Scenario with a letter to the little prince. Scenario for the event “The Little Prince and His Friends”
Do you want to arrange an incredible Holiday for your child, interesting and at the same time educational? Then throw him a holiday in the style of " A little prince"and go on an exciting journey with him!
You can also give your child a Little Prince-themed day off or organize one on any day! Travel as a couple, with the whole family or with your little one's friends! It will be interesting and educational for everyone!
You can also give your child a trip to the Fairy Tale “The Little Prince” with an organ, oboe and sand animation.
Introduction
If you have read the book “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, you already know that the story is filled with deep thoughts and important values. She teaches us to love, care, appreciate life and everything we have, and also see the most important thing in everything.
The fairy tale is useful for reading not only for children, but also for adults who have completely forgotten that they “were children at first, only few of them remember this.”
And if you haven’t read or watched the cartoon “The Little Prince,” before the holiday, you can watch the wonderful cartoon “The Little Prince” 2015 with your whole family. You won’t regret it!
Forward, towards the stars!
To begin with, to go to interesting adventure on other planets, each participant in the holiday needs to make an airplane out of paper. You've probably already made paper airplanes as a child, so it won't be difficult for you to make one and help children make airplanes.
When all the airplanes are ready to fly, warn the children that you will now go on airplanes to interesting trip to other planets! To do this, ask the children to close their eyes. At this time, turn off the lights and turn on the star projector.
When children open their eyes, they find themselves in a real galaxy! Everyone launches their airplanes and ends up on the planet of the little prince - asteroid B-612.
Read an excerpt from the book:
“I would like to know why the stars shine,” said the little prince thoughtfully. “Probably so that sooner or later everyone can find theirs again.” Look, here is my planet - just right above us..."
For this task, you will need a star projector or glowing stars, which must be stuck to the ceiling in advance, as well as photos of the planets must be printed in advance and glued to the wall at a distance from each other.
Planet of the Little Prince
On the planet of the Little Prince, there is only one rose, which the Little Prince takes care of. Invite the children to plant another rose.
You need to explain step by step what needs to be done to plant a rose, and also ask leading questions so that the children themselves think, for example: “So, we planted the seeds in the ground, and now what do we need to do, what do you think?” and so on.
Accordingly, the scheme is as follows: you need to make a small depression with a spatula, plant a seed there, then lightly bury it and water it.
When everything is done, read the short passage to the children:
“On your planet,” said the Little Prince, “people grow five thousand roses in one garden... and do not find what they are looking for... But what they are looking for can be found in one single rose...”
You ask the kids: what can be found in a single rose? And, if they find it difficult to answer, you prompt: "Love". And you explain to them: when you look after and take care of something or someone every day, like we took care of a rose today, you water it every day, put your whole soul into it, and it becomes truly dear to you, this is love!
To complete this task you will need a container for flowers, soil, seeds, a spatula and water for irrigation. If you suddenly don’t want to bother with planting, you can just make a rose out of corrugated paper all together.
Journey to Planet No. 6
Let the children know it's time to hit the road again. This time, when the children launch the airplanes, they will find themselves on planet No. 6. An old geographer lives here, who himself never travels.
Read an excerpt from the book to the children:
“Your planet is very beautiful,” said the Little Prince. - Do you have oceans? “I don’t know that,” said the geographer. “Oh-oh-oh...” the Little Prince said in disappointment.-Are there mountains? “I don’t know,” said the geographer. - What about cities, rivers, deserts? - I don’t know that either. - But you are a geographer! “That’s it,” said the old man. - I am a geographer, not a traveler. I miss travelers terribly. After all, it is not geographers who count cities, rivers, mountains, seas, oceans and deserts. The geographer is too important a person; he has no time to walk around. He doesn't leave his office."
Explain to the children that a geographer should not be such a “know-nothing”; that’s why he is a geographer, to know everything about his planet.
Invite the children to tell the geographer whether there are oceans, cities, rivers, deserts on earth? Now ask the children how many oceans, cities, rivers, deserts they think there are on earth? After listening to them, tell them the correct answers. To make it more convincing, you can show some objects on the map.
Answers: 1) 4 oceans on earth: Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Pacific. 2) About 2667417 cities in the world, i.e. more than 2.5 million cities. 3) Nobody knows how many rivers there are on earth. 4) There are 25 huge deserts on earth.
Meeting with the pilot on Earth
When the kids launch their airplanes, they land back on Earth. There they, together with the Little Prince, meet the pilot. The pilot drew unusual drawings.
Ask the children to guess what is in the pictures using their imagination. Show the top picture first, and if the children have difficulty answering, show the bottom one.
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Read the quote from the book:
“Here is my secret, it is very simple: only the heart is vigilant. You can’t see the most important thing with your eyes.”
Answers: 1) A boa constrictor that swallowed an elephant. Along the way, you can tell the children that a boa constrictor is able to swallow food much more than he can; 2) Lambs. There is also a lamb in the box, but the one each of the children wants: big, small, multi-colored, in general, whatever you want!
For this assignment, you will need to print these drawings in advance.
Gift for the Little Prince
Read an excerpt from the book The Little Prince:
“When you tell adults: “I saw beautiful house made of pink brick, with geraniums in the windows and pigeons on the roof,” they just can’t imagine this house. You need to tell them: “I saw a house for a hundred thousand francs,” and then they exclaim: “what a beauty!”
Ask the children if they can imagine such a house. And offer to draw as a keepsake for the Little Prince beautiful house made of pink brick, with flowers in the windows and doves.
For the task you need A4 sheets and multi-colored pencils.
Very special stars
It's time for the little prince to return home...
Read the Little Prince quote:
« At night,when you look at the sky, you will see my star, the one on which I live, on which I laugh. And you will hear that all the stars are laughing. You will have stars who know how to laugh!... For all these people, the stars are mute. And you will have very special stars..."
The star projector turns on again.
The little prince flies away to his planet.
Natalia Kozyuk
Script of the play “On the Road of Friendship with the Little Prince” for children of the preparatory group
Based on the work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for preschool children
stimulate cognitive interest in children;
develop visual and auditory attention, memory, observation, resourcefulness, fantasy, imagination, creative thinking;
develop the ability to coordinate your actions with other children; cultivate goodwill and contact in relationships with peers;
develop the ability to evenly position and move along stage area without colliding with each other, develop plastic expressiveness and musicality;
develop the ability to create images of living beings using expressive plastic movements.
Characters:
1. Presenter
3. Prince
6. Lamplighter
7. Geographer
9. Rose girls brighten up the action with their beauty.
10. Boy stars bring movement, with their help the pictures change.
Attributes: 3 screens of blue color with sewn stars, a model of an airplane, a model of an apple tree, a throne for the king, a table with books for the geographer, a lantern, a soft toy rose, roses and stars for dancing.
Costumes are designed by children and parents themselves. It is necessary to involve as many students as possible. This will increase their interest in performance and to the subject as a whole.
Progress of the performance:
Leading: Hello, Dear guests! Today we will show you re-enactment according to a fairy tale « A little prince» , which was written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a wonderful French writer and pilot who died heroically in an air battle with the Nazis in 1944.
This tale tells about The Little Prince who looks at the world through children's eyes. He is inquisitive, tireless and very kind. A very capricious rose grows on his planet. He wants to punish her for this and... goes on a journey.
Towards the end of the tale the prince understood what is love, fidelity, friendship. And although he was very sorry to part with friends: A pilot and a Fox, he cannot remain in a world of people who do not understand him.
He felt that he simply needed to return home, to Rose, who could die without him. After all, he is responsible for her.
Phonogram « A little prince» M. Tariverdieva (minus)
Stars bring the Prince.
Prince(against the background of music):
Listen! After all, if the stars light up, does that mean someone needs it? So - someone wants them to be? This means that it is necessary for at least one star to light up in the sky every evening!
The music is louder.
A little prince"looks to the sky", then slowly walks away.
Picture 1. The Little Prince and the Pilot.
The music is replaced by the noise of the engine.
Phonogram "The Sound of a Falling Plane". Pause.
On a pilot enters the stage. Inspects the plane (the mock-up set initially stands in the background, picks up a tablet and pencil, and thinks about it.
Pilot: It had to happen for my plane to crash right here, in this lifeless desert...
It turns out A little prince. He approaches the Pilot from behind and addresses him.
Prince: Draw me a lamb...
Pilot: What?. What lamb? (The pilot looks around in fear.)
Pilot: You. Who are you? How did you get here? Where are your parents?
Prince: Please draw me a lamb.
Prince silently shrugs.
Pilot: You see, my plane crashed. I need help, I have very little water. Where are people?
Prince: Nobody's here. Just you and me. Well, please draw a lamb. It is important!
Pilot: Well, okay, okay (draws)
Prince: No, he's too small, he won't survive with me. Draw someone else.
Pilot: Just wait with your lambs. You see, if I can’t take off, I’ll die in this desert.
Prince(surprised): Can you fly?
