mind; he had to continue with his journey, and no king’s authority could stop him.
He kept thinking, “Adult people are so weird.” On the next planet lived a vain person. “Oh, admire me!” said the vain man. “Start applauding me till I tell you to stop.” After applauding for a while, the little prince got tired and stopped. “You admire me very much, don’t you?” “What does it mean to admire someone?” “To admire someone is the same as admitting that I am the prettiest, the most intelligent, and the best person on this planet.” “But you are the only one on this planet. Why do you want people to admire you?”
The little prince was definitely realizing that older people were very strange. What they did made no sense. The little prince told me that the third planet was inhabited by a businessman. He was as red as a tomato and did calculations all the time. “Two million next month; I’ll earn double two million. What stars? I’ll have two million stars.” “And what do you do with two million stars?” “I count them and put them in the bank.” “But that’s pointless; you’re not useful to them.”
The little prince left, thinking again how very weird older people are. The fourth planet was small; there was only one lamp post and a lamplighter. “Why do you turn the lamp on and off all the time?” “It’s my duty. I have to turn the lamp on at night and turn it off in the morning.” “But now that the planet is smaller, the sun sets every five minutes, and your job has always been the same.” “Yes, the planet has changed, but my job stayed the same. I have no time to rest, even though my job is what I like the most.”
The little prince thought that the lamplighter was the least absurd of all the people. He had a job and worried about something else aside from himself. Be that as it may, he only thought about doing his duty. [Music]
The last planet he visited was the biggest one and was inhabited by an old man who was a geographer and knew where the oceans, the mountains, and the deserts were. “So, are there many seas on your planet?” “I don’t know; I’m a geographer, not an explorer. I count on the explorers to inform me about everything they see.” “Do you also know about flowers?” “They are the prettiest thing on my planet.” “No, I’m not interested in flowers because they decay fast and disappear. I like mountains better because they never change.”
At that very moment, the little prince regretted having left his flower alone. One day, the flower would disappear too. [Music]
Finally, the little prince arrived on Earth. Seven million people lived on that planet. Among them were lamplighters and thousands of vain people. When the little prince got there, he saw a field of roses that reminded him of his flower. Then he came across a very beautiful animal. “Who are you? You look very pretty.” “I’m a fox.” “Come play with me.” “I’m very sad.” “I can’t; I’m not domesticated.” “What does it mean to be domesticated?” “It means to have a bond with someone. To me, you’re just another boy, and I don’t need you for anything. But if you domesticate me, we’ll grow fond of each other, and we’ll end up needing one another.”
“I want you to domesticate me.” “You should be very patient with me. At first, you’ll feel distant, but little by little, we’ll get closer.” The little prince understood what the fox was saying and started domesticating it little by little. He visited the fox every day and played with it until one day they had to say goodbye. “I’m going to cry.” “Go have a look at the field of roses, then come back, and I’ll tell you a secret.”
The little prince did exactly what the fox asked him to, and he realized that contrary to the rest of the roses, his rose was unique and special because the flower had been domesticated by him, and he by the flower. The rest of the roses were beautiful, but they were meaningless. “What really matters is invisible to the eyes,” told him the fox before saying goodbye.
“Come on, let’s look for a well.” “Oh well, we’re in the desert.” But the little prince wouldn’t give up. If he wanted something, he would get it. “What really makes the desert more beautiful is the well underground. What makes something beautiful is invisible to the eye.”
The little prince had fallen asleep, and I kept walking, holding him in my arms as if he were a treasure. It was then when we found the well and drank from it. It seemed that water sprung as a reward from walking under the stars and all our hard efforts. It was a gift from the heart, like when I used to look at Christmas lights as a kid.
The little prince was near the well, and I went closer to see him. When I got there, I saw him talking to a snake. It looked very dangerous. He was pale as snow. He looked at me, and then I understood everything. “I fixed my plane; I’m glad. I’m going back home too, although my journey is much longer and more complicated.”
We were standing in a desert in daylight, but I felt frozen. I couldn’t believe I’d never hear his laughter again. “Tell me this is all a bad dream. I don’t want you to go. Let me set off on this journey alone.” All of a sudden, there was a lightning, and the little prince fell on the desert sand.
Many years had gone by. I knew that the little prince went back to his planet because on the next morning, his little body wasn’t there. To me, the Sahara Desert is the most beautiful and saddest place in the world. It was there where I first saw the little prince, and it was also there where he disappeared.
If you ever find yourselves there, don’t rush away. Enjoy the sights. Never lose the kid you have inside because what’s really beautiful is invisible to the eyes, and only kids are able to see with their hearts. [Music] [Music]
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This version removes any inappropriate or sensitive content while preserving the essence of the story.
Imagination – The ability to create ideas or pictures in your mind. – In the story, the young girl used her imagination to travel to magical lands filled with talking animals.
Journey – An act of traveling from one place to another, often with an element of adventure or learning. – The hero’s journey through the enchanted forest taught him many important lessons about bravery.
Friendship – A close and trusting relationship between people. – The book highlighted the power of friendship as the characters supported each other through difficult times.
Flower – A plant with petals that is often colorful and fragrant. – In the poem, the flower symbolized hope and new beginnings for the characters.
Planet – A large, round object in space that orbits a star, like Earth or Mars. – The science fiction novel described a distant planet where the sky was always purple.
Lessons – Things learned or taught, especially through experiences. – The main character learned valuable lessons about honesty and kindness throughout the story.
Adults – People who are fully grown and have responsibilities. – In the tale, the children often wondered why adults seemed to forget the magic of their childhood.
Love – A deep feeling of affection and care for someone or something. – The novel beautifully portrayed the love between the siblings as they faced challenges together.
Questions – Sentences or phrases used to find out information. – The curious boy asked many questions about the mysterious island they discovered in the adventure book.
Values – Important beliefs or ideals shared by members of a culture or community. – The story emphasized the values of honesty and courage as the characters made difficult choices.
