The Little Prince - Sepia

The Little Prince By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Task: read the story and try to find the English words to replace the French ones. At the end of the story, fill in the glossary with the English words. Have fun! Once upon a time an aviateur …………………………. told about his story. When he was a child he had an amazing imagination but he lost it when he grew up. When this man was a child he drew snakes which ate elephants but adults saw hats. In the desert a little boy appeared and he asked a lot of questions to the aviator who had broken his avion ………………………….. The boy asked the aviator to draw a sheep and interrogated him about many things. The aviator learnt he was from another planet appelée …………………………. asteroid B612. This planet was small like a house. Every day the aviator learnt new choses …………………………. about the boy and his planet. The little garçon …………………………. was the Little Prince, he spoke about adult’s psychology, of their minds and trees which broke the ground. He also said that he adored the sunset and one day he saw it 43 times. After that the Little Prince talked about a rose which he fell in love with. He was effrayé …………………………. that his rose will be destroyed by the drawn sheep. He said he was sad when his rose was sick he was too young to love it. On his planet you mustn’t listen to the fleurs …………………………., you must see and smell it. His flower smelt a lot on his planet and became kinder. The Little Prince trusted the aviator, like what he never understood and he judged the acts and not on words. She sentait …………………………. good and she lit him. He had a lot of regrets. He was too young to love her. It was because of his regrets he wanted to leave his planet. So he met loads of different personnes ………………………….: a king of fake empire, a vain man, a drinker who buvait …………………………. to forget he was drunk, a stars’ owner businessman, a person who switched on the lampadaires …………………………., a geographer and an old man who wrote huge books. Then the Little Prince came on the Terre …………………………. but he was still alone. He met the same persons he had met in the past and a snake as well, who spoke just with enigmas, a floral desert and echo… And a little fox came and would like to be tamed by the Little Prince. The renard …………………………. said that the Little Prince was just a little boy like others and the fox didn’t need him and he didn’t need the fox as well. But if he tamed it, they would avoir besoin …………………………. each other. The boy understood he needed amis …………………………. and to be loved by other people. The boy said he met a traffic controller and a salesman of pills which made win useless time. On the 8th day of the airplane’s panne …………………………. in the desert, it was time to be separated. The Little Prince wished to find his rose. He spoke to the snake which understood every enigma and then came back to his star. He left alone the aviator who could now see the sky with another look.

aviateur: avion: appelée: choses: garçon: effrayé: fleurs: sentait: personnes: buvait: lampadaires: Terre: renard: avoir besoin: amis: panne :