Pilot: Well, yes! Here is a plane, I fly on it. The plane flies because it has a motor inside. But now the engine has stalled and I can’t take off...Baby, tell me, where are the adults you came here with?
Prince: I didn’t arrive, but flew in.
Pilot: Arrived? On what?
Prince: Nothing. I just wanted to and flew in.
Pilot: One? Without adults?
Prince: There are no adults on my planet.
Pilot: So you're from another planet?
Prince: Yes, and there is no lamb on my planet. But there is Rose. She is very beautiful, but she misses me. Draw a lamb. He will be friends with Rose, and play with her while I'm away.
Pilot (draws): Here's a lamb for you.
Prince(joyfully): Thank you! Now I have my own lamb...
Pilot: What is your name?
Prince: Prince. …
Pilot: I soon found out that a little prince really lives on another tiny planet, I found out why Prince went on a trip...
Picture 2. The Little Prince and Rose. Phonogram « A little prince»
A little prince
On my little planet
The sun rises every day.
I only have a little
But I have enough worries:
We need to clean out the volcanoes
Baobabs snatch a row.
And when I feel sad,
I'm going to watch the sunset.
One day quite by accident
I found a sprout in the grass.
He reached up desperately
My precious flower.
It was just a miracle
It was some kind of dream:
I don't know where from
A bud suddenly appeared.
Picked up Rose paint,
I gave her water to drink
Gave her tenderness and affection
And spoke quietly:
"Do not be afraid of anything,
open up quickly!”
Phonogram. Beautiful gentle melody (on the background)
Stars bring a rose.
Rose:
Well, what kind of planet?
Those are terrible winds,
That hot summer
It's raining.
In the heat and in the cold
Take care of Rose
Create for Rose
Comfort and coziness.
Water the weed.
Cap bring.
Well, why are you standing?
Put it here!
Rather, be sorry
Hurry up and water it
Rather cherish
My beauty.
How cool!
Put up a fence!
I need a screen
Please, here!
Hurry up and protect
Save it quickly
Hurry up and save me
My beauty!
Phonogram "Sineglazka's Song". (minus)
Rose sings a song.
1. I will tell you, friends, frankly,
What is there alone in the Universe,
I'm so alone in the Universe
Amazing like a star!
I can be a little capricious
Willful, a little prickly,
And proud, and a little whiny.
But always incredibly beautiful!
Chorus:
Oh! Petals of a red rose.
So fresh and so beautiful.
And charms everyone
Their magical aroma.
The most tender and wonderful
Their magical aroma.
2. And although this is not modest, probably
But my The prince loves me immensely
And ready to talk every day
About my unearthly beauty.
He surrounds me with care,
And waters with spring water,
Saves from winds and heat
And he admires me with delight.
He listened to her in vain. You should never listen to what flowers say. You just have to look at them and breathe in their scent. The flower filled his entire planet with fragrance, but he did not know how to rejoice at it. He got angry, decided to punish her and left his planet...
Prince Farewell!
Rose: I was stupid. I'm sorry. And try to be happy!.
The stars carry Rose away and bring the following characters, stand in a circle, hiding them from the audience. They are released one by one scenarios.
Leading:
- To the little prince I really wanted to find a true friend, and so he went traveling. There lived a King on a neighboring planet.
Picture 4. Prince and King.
Phonogram "Kings can do anything..." A. Pugacheva. (minus)
Girls – "stars" sing a song.
He lived and he lived, he lived and he lived,
Once upon a time there was one King.
He wanted to rule the country and people.
Only, apparently, I forgot
He completely forgot
That he’s all alone on his own planet.
And that King thought,
What is endowed with power?
And he can command everyone around him.
But, unfortunately, that's all.
What is he capable of?
To sit on the throne alone.
Chorus:
And it seems like I’m not stupid
That monarch was a star
And fulfill it with honor
He is ready for his role.
But command the stars
And command the sun
Not one, not one King can. 2 times
I'm tired of it, like saucers,
Only control the stars.
Resolutions, Revolutions...
Ah, the sad life of a king!
It's not done, it's not served,
Where are my subjects?
Where are my subjects?
Where can I find my subjects?
Where can a sensitive heart be found?
I would order him.
Sympathize, sympathize,
Oh, how difficult it is to live alone!
It's not done, it's not served,
At least stand on the corner with a crown.
Where are my subjects?
Where are my subjects?
Where can I find my subjects?
Prince approaches the throne of the King.
King: And here comes the subject!
Prince(surprised): Am I a subject?
Prince: Your Majesty. what do you rule?
King: Everyone! (waves his hand around) And everything around me obeys!
Prince: And the stars?
King: Well, of course, the stars obey. I don't tolerate disobedience!
Prince: Your Majesty, I really love watching the sunset. Please do me a favor and make the sun go down!
King: There will be a sunset for you. I will demand the sun to go down. But first I will wait for favorable conditions.
Prince: And when will the conditions be favorable?
King: (rummages in his robe, takes out a notebook and looks at it) It will be. today it will be exactly seven hours and forty minutes in the evening. And then you will see how exactly my command will be fulfilled.
Prince(disappointed): Alright I have to go.
King: Stay! I will appoint you as minister.
Prince: No. This is not for me. Sorry, I have to go. All the best!
Picture 5. The Prince and the Lamplighter.
Music is playing.
Presenter - No, adults are amazing people. Is it possible to live next to such a person? Well, what's the use of it?
No, this person cannot become a true friend. Still strange people these adults! The music is quieter.
- Prince flew around several asteroids. Very strange adults live on them...
He was on a planet where there lives a gentleman who has never smelled a flower in his life and has never looked at the stars. He spent his whole life adding up numbers and never loved anyone. He considered himself a serious person. But in fact he is not a person, but a mushroom...
And on another planet A little prince I met a man in a funny hat. He wanted everyone to admire him. He considered himself more beautiful than everyone, smarter than everyone, more elegant and richer than everyone. Although there was no one else on his planet... These adults are strange people.
Here, it seems, is another one - Lamplighter.
He lives on the fifth planet. His work still has meaning. When he lights his lantern, it’s as if another star or flower is born. And when he turns off the lantern, it’s as if a star or a flower is falling asleep. Great activity.
Lamplighter
I wish I could sleep through the dawn:
But the agreement - expensive.
So I rush to the lantern.
Every day is the same.
Every hour it gets faster
The planet is spinning.
To make it more fun
I sing verses:
Morning, evening - a day away;
The day has flown by,
As day follows night.
In one minute.
Leading:
Meanwhile, in my opinion, the Lamplighter is worthy of respect. Because he is true to his word and thinks not only about himself...
Prince: - With him I could make friends. But his planet is very tiny. There's no room for two.
Music is playing.
Picture 6. The Prince and the Geographer.
On the sixth planet the prince met the geographer
Music is playing. Girls - "stars" open the curtain.
A geographer sits in a robe, writing something in a thick book. The prince approaches him.
Prince: Hello.
Geographer: Ah-ah! The traveler has arrived! Where are you from?
Prince: What a huge book! What are you doing here?
Geographer: I am a geographer!
Prince: What is a geographer?
Geographer: This is a scientist who knows where the seas, cities, rivers and deserts are.
Prince: How interesting! Your planet must be very beautiful! Do you have oceans?
Geographer: I do not know this.
Prince(disappointed): Oh... Are there mountains?
Geographer: Don't know.
Prince: What about cities, rivers, deserts?
Geographer: I don’t know that either.
Prince: But you are a geographer!
Phonogram "The Stargazer's Song" (minus)
1. Geographers are held in high esteem among scientists around the world.
They are needed - praise and honor to them!
Seas and oceans, deserts, mountains, rivers -
It is so important to take all this into account.
We write in thick books
Stories of those who wander
In different, amazing places.
It's just a pity, of course
Something that we will write about,
Alas, we are not destined to see!
Chorus:
There on Earth, on Earth
Somewhere in the depths of the sea
A new pitfall has appeared.
And on the moon, on the moon
On a blue boulder
A strange crater appeared.
Many mysterious places
In the distances of space there is.
Someone will tell about them someday.
And to new rivers, mountains,
To new seas, cities
Book for you Right way will always indicate.
Geographer: I am a geographer, not a traveler. The geographer is too important a person. I cannot leave my office and look for mountains, seas and oceans. I am busy. We, geographers, we accept we host travelers, write down their stories, demand evidence.
So you are a traveler and have come from afar. Tell me about your planet.
Prince: Well, on my planet it’s not that interesting... Everything is very small. There are three volcanoes. Two are active, and one has long gone out... I also have a flower, it.
Geographer: We are not interested in flowers.
Prince: But why, because this is the most beautiful thing I have.
Geographer: Geography books are the most precious books in the world. They never get old. It doesn't often happen that a mountain moves or an ocean dries up.
What about your flower? Today it is there, but tomorrow it is no longer there.
Prince: So my flower should disappear?
Geographer: Certainly.
Prince comes to the fore.
Prince: My rose is so weak. She has nothing to protect herself from the world. She only has four spines. And I left her. And she was left completely alone. Rose, my rose...
(decisively) No! I still have to fly further.
