He continued to fly until World War II, during which he took self-imposed exile. In part, this experience was the inspiration for The Little Prince. He survived the crash but spent three days battling dehydration, limited food and hallucinations. Nineteen hours into the flight, his plane crashed in the Sahara desert. In 1935 he embarked on a record-breaking attempt to fly from Paris to Saigon. In 1921, he began his training as a pilot By 1926, he had became one of the pioneers of international postal flight. Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born in 1900 in Lyon. The Little Prince joins the ranks of A Little Princess, The Secret Garden & Peter Pan as a genuine children's classic of the twentieth century. This beautiful edition contains the definitive translation and all the original illustrations. Often seen as a symbol of childhood innocence, Antoine de Saint-Exupery's best-selling book The Little Prince is cherished by children and adults alike across the globe. Thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed the world forever for its readers. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow.
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