(addresses the geographer) Where do you recommend I go?
Geographer: Visit planet Earth. They say it’s a very good planet!
Prince: Well, Earth, then Earth. Farewell!
Picture 7. Prince and Fox.
So, the seventh planet visited A little prince, there was Earth.
The Earth is not a simple planet! There are kings, geographers, drunkards, and ambitious people on it. There are a lot of different kinds of people. But people do not take up much space on earth. All of humanity could be lumped together small island in the Pacific Ocean. Adults, of course, won’t believe this. They imagine that they take up too much space.
Before The Little Prince's garden of roses(girls).
Roses - Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
A little prince(amazed). - Who you are?
Roses - We are roses. We are roses.
A little prince. That's how!. And my beauty said that there are no others like her in the entire Universe. I imagined that I owned the only flower in the world that no one else had anywhere, and it was the most ordinary rose. (Crying).
Phonogram 10.
Fox: Hello!
Prince(looking around): Hello!
Fox: I'm here. Under the apple tree. (Carefully comes out, comes closer and immediately backs away)
Prince: How beautiful you are! Who are you?
Fox: I am the Fox... And you?
Prince: And I Prince.
Fox (walks around him in surprise): Pri-i-inc?
Prince: Well, yes. Prince. And I'm so sad... Play with me!
Fox: I can't play with you.
Prince: Why?
Fox: You see, I am not tamed.
Prince: How is it - tamed?
Phonogram "The Blue Puppy Song" (minus)
The fox sings.
1. On a clear day and on days of bad weather
I have no happiness in my life.
My fox age is darkened -
I am not tamed by anyone!
2. And for Little Prince
I'm an ordinary fox!
I'm sad, cursing fate -
Oh, tame me!
Fox: You see, for now you are just for me a little boy , exactly the same as a hundred thousand other boys. And I don't need you. And you don't need me either. For you, I am an ordinary fox, exactly the same as a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me,
we will need each other. You will be the only one for me in the whole world. And I will be alone for you in the whole world. Understand?
Leading: You can only learn those things that you tame. People no longer have enough time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But there are no such shops where friends would trade, and therefore people no longer have friends.
Fox: If you want to have a friend, tame me!
A little prince. What should you do for this?
We must be patient. Sit over there for now.
Only with each new meeting you sit closer.
Come to me at exactly the same hour all the time.
Try not to be late even for a minute.
Because every time I will prepare my heart to meet you...
And I will find out what happiness is.
The prince moves away 7 steps, then takes steps towards the Fox, shakes hands
So you tamed me.
A little prince(sighing). We need to say goodbye. I have to go.
Fox (hiding tears). I'll miss you.
A little prince. It's your fault. I didn’t want you to get hurt, you yourself wanted me to tame you.
Fox. Yes, sure… (after a pause) Now go and look at the roses again. You will understand that your Rose is the only one in the world.
Roses. We are roses. We are roses.
A little prince You are nothing like my Rose. You are nobody yet. This is how my Fox used to be. But I'm with him made friends, and now he is the only one in the whole world.
You are beautiful, but empty... Of course, a random passer-by, looking at my Rose, will say that she is exactly the same as you. But to me she dearer than all of you. She is mine. (to the fox). Goodbye.
Leading (Prince) :
Only the heart is vigilant. You can't see the most important thing with your eyes.
Your Rose is so because you are dear that you gave her your whole soul.
People have forgotten this truth, but you haven't forget it: You are forever responsible for everyone you tamed. You are responsible for your Rose.
Song « A little prince» . Words by N. Dobronravov, music by Mikael Tariverdiev.
1. Who invented you, star country?
2. On a windy evening, the cries of birds will fall silent.
I notice the starry light from under my eyelashes.
Quietly towards me, quietly towards me
Will come out gullible A little prince.
3 The most important thing is not to scare away the fairy tale,
Open the endless windows to the world,
My sailboat is rushing, my sailboat is rushing,
My sailboat is rushing on a fabulous path.
4. Where are you, where are you, happiness island?
Where is the coast of light and goodness?
Where with hopes, where with hopes
The most tender words wander.
5. Who invented you, star country?
I have been dreaming about her for a long time, I have been dreaming about her.
I'll leave the house, I'll leave the house -
There is a wave breaking right behind the pier.
Leading: This story is about star boy, The Little Prince. He was light as a ray of light and even more fragile than he seemed at first glance. He saw with his heart, never explained anything, and gave his laughter as a gift.
Class hour- discovery based on the fairy tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupery “The Little Prince” “What does it mean to be human”
Target: introduce students to the bright, extraordinary world of fairy tales French writer Antoine de Saint - Exupery
Tasks: create conditions for
constructing one's own knowledge and understanding philosophical and aesthetic problems, raised in the fairy tale by the author;
development of students' reading interest, creative imagination,
feelings of music, monologue speech of students.
introducing students to the joy of cooperation, the laws of discovering new things; education of a free and independent, spiritual and moral personality.
Progress of the class hour:
Student conversation (leave with different sides to the blackboard)
1st student. What do you guys think is the most important thing in life for a person?
2nd student. I think strength and courage. After all strong man can do whatever he wants.
3rd student. No, it seems to me that the main thing for a person is to be smart. Clever man will be able to avoid troubles, will calculate everything accurately.
4th student. I would like all people to be kind and help each other.
5th student. I believe that the main thing in life is to be a Human.
1st student. Like this? After all, we are all people anyway. We were already born with them. I don `t understand?
2nd student But really, guys, what does it mean to be Human? What should one be like in this life in order to earn the title of Man?
U: : - How often does it happen in life that adults do not always understand children. And often children do not understand adults. An adult lives by his mind, and a child lives by his soul and intuition, which, unfortunately, he loses as he grows up.
It is worth listening to a child’s explanation and understanding of many things, turning to a child’s worldview, and many things will appear in a different light.
(The music continues to sound s ka, children come in and sit down with their mothers or fathers).
U: He has been living in the world for many, many years. amazing fairy tale Antoine de Saint Exupery "The Little Prince". It is surprising in that it poses very important and difficult questions to us. Today our relatives, our adults will help understand these issues.
1 group
1 student Once upon a time lived in France amazing person, who felt responsible for people, for his Earth and dreamed that all the people of planet Earth would be happy and love each other. He was a pilot, writer, dreamer, and his name was Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
2 student Saint-Exupéry owned many adult inventions, but he was more proud of jumping soap bubbles than his other discoveries.
U: He taught the little boy to let bubble. But when they hit the wall, the bubbles burst. The boy was crying. For several days Exupery walked gloomily. Then I added a drop of glycerin to the soap foam. Now the bubbles were bouncing off the walls like balls; they became even brighter and more beautiful.
U: This happened in 1942, when the Great Patriotic War was going on.When France was captured by Nazi troops, the pilot won the right to fight for peace on earth. Already middle-aged and wounded, he flew and conducted reconnaissance. Two weeks before the liberation of France, Exupery flew out on reconnaissance, and soon his comrades realized that Saint Aix would never return.Exupery died...
Parent But his book “The Little Prince” remained on Earth. A fairy tale is a writer’s testament, addressed to both children and adults. The book in which he expressed his most cherished dreams and in which he managed to tell people the most important thing - what it means to be Human.
What is this wise and kind fairy tale about?
( one of the students briefly retells the fairy tale) “The fairy tale tells how a pilot who suffered an accident meets in the Sahara Desert with a little boy, an alien from another planet, with the Little Prince. Having made friends with the pilot, the little prince tells him about his planet, about the rose, which he took care of for a long time and which was very capricious. Therefore, the Little Prince decides to leave his planet in order to better know the world, people and find friends. Before getting to planet Earth, he visits asteroids, where he meets a king, a drunkard, an ambitious man, business person, lamplighter and geographer. The last he visits is planet Earth, where he meets a wise fox, with whom he becomes friends, and a pilot, whom he will save by helping him find a well. And then the little prince decides to return to his planet, to his rose. To do this, he must free himself from the weight of his body, that is, die. After being bitten by a snake, he leaves the planet, and the pilot keeps the memory of his little friend for the rest of his life."
U: Let's remember who this fairy tale is dedicated to.(Reading out loud).
I ask the children to forgive me for dedicating this book to an adult. I'll say in justification: this adult is my most best friend. And one more thing: he understands everything in the world, even children's books. And finally, he lives in France, and it’s hungry and cold there now. And he really needs consolation. If all this does not justify me, I will dedicate my book to the boy who was once my adult friend. After all, all adults were children at first, but few of them remember this. So I am correcting the dedication:
LEON VERT,
when he was little
What phrase made you think and why?(“After all, all adults were children at first, only few of them remember this.” Adults do not always understand children. And if they remembered themselves as small and could think from the position of a child, they would find it faster mutual language with own children).
Who did little Antoine dream of becoming?(Artist).
What do you know about The Little Prince?(The little prince is very lonely. He lives on a small planet, asteroid B-612. There grew a beautiful Rose, whom the little prince began to look after. He fell in love with this capricious flower. One day the baby quarreled with her, and then he decided to travel to other planets ).
Why do you think he went on a trip?(He goes to look for another equally beautiful dream flower in the hope that this will be his true friend.)
U: PBefore ending up on planet Earth, the Little Prince flew around many stars and planets. Almost desperate to find his dream, he flew to Earth. Describe the mood of the Little Prince. Why was he sad? ( He flew around many planets and stars, but never met a friend).
Who did the Little Prince meet?(Fox)
What were the Fox and the Little Prince talking about?(The fox asks the baby to tame him).
What secret did the Fox reveal to the Little Prince? Helped answer this question
2 group , showing a re-enactment of the meeting of the Little Prince with the Fox.
Sketch “Meeting with a fox on planet Earth”
Fox:
Good morning.
A little prince:
Who are you?
Fox:
I am a fox.
A little prince:
Let's play, not so sad.
Fox:
I can't play with you. I'm not tamed.
A little prince:
Oh, then I'm sorry. What does “tamed” mean?
Fox:
To tame means to create bonds. If you tame me, we will need each other. For me you will be the only one in the world, and for you I will be the only one in the world... Just think how wonderful it will be when you tame me! Please tame me. People go to stores and buy everything ready-made, but there is no store where you can smoke friendship. That's why people don't have friends anymore. If you want to make a friend, tame me... And remember: you are forever responsible for everyone you have tamed, you are responsible for your rose”).
U: - The fox that the prince meets on Earth becomes his teacher, and it is the wise fox who explains to him what love and friendship are. What truth forgotten by people, reminds the Little Prince of foxes? (“You are forever responsible for everyone you have tamed, you are responsible for your rose”).
The fox fell silent and looked at the Little Prince for a long time.
Then he said:
Fox:
Please..! tame me!
A little prince:
I'd love to. But I have so little time. I still need to make friends and learn things,
Fox:
You can only learn those things that you tame. People no longer have enough time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But there are no such shops where friends would trade, and therefore people no longer have friends. If you want to have a friend, tame me!
A little prince:
What should you do for this?
Fox:
We must be patient. First, sit over there, at a distance, on the grass - like this. I will look sideways at you, and you remain silent, Words only interfere with understanding each other. But every day sit a little closer...
U: So the Little Prince tamed the Fox. And now the hour of farewell has come...
A little prince:
Goodbye…
Fox:
Goodbye. Here is my secret, it is very simple: only the heart is vigilant. You won’t see the most important thing with your eyes... People have forgotten this truth, but don’t forget: you are forever responsible for everyone you have tamed.
A little prince
You are responsible for my rose...
U: - The little prince has left, but always returns to those who wholeheartedly accepted the laws given by the Fox.
(The song “The Little Prince” plays, music by M.N. Tariverdiev).
Then for them the stars bloom in the night sky, and among them is the one where the Little Prince lives, where his laughter sounds. He fills the hearts of people with living water, like music, and lights in them a flame of love, a flame of mercy.And millions of lights merge into one brightly burning bonfire of love! And kindness walks royally on the earth. After all, what could be more beautiful kind heart, where the most merciful laws live! Open your hearts towards each other.
3 The group prepared a presentation of “Wise Thoughts.”
The French writer’s fairy tale contains many wise thoughts and reflections on eternal questions human life: about friendship, responsibility, devotion, love, about life and its values, about people’s relationships.
4 a group of "Artists" created a filmstrip based on the fairy tale
5 the group read poems about the Little Prince.
A little prince
The little prince, the golden-haired child...
Believing in a fairy tale, Baby, you live,
Maybe that's why you're not growing?
Maybe that's why you don't grow up
You can’t accept the world of boring adults.
Little Prince, golden-haired child,
Every morning you sing in your sleep,
You greet me every morning with a smile,
You’re composing a new verse for him,
You believe that the day will bring you a miracle.
And if you believe, it will be so.
The Little Prince, a boy from a fairy tale,
You look into the endless space without fear,
You know that distant stars warm
Those who believe in their light without a doubt,
Those who entrusted their dreams to them...
And you became especially dear to them...
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I'm flying from planet to planet
I want to know everything in the world
I want to be responsible for everything
I can do it - believe me.
This is difficult and very important
if someone saves others,
Call me kindness
only she is responsible for everything.
In difficult times I will come uninvited,
a drop of moisture in the desert,
I will touch the wounds with Kindness,
in that very moment your pain will cool down.
So it’s worth loving and believing,
and dream about your planet,
Measuring the pain of someone else's soul
and always be responsible for everything!
Draw me a lamb!
Draw me a lamb
With a slight wave of the hand,
In light gray curls
Let the rays play.
Let him not live in a box -
On a green meadow,
And so that the edge of the house!
I'll love him.
I'll be with our lamb
I will meet the sunrises
And honey porridge
Help collect.
I will sing to him quietly,
If he suddenly falls asleep,
Darling, what is it worth to you?
Draw it, let it live!
Would you like to have such a friend?
U: Let's draw a lamb for the little prince.
( The song “The Little Prince” is playing)
(On the board there is a sheet of Whatman paper with the heading “Draw me a lamb”, Children create a collective panel “Draw me a lamb”)
6 group p O I prepared a quiz for adults.
Our class hour is coming to an end. So we have found the answers to our question: what does it mean to be human. I don’t know about you, but I say goodbye to the Little Prince with a feeling of extraordinary sadness and melancholy, as if something infinitely dear and valuable is leaving my life. I think how our world would change if we followed such humane and clear advice from the Little Prince. I would like each of you to be at least a little like him and look at life the way this hero does. Saying goodbye to the pilot, our hero gave his adult friend a gift:
“...You will forever remain my friend. You will look at the sky at night, and there will be such a star where I live, where I laugh.”
Video
He gave the pilot and you and me hope and faith that this world can be changed, for this you just need to be Human.
I believe: in everyone forever
Goodness and joy will settle,
Love will rise and old age will recede,
There will be good friends.
And maybe the Little Prince will visit planet Earth again, where he will meet you and want to make friends with you.
The writer's main dream is to unite people.
At the teacher's suggestion, the students united by standing in a circle.
Passing the rose around, the guys expressed their opinion on how they understand the expression: “Only the heart is vigilant...
“You are responsible for those you have tamed...” - this is what Antoine de Saint Exupery said. Hug your mom or dad and quietly say these words to each other: “We are always responsible for those we have tamed.”
Class hour - opening based on a fairy tale
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
" A little prince"
Rotaneva Victoria Vladimirovna
teacher primary classes,
Volodarsky gymnasium "Sofia"
Olga Merenkova
Scenario for the event “The Little Prince and His Friends”
Scenario for the event “The Little Prince and His Friends”
/journey/
Goals: broadening the horizons of preschoolers, forming ideas about environmental balance; learn to draw conclusions based on your own observations; develop communication skills, teach how to take care of the riches of nature, awaken children’s interest in the fate of our Earth, arouse a sense of concern about man’s relationship to nature, how native land, and the Earth as a whole.
Equipment and materials: costumes for: little Prince, Baba Yaga, 2 gnomes, Traffic Light, Forest Fairy, Chamomile, Grass Witch, Basilio the Cat, Hare, Bear; slingshot, lighter, artificial Christmas trees for the forest, mittens, bucket, hatchet.
Characters:
Forest Fairy: The Little Prince
Boy Girl
Forest gnome 1 Forest gnome 2
Traffic light Hooligan 1
Hooligan 2 Basilio
Hare Bear
Herbal Witch
Progress of the event
Ved. There are miracles in this world
The dawn blooms like a poppy in the distance and beckons. Today is a Holiday on our blue planet.
Love the native land of your childhood
With ardent love, without boundaries
And know that at the call of your heart, the little prince came to you. Let me introduce him to you. Blue eyes, slightly turned up nose With a sword, with a light yellow scarf
With a shock of sunny hair.
The prince appears: - I left my asteroid,
To help you in a good deed, because for a great purpose it is worth
We have to work day and night,
So that the sun shines brightly
And our day did not fade in darkness. We will have to do a lot
In the name of life on Earth.
It's all about us, kids. We can do miracles: Save animals, clean up rivers, Create gardens, grow forests!
Andrey: - Hello! I think I recognize you! You're the Little One
a prince who has flown around many planets. Will you live on Earth?
Small prince: - No, everyone should live on the planet on which they were born, which they love. But I came to visit you, and I would like to know more about your planet.
Julia: - We are very happy to have guests. Well, then let's go!
1 action.
Andrey: - And here is the river. Shall we take a swim? Or maybe we'll catch some fish? / casts a fishing rod for the first time - pulls out an old shoe, the second time - a torn umbrella, the third time - Baba Yaga. /
Baba Yaga: - The river was clean, it was even called Transparent, but it became
dirty - Multi-colored. It was high in water, but now low in water: the plant drinks too much water, and then releases the dirty water back into the river. Everyone is angry: no washing, no washing, no quenching your thirst, no catching fish!
Julia: /hiding behind Andrey/ - Grandma, who are you?
Baba Yaga: - Disgrace! Haven't you read fairy tales, girl? I am Baba Yaga.
And now, because of the people who ruined the river, I am the Multicolored Baba Yaga. I washed my dress in this water, see who I looked like. There are also rivers that are blocked by dam walls. One hydroelectric dam on the river - no matter what. But when there are several of them, this is a disaster. In captivity, the river is slowly dying. Her living water gradually becomes “dead” - no water, no bath. My friend Vodyanoy escaped from one of these. Eh, you people, stumps!
Andrey: - But not all people have a bad attitude towards nature! Of course, we must take care of rivers: water is the beauty of all nature. So the poet Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky wrote:
Landscapes appeared
Trees and birds
And even mammoths.
Then the hippos
Elephants, crocodiles,
And our distant ancestors are Gorillas.
And if we appeared on Earth,
They would contact us immediately.
They would tell us:
Protect the environment!
Especially the greens
Especially water!
Baba Yaga: - Easy! And you, I see, are wow people! Let's come and visit me, in the hut on chicken legs. The forest is my home.
What are forests?
What are forests?
This is our land
Age-old beauty
They contain not only crossbills,
And not only mushrooms, -
Our dreams are in them,
And a piece of fate.
Many songs have been sung
About the beauty of the forest,
The forest teaches trust
And also kindness.
Always gives us something
You can't help but love the forest.
Julia: I'm afraid, Andryusha. What if she eats us?
Andryusha: It can’t be. I think that the modern Baba Yaga is a vegetarian. Right, grandma?
Baba Yaga: The boy is smart. Let's go, let's go, I won't hurt you!
Two gnomes come out.
1st forest gnome: Shh! Do you hear? /listens/ Someone is walking through the forest
path!
2nd forest gnome: /crouches to the “ground” and listens, speaks in a whisper/
It’s not just one person walking along a forest path,” but a whole group of people!
2nd: /grabs his head/ It seems these are children! Quicker!
Quickly inform the forest dwellers!
1st: Declare the alarm! Quicker! Quicker! We run forward along the path. /They rush to run and run into an environmental traffic light/.
Traffic light: Stop! You'll scare me away! You'll scare away the whole forest! What's happened? Dwarves: /interrupting each other/:
This way along the path. a group of children is moving
They make noise and litter
Last time, the same group of children lit a huge fire and the entire clearing burned out.
One day they trampled the entire anthill.
Traffic light: Calm down! No need to sound the alarm! These children want to make friends with the forest! I, an environmental traffic light, will help the children learn to follow environmental rules and travel through the forest in such a way that
so as not to harm animals, plants, or ourselves. So, forest gnomes, welcome your guests!
/The children and the Little Prince come out/
Dwarves: We are always glad to have friends!
We invite you to visit us.
Anyone who wants to know for sure
How to protect nature
How to behave in the forest
So as not to cause harm to yourself,
Not a tree, not a flower,
Neither frogs nor foxes,
Neither grasshoppers nor birds.
After all, at any time of the year
Nature's defenders are waiting!
/The song “From a Smile” plays/
Traffic light: Who still doesn’t know:
I am a green traffic light.
I do my duty
In this fabulous forest!
Everyone, I'll turn on the green light,
Who will give the correct answer!
Dwarves: Dear traffic light! Please show me how you work! Traffic light: Every signal I make on a forest path means almost the same as on the roadway:
Red light is harmful to nature!
Yellow - be careful!
The light is green - how beautiful! - The forest will say to you: “Thank you!”
ABOUT! Where are you going? /addresses 2 boys who appeared from nowhere and are heading past him/.
Boys: Where - where. To the forest, of course!
Traffic light: Are these your friends? /Addresses the Little Prince and children/
Children: No.
Traffic light: Well, I see that the guests are very strange /saying these words, he takes a slingshot from one boy’s pocket and shows it to the guys/.
Dwarfs: Well, well, show us what you came with, and the guys will turn on the traffic light at each of yours, what you can and cannot go into the forest with.
/The boys untie the backpack and take out objects from there, accompanying them with comments. /
1. Lighter.
Boys: We wanted to make a fire.
Traffic light: Why?
Boys: Well. so simple. Maybe bake some potatoes.
Dwarves: So, shall we let this thing into the forest?
What signal? Why? /children's answers/
2. Work gloves.
Boys: we were going to mess it up spruce branches to build a hut and collect garbage in the clearing where we will stop.
Traffic light: What signal? /yellow/ Why? /children's answers/
3. Small plastic bucket.
Boys: Last time we planted several rosehip bushes along the edge of the ravine, and today we wanted to water them.
Traffic light: Which light is on? /green/ Why? /children's answers/
Well done! Just remember these signals and never forget? Little Prince: I am friends with nature, - At dawn, you understand,
Life is more interesting this way! Only owls sleep - sleepyheads,
I treasure every bee, feed the red squirrels
Every bird song. From the palm of a pine tree.
And to love nature - Don’t destroy bird’s nests -
Nothing is simpler, Respect freedom.
You just need to wander around Like a master, protect
Early morning in the grove. Nature on Earth!
Forest Fairy: Hello, kids, girls and boys. Hello, Little Prince. I am the Forest Fairy. I came to tell you that our little brothers need protection and protection. Animals, plants, rivers, lakes, and seas need to be protected and preserved. Everything that nature has created needs our protection.
But I didn’t come alone, my forest friends were with me.
Chamomile: Many useful herbs
On the soil of my native country
Can cope with illness
Mint, tansy, St. John's wort.
Herbal Witch: I want it for you, my friend.
Add more flowers to the bouquet.
/holds out poisonous flowers/
Chamomile: Oh, that witch! Either he will slip a poisonous root, or inedible grass. So he strives to do something nasty.
Herbal Witch: I've come to my senses, guys!
Let's go to the forest together,
Let's collect sage and mint,
We'll pick tender lilies of the valley,
At home we will put them in water.
Chamomile: We know these plants,
We protect and protect!
From such dashing ones as this one,
Bouquet Gatherers
In the Red Book they
They've been listed for a long time.
/Basilio the cat appears/
Basilio: The birds have a Christmas tree. The guys have a Christmas tree. And I want to have a Christmas tree too.
I’ll take a hatchet and go into the forest to chop down a tree.
/goes and sentences/
I will cut down the green one with an axe.
From the forest I will take the fragrant scent into my house.
/Approaches the tree and swings an ax; a Hare comes out from under the tree/
Hare: Why are you, cat?
Came into the forest with an axe?
The ax and I are not expecting guests.
After all, these Christmas trees are
Basilio: I won’t quarrel with you, Hare. I'll go further. That Christmas tree is even better, I’ll cut it down.
/Basilio was just swinging his ax when the children and Mal appeared.
Prince/Julia: What are you doing here, Basilio?
Why do you have a hatchet?
Don’t even think about cutting down Christmas trees.
Without them, the animals will have nowhere to live.
Come on, give me the ax here,
Otherwise, we’ll wake up Toptygin,
So that he can talk to you
And he explained it well.
Bear: And I woke up anyway
Guys, what's that noise?
Andrey: How can we not make noise, Mikhail?
When some bully
I intend to chop down a Christmas tree
In the green forest, ours.
Bear: What are you thinking, prodigal Cat?
Why did you come to our house?
Come on, get out of here with an axe!
Basilio: And I want a Christmas tree like the guys’, and even more beautiful.
Julia: Don’t you know that we have been making beautiful New Year’s bouquets for the holiday for a long time. There’s even a competition: “Instead of a Christmas tree, a New Year’s bouquet?”
Little Prince: I also want to learn how to make New Year's bouquets. Children: We invite everyone who wants to learn to visit us next year.
The Little Prince: May it be a glorious day in February
And eternal in future years
And let the air in the cities shine more transparent than watercolors!
Andrey: It’s all about the Person!
He can do miracles
Save the animals, clean the rivers,
Create gardens, grow forests!
Little Prince: I'm glad that we are together on this Day.
You are patriots, God knows!
Saving the planet is a matter of honor,
And your highest civic duty!
/Everyone sings in chorus/
There are many barriers in life
On an unknown path.
There are hundreds of thousands of poachers - They cannot escape retribution!
To see the sky with bright stars,
As a gift for future years, we need clean air back
I am for big small cities!
There are a lot of questions in the world,
And we could solve them,
Whenever there was a day on the planet,
And the National Year of the Earth!
Let it be a miracle all year round what's going on
And even better - every year!
And then the world will be reborn,
And everyone will find happiness!
A. Pantykina
Characters:
PILOT
A LITTLE PRINCE
ROSE
LIS
SNAKE
KING
AMBITIOUS
DRUNKARD
BUSINESSMAN
LAMPLIGHTER
GEOGRAPHER
SWITCHMAN
ROSESPart one
A musical overture sounds.
PILOT. All adults were children at first, only few of them remember this; in my time I have met many different serious people. I lived among adults for a long time. I saw them very close, and from this, I must admit, I didn’t think any better about them... So I lived alone, and there was no one to talk to heart to heart... and six years ago I had to make an emergency landing in the Sahara. Something broke in the engine of my plane... I found myself in the desert, where there was no housing for a thousand kilometers around. A man who was shipwrecked and lost on a raft in the middle of the ocean would not be so alone. There was no mechanic or passengers with me. I barely had enough water for a week. I had to fix the engine or die... And then...
The musical performance of THE LITTLE PRINCE sounds.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Please... draw me a lamb!
PILOT. What?!.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Draw me a lamb...
PILOT. But... what are you doing here?
A LITTLE PRINCE. I need a lamb Draw me a lamb... please.
PILOT. But I can't draw...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Anyway, draw a lamb. Please.
PILOT (draws with his finger in the sand). Here you go...
A LITTLE PRINCE. No no! I don't need an elephant in a boa constrictor! The boa constrictor is too dangerous and the elephant is too big. Everything in my house is very small. I need a lamb. Draw a lamb.
THE PILOT is drawing.
You can see for yourself - this is not a lamb. This is a big ram. He has horns...
PILOT (erases his horns). Well, so what?
A LITTLE PRINCE. He's still too old. I need a lamb that will live a long time.
PILOT (losing patience). Here's a box for you. And inside it sits the kind of lamb you want.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (suddenly beaming). This is good!.. Do you think this lamb needs a lot of grass?
PILOT. And what? Why are you asking about this?
A LITTLE PRINCE. After all, I have very little at home...
PILOT. He's had enough. I give you a very small lamb.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Well, he’s not that small... (Takes a “cast” from the drawing and takes it to the side). Check this out! He fell asleep...
THE PILOT looks... and sees nothing but a box drawn in the sand... THE LITTLE PRINCE notices this.
What is this thing you have?
PILOT. This is not a thing. This is a plane, my plane. It flies... Or rather, I knew how to fly on it...
A LITTLE PRINCE. How? Did you fall from the sky?
PILOT (modestly). Yes.
A LITTLE PRINCE. That's funny!.. So you also came from heaven. And from what planet?
PILOT. So, you came here from another planet?..
THE LITTLE PRINCE (quietly shook his head, looking at the plane). Well, you couldn't fly from afar with that.
PILOT. Where did you come from, baby? Where is your home? Where do you want to take the lamb?
A LITTLE PRINCE. It’s very good that you gave me the box, the lamb will sleep in it at night.
PILOT. Well, of course. And if you're smart, I'll give you a rope to tie him up during the day. and a peg.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Tie? What is this for?
PILOT. But if you don’t tie him up, he’ll wander into an unknown place and get lost.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But where will he go?
PILOT. You never know where. Everything is straight, straight, wherever your eyes look.
A LITTLE PRINCE. It’s okay, because I have very little space there... If you keep going straight and straight, you won’t get far... (After a pause). Let's go watch the sun go down. I really love sunset.
PILOT. Well, we'll have to wait.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What to expect?
PILOT. For the sun to go down.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (laughing). It still seems to me that I’m at home!.. Once I saw the sun set forty-three times in one day!.. You know, when it becomes very sad, it’s good to watch the sun set...
PILOT. So, on that day when you saw forty-three sunsets, you were very sad?..
Music starts.
When you tell adults what you have new friend, they will never ask about the most important thing. They will never say: “What’s his voice like? What games does he like to play? Does he catch butterflies? They ask: “How old is he?” How many brothers does he have? How much does his father earn? How many... How many..." And after that they imagine that they recognized a person. But is it possible to recognize a person by numbers alone? And adults are terribly fond of numbers. When you tell them: “I saw a beautiful house made of pink brick, in its windows geraniums, and there are pigeons on the roof,” they just can’t imagine this house. They need to say: “I saw a house for a hundred thousand francs.” And then they exclaim: “What a beauty;” In the same way, if you tell them: “ Here is proof that the Little Prince really existed - he was very, very nice, he laughed, and he wanted to have a lamb. And whoever wants to have a lamb, of course, exists,” - if you tell them so, they will just shrug their shoulders and look at you as if you were an unintelligent baby. But if you tell them: “He came from a planet called asteroid B-612 ", - this will convince them, and they will not bother you with questions. These are the kind of people these adults are. You should not be angry with them. Children should be very lenient towards adults.
A LITTLE PRINCE. If a lamb eats grass, does it also eat flowers?
PILOT. He eats everything he can get his hands on.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Even flowers that have thorns?
PILOT. Yes, and those with thorns.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Then why the spikes?
PILOT. Spikes?..
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why are spikes needed?
PILOT (the first thing that came to mind). The thorns are not needed for anything; the flowers release them simply out of anger.
A LITTLE PRINCE. That's it!.. I don't believe you! The flowers are weak. And simple-minded. And they try to give themselves courage. They think that if they have thorns, everyone is afraid of them... And you think that flowers...
PILOT. No! I don't think anything! I answered you the first thing that came to mind. You see, I'm busy with serious business.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Seriously?! You talk like adults! You're confusing everything... you don't understand anything! (Finally angry). Flowers have been growing thorns for millions of years. And for millions of years, lambs still eat flowers. So is it really a small matter to understand why they go out of their way to grow thorns if the thorns are of no use? Does it really matter that lambs and flowers fight each other? What if I know the only flower in the world, it grows only on my planet, and there is no other like it anywhere else, and some sheep suddenly one fine morning eats it and doesn’t even know what it has done? And all this, in your opinion, is not important?..
Music starts.
(After a pause). If you love a flower - the only one that is no longer on any of the many millions of stars, that's enough: you look at the sky and feel happy. And you say to yourself: “My flower lives there somewhere...” But if some ram eats it, it’s the same as if all the stars went out at once! And this, in your opinion, is not important? Doesn't matter? (Sobbing).
PILOT (quitting work). The flower you love is not in danger... I will draw a muzzle for your lamb... I will draw armor for your flower... I...
And again music.
My little friend never explained anything to me. Maybe he thought I was just like him? But, unfortunately, I could not then see the lamb through the walls of the box. Maybe I was a little like adults?.. (TO THE PRINCE). Tell me about yourself and your flower...
THE LITTLE PRINCE (singing).
On my little planet
The sun rises every day.
I only have a little
But I have enough worries:
We need to clean out the volcanoes
Baobabs snatch a row.
And when I feel sad,
I'm going to watch the sunset...
One day quite by accident
I found a sprout in the grass.
He reached up desperately
My precious flower.
It was just a miracle
It was some kind of dream:
I don't know where from
A bud suddenly appeared.
Rose picked out the paints,
I gave her water to drink
Gave her tenderness and affection
And he said quietly:
Do not be afraid of anything,
open up quickly!
ROSE (yawning). Oh, I woke up forcibly... Please excuse me... I'm still quite disheveled...
A LITTLE PRINCE. How beautiful you are!
ROSE. Yes? Is it true? And note, I was born with the sun... It seems it's time for breakfast. Be so kind as to take care of me...
The watering music sounds. THE LITTLE PRINCE waters a ROSE from a watering can.
(Preening). Let the tigers come, I'm not afraid of their claws! After all, I have four whole thorns.
A LITTLE PRINCE. There are no tigers on my planet, and then tigers don't eat grass.
ROSE (offended). I'm not grass!
A LITTLE PRINCE. excuse me...
ROSE. No!.. No, tigers are not scary to me, but I am terribly afraid of drafts. Don’t you have a screen?.. And when evening comes, cover me with a cap. It's too cold here. A very uncomfortable planet. Where I came from... (Coughs from embarrassment). Where is the screen?
A LITTLE PRINCE. I wanted to follow her, but I couldn’t help but listen to you!
ROSE (singing).
Well, what kind of planet?
Those are terrible winds,
That hot summer
It's raining...
In the heat and in the cold
Take care of Rose
Create for Rose
Comfort and coziness.
Water the weed...
Bring me a cap...
Well, why are you standing?
Put it here!
Rather, be sorry
Hurry up and water it
Rather cherish
My beauty!..
THE LITTLE PRINCE (on loss, to the PILOT). I listened to her in vain. You should never listen to what flowers say. You just have to look at them and breathe in their scent.
ROSE (singing).
From tigers, I must admit,
There is something to defend yourself with
But you have to be afraid
Terrible colds.
After all, if it blows,
After all, if it blows,
After all, if it fails,
Then I'll be lost!
How cool!
Put up a fence!
I need a screen
Please, here!
Hurry up and protect
Save it quickly
Hurry up and save me
My beauty!
THE LITTLE PRINCE (on loss, to the PILOT). My flower filled my entire planet with fragrance, but I did not know how to rejoice at it. This talk about claws and tigers... They should have moved me, but I got angry... (ROSE). Farewell... Farewell!
ROSE. I was stupid. Forgive me... And try to be happy!... Yes, yes, I love you. It's my fault that you didn't know this. Yes, it doesn’t matter. But you were just as stupid as me. Try to be happy... And I don’t need the screen anymore.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But the wind...
ROSE. I don't have that much of a cold... The freshness of the night will do me good. After all, I am a flower...
A LITTLE PRINCE. But animals, insects...
ROSE. I must tolerate two or three caterpillars if I want to meet butterflies. They must be lovely. Otherwise, who will visit me? You'll be far away... Don't wait, it's unbearable! You decided to leave, so go!
Musical code ROSE.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (TO THE PILOT). No, I shouldn't have left! She gave me her scent and illuminated my life. Behind these pitiful tricks and tricks I should have guessed tenderness. It was necessary to judge not by words, but by deeds... But I was too young, I did not yet know how to love. I didn’t understand anything then!.. I really wanted to find a true friend, and so I went to travel. On a neighboring planet there lived a king...
KING (singing).
I'm tired of it, like saucers,
Only control the stars.
Resolutions,
Revolutions
Ah, the sad life of a king!
Where are my subjects?
Where are my subjects?
Where can I find my subjects?
Where can a sensitive heart be found?
I would order him...
Have some sympathy
Have some sympathy
Oh, how difficult it is to live alone!
It's not done, it's not served,
At least stand on the corner with a crown...
Where are my subjects?
Where are my subjects?
Where can I find my subjects?..
(Seeing the LITTLE PRINCE). Oh, here comes the subject! Come, I want to look at you.
THE LITTLE PRINCE yawned.
Etiquette does not allow you to yawn in the presence of the monarch, I forbid you to yawn.
A LITTLE PRINCE. I accidentally. I was on the road for a long time and didn’t sleep at all...
KING. Well, then I command you to yawn. Yawn! this is my order.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (after trying to yawn). But I... I can't take it anymore...
KING. Hmm... then... Then I command you to either yawn, then not to yawn, then to yawn, then not to yawn... (Confused, he falls silent).
A LITTLE PRINCE. Can I sit down?
KING. I command: sit down!
A LITTLE PRINCE. Your Majesty, may I ask you...
KING. I command you: ask!
A LITTLE PRINCE. Your Majesty... what do you rule over?
KING (simple). Everyone.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Everyone?
KING. Yes.
A LITTLE PRINCE. And the stars obey you?
KING. Well, of course. The stars obey instantly, I do not tolerate disobedience.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (plucking up courage). I would like to watch the sunset... Please, do me a favor and command the sun to set...
KING. If I order some general to flutter like a butterfly from flower to flower, or to compose a tragedy, or to turn into a seagull, and the general does not carry out the order, who will be to blame for this - him or me?
THE LITTLE PRINCE (without hesitation). You, Your Majesty.
KING. Absolutely right. Everyone must be asked what they can give. Power must first of all be reasonable. If you command your people to throw themselves into the sea, the people will start a revolution. I have the right to demand obedience because my commands are reasonable.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What about the sunset?
KING. You will also have sunset. I will demand the sun to go down. But first I will wait for favorable conditions, for this is the wisdom of the ruler.
A LITTLE PRINCE. When will conditions be favorable?
KING (leafing through the calendar). It will be... Now let's see.. hmm... today it will be... today it will be at nineteen hours and forty minutes. And then you will see how exactly my command will be fulfilled.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (yawning). I have to go. There's nothing else for me to do here.
KING. Stay! Stay, I will appoint you minister.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Minister of what?
KING. Well... culture.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But here...
KING. Justice.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But there is no one to judge here.
KING. Then judge yourself. It is much more difficult to judge yourself than others. If you can judge yourself correctly, then you are truly wise.
A LITTLE PRINCE. I can judge myself anywhere. For this there is no need for me to stay with you... And in general, I have to go.
KING (sadly). I command: don’t go!
A LITTLE PRINCE. If your Majesty desires that your commands be carried out unquestioningly, you could give a prudent order. For example, you could order me to set off without hesitating for a minute... It seems to me that the conditions for this are the most favorable.
KING (after him). I appoint you as an ambassador! I command!..
Musical code of the KING.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (TO THE PILOT). Still, these adults are strange people!
PILOT. People? But this was the first adult you met.
A LITTLE PRINCE. On the second planet I met another one!
AMBITIOUS (singing).
The glow of glory burns and warms
And it causes longing in the soul.
But there are few of us talents in the world,
AMBITIOUS. Oh, here comes the admirer!
A LITTLE PRINCE. What a funny hat you have.
AMBITIOUS. This is to bow when greeted. (Sings).
Worthy of honor and admiration...
Oh, how wonderful - everyone is happy to see you,
All around they rejoice, all around they tremble,
And they call and catch glances,
Clap your hands.
THE LITTLE PRINCE claps his hands. THE AMBITIOUS lifts his hat and bows modestly.
AMBITIOUS (singing).
And they applaud, and they applaud...
Giants of the century, they themselves
Connect the flow of events.
And I'm the same. And in front of me
Applaud, applaud...
THE LITTLE PRINCE claps his hands, THE AMBITIOUS bows; claps, bows.
AMBITIOUS (singing).
Applaud, applaud...
A LITTLE PRINCE. What needs to be done to make the hat fall off?
AMBITIOUS (not hearing). Are you really my enthusiastic admirer?
A LITTLE PRINCE. What is it like to read?
AMBITIOUS. To honor means to admit that on this planet I am the most beautiful, the most elegant, the richest and the smartest.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But there is no one else on your planet!
AMBITIOUS. Well, give me pleasure, admire me anyway!
A LITTLE PRINCE. I admire, but what joy does that give you?
Musical code of the AMBITIOUS.
(to the pilot). No, this person could not become a true friend to me. Really, adults are very strange people.
PILOT. Strange doesn't mean bad...
THE LITTLE PRINCE (bitterly). Yes? On the third planet there lived a drunkard...
Music by DRINKERS.
What are you doing?
DRUNKARD. Drink.
A LITTLE PRINCE. For what?
DRUNKARD. To forget.
DRUNKARD. I want to forget that I am ashamed.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What are you ashamed of?
DRUNKARD. Ashamed... Ashamed to drink...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why are you drinking?
DRUNKARD. To forget!
A LITTLE PRINCE. What to forget?
DRUNKARD. How ashamed am I!
A LITTLE PRINCE. What are you ashamed of?
DRUNKARD. I'm ashamed to drink!
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why are you drinking?!
DRUNKARD. To forget...
A LITTLE PRINCE. What to forget?!
DRUNKARD. What am I ashamed of...
A LITTLE PRINCE. What are you ashamed of?!
DRUNKARD. I'm ashamed to drink... (Falls).
Musical code of the DRUNKER.
PILOT. Yeah...
A LITTLE PRINCE. I told you that adults are very, very strange people.
PILOT. But still, perhaps you shouldn’t be angry with them?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Shouldn't you be angry?
BUSINESSMAN (singing).
All planets and comets
It's harder to count.
But they can be counted
And they sell great.
Two by two
Yes, three plus five.
I can definitely
Count to a million.
I can fold further
Only the stars are bigger.
Seven seven,
One in mind.
I need to learn
Count to a billion.
Let's say, for example,
Became a simple billionaire.
One hundred plus one hundred -
Four hundred.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon.
BUSINESSMAN. Twenty six and five - thirty one. Ugh! The total, therefore, is five hundred million six hundred twenty-two thousand seven hundred thirty-one.
BUSINESSMAN. I have been living on this planet for fifty-four years now, and in all this time I have only been disturbed three times. For the first time, twenty-two years ago, a cockchafer flew towards me from somewhere. He raised a terrible one, and then I made four mistakes in addition. The second time, eleven years ago, I had an attack of rheumatism from a sedentary lifestyle. I don’t have time to walk around, I’m a serious person. Third time... you!.. So, therefore, five hundred million...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Five hundred million of what?
BUSINESSMAN. Five hundred million of these little things that are always visible in the air.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What is this: five hundred million bees?
BUSINESSMAN. No. So small and golden. Every lazy person looks at them and starts daydreaming. But I am a serious person, I have no time to dream.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Eh, stars? Five hundred million stars?
BUSINESSMAN. Exactly. Stars, stars... Five hundred million...
BUSINESSMAN. I'm not doing anything. I own them.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But I already knew the king who...
BUSINESSMAN. Kings own nothing. They only rule. This is a completely different matter.
A LITTLE PRINCE. How do you own them?
BUSINESSMAN. Whose stars?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Don't know. Draws.
BUSINESSMAN. So, mine. Because no one before me thought of owning them. Five hundred million...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why do you need to own the stars?
BUSINESSMAN. To be rich.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why be rich?
BUSINESSMAN. To buy more new stars if someone discovers them.
A LITTLE PRINCE. So what do you do with them?
BUSINESSMAN. I manage them. I count and recount.
A LITTLE PRINCE. If I have a scarf, I can tie it around my neck and carry it with me. If I have a flower... I can pick it and take it with me. But you can’t take the stars, can you?
BUSINESSMAN. No, but I can put them in the bank.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Like this?
BUSINESSMAN. And so: I write on a piece of paper how many stars I have. Then I put this piece of paper in a box and lock it with a key.
A LITTLE PRINCE. That's all?
BUSINESSMAN. That's enough.
A LITTLE PRINCE. I have a flower and I water it every morning. My flower benefits from the fact that I own it. And the stars have no use for you.
Musical code DELTSA.
Well, do you understand everything? No, adults really are amazing people. Could I live next to such a person? Well, what's the use of it?
PILOT. Do you think all adults are useless?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Not at all. For example, Lamplighter. His work still has meaning. When he lights his lantern, it’s as if another star or flower is born. And when he turns off the lantern, it’s as if a star or a flower is falling asleep. Great activity.
LIGHTMAN (singing).
Morning, evening a day away;
The day has flown by.
Only a day - day and night -
Lasts two minutes.
From forward rotation -
Perpetual motion -
Disgust takes over
And the end of patience.
I would be glad to sleep through the dawn:
An agreement is more expensive.
So you rush to the lantern.
Every day is the same.
Every hour it gets faster
The planet is spinning.
To make it more fun
I sing verses:
Morning, evening - a day away;
The day has flown by,
As day follows night...
In one minute.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon.
LAMPLIGHTER. Good afternoon.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why did you turn off your lantern now?
LAMPLIGHTER. Such an agreement.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What kind of agreement is this?
LAMPLIGHTER. Turn off the lamp... Good evening.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good evening. Why did you light it again?
LAMPLIGHTER. Such a deal!
A LITTLE PRINCE. I don't understand.
LAMPLIGHTER. And there is nothing to understand. An agreement is an agreement... Good afternoon.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon.
LAMPLIGHTER. My job is hard. Once upon a time it made sense. I turned off the lantern in the morning and lit it again in the evening. I still had a day to rest and a night to sleep... good evening.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good evening. And then the agreement changed?
LAMPLIGHTER. The agreement did not change. That's the problem. My planet rotates faster every year, but the agreement remains the same. Good afternoon.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon. So what now?
LAMPLIGHTER. Yes, that's it. The planet makes a full revolution in one minute, and I don't have a second to rest. Every minute I turn off the lantern and light it. Good evening.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good evening. So your day only lasts one minute! That's funny!
LAMPLIGHTER. There's nothing funny here. We've been talking for a month now.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Whole month?!
LAMPLIGHTER. Well, yes. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good afternoon.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon. Listen, I know a remedy: you can rest whenever you want...
LAMPLIGHTER. I always want to relax.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Your planet is so small, you can walk around it in three steps. And you just have to go at such a speed that you stay in the sun the whole time. When you want to rest, just go, go... and the day will last as long as you want...
LAMPLIGHTER. Good evening.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good evening. Understand?
LIGHTMAN (with a smile). I understand, but this is of little use to me. More than anything in the world I love to sleep.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (sympathetically). Then it's bad for you.
LAMPLIGHTER. My business is bad. Good afternoon.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon... Goodbye...
Musical coda of the LIGHTENMAN.
(to the pilot). Here is a man whom everyone would despise - the King, the Ambitious, the Drunkard, and the Businessman. And yet, of all of them, he is the only one, in my opinion, worthy of respect.
PILOT. Because he is true to his word and thinks not only about himself?
A LITTLE PRINCE. I could make friends with him.
PILOT. Why didn't you stay there?
A LITTLE PRINCE. His planet is already very tiny. There's no room for two... Yes... (Sighing). In twenty-four hours you can admire the sunset one thousand four hundred and forty times!..
PILOT (after a pause). Where did you go next?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Further?
GEOGRAPHER (singing).
I am everyone who travels,
Walks into the forests and mountains
About any incidents
I'll question you in detail.
Immediately upon arrival,
Immediately upon arrival
All information, discoveries
I'm putting it in the book.
But the one who travels
Walks into the forests and mountains,
I don't trust him
And I'm used to checking.
Be sure to imagine
Truthful, demonstrative
That you discovered the ocean
Or maybe the mainland...
(Seeing the LITTLE PRINCE). Look! The traveler has arrived!
A LITTLE PRINCE. What are you doing here?
GEOGRAPHER. Where are you from?
A LITTLE PRINCE. What is this huge book?
GEOGRAPHER. I'm a geographer.
A LITTLE PRINCE. How interesting! Your planet is very beautiful. Do you have oceans?
GEOGRAPHER. I do not know this.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (disappointed). Ooo. Are there any mountains?
GEOGRAPHER. Don't know.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But you are a geographer!
GEOGRAPHER. That's it. I'm a geographer, not a traveler. The geographer is too important a person; he has no time to walk around. He doesn’t leave his office, and God forbid he drinks too much - it’s a disaster.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why?
GEOGRAPHER. Because drunkards see double. And where there is actually one mountain, the geographer will mark two.
A LITTLE PRINCE. I knew one man... He would have made a bad traveler.
GEOGRAPHER. Very possible. So, if it turns out that the traveler is a decent person, then they check his discovery.
A LITTLE PRINCE. How do they check? Do they go and look?
GEOGRAPHER. Oh no. It's too complicated. They simply require the traveler to provide evidence. For example, if he opened big mountain, let him bring big stones from it. (Suddenly getting worried). But you are a traveler yourself! You came from afar! Tell me about your planet! (Opens the book). I am listening to you.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Well, it's not that interesting for me there. Everything I have is very small... I have one flower...
GEOGRAPHER. We don't celebrate flowers.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why?! This is the most beautiful thing!
GEOGRAPHER. Because flowers are ephemeral.
A LITTLE PRINCE. How is it - ephemeral?
GEOGRAPHER. Geography books never become outdated. After all, it is a very rare case for a mountain to move. Or for the ocean to dry up. We write about things that are eternal and unchanging. Understood?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Understood. What does "ephemeral" mean?
GEOGRAPHER. This means: one that should soon disappear.
A LITTLE PRINCE. And my flower should soon disappear?
GEOGRAPHER. Of course.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (courageously). Where do you recommend I go next?
GEOGRAPHER. Further? Further! (Leafs through the book). Even further!.. There is nowhere further... Visit planet Earth. She has a good reputation.
Musical code of the GEOGRAPHER. ROSE theme.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (TO THE PILOT). Only then did I realize that my beauty and joy were short-lived, and she had nothing to protect herself from the world, she only had four thorns. And I abandoned her, and she was left all alone on my planet!.. It was with such sad thoughts that I flew to Earth...
Music.
Part two.
Music.
PILOT. So, the seventh planet that the Little Prince visited was Earth. The Earth is not a simple planet! There are one hundred and eleven kings, ten thousand geographers, one and a half million businessmen, twelve million drunkards, four hundred and thirty-three million ambitious people, six hundred and ninety-three million, seven hundred and fifty-nine thousand lamplighters; in total there are more than three billion adults. But people do not take up much space on earth. If three billion of its inhabitants came together and became a solid crowd, as at a rally, they would all easily fit into a space measuring twenty-five kilometers long and twenty-five wide. All of humanity could be piled up on the smallest island in the Pacific Ocean. Adults, of course, won’t believe this. They imagine that they take up too much space. And you advise them to make an accurate calculation. They will love it, because they love numbers. Don't waste your time on this arithmetic, it's useless. You already believe me... So, once on Earth, the Little Prince did not see a soul and was very surprised...
THE LITTLE PRINCE (singing).
I haven't been home for so long,
The light barely shines.
Somewhere out there, in the vast sky
I left my flower.
In a world that is furious and menacing
For protection from enemies
At my beautiful Rose's
Just a few thorns!
And my distant love
I won't be able to save.
And my distant love,
Bloom alone.
To be honest,
It's all my fault.
To those distant skies?..
A SNAKE appears.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good evening.
SNAKE. Good evening.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What planet did I end up on?
SNAKE. To the ground. To Africa.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Here's how. Are there no people on Earth?
SNAKE. This is a desert. Nobody lives in deserts. But the Earth is big.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (thoughtfully). I would like to know why the stars shine, probably so that sooner or later everyone can find theirs again. Look, here is my planet - just above us... But how far away it is!
SNAKE. Beautiful planet. What will you do here on Earth?
A LITTLE PRINCE. I had a fight with my flower...
SNAKE. Ah, here it is...
THE LITTLE PRINCE (after a pause). Where are the people? It's still lonely in the desert...
SNAKE. It can also be lonely among people.
A LITTLE PRINCE. You are a strange creature. So little...
SNAKE. But I have more power than the king.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (smiling). Well, are you really that powerful? You don't even have paws, you can't even travel...
SNAKE. I can take you further than any ship. Anyone I touch, I return to the earth from which he came... but you are pure and came from a star. I feel sorry for you. You are so weak on this Earth, hard as granite... On the day when you bitterly regret your abandoned planet, I will be able to help you. I can...
A LITTLE PRINCE. I understood perfectly. But why do you always speak in riddles?
SNAKE. I solve all the riddles... (Exits).
Musical code of the SNAKE.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (just in case). Good afternoon
ECHO. Day... day...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Who you are?
ECHO. Who are you... who are you...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Let's be friends, I'm all alone.
ECHO. One one...
A LITTLE PRINCE. What a strange planet! People lack imagination, they only repeat what you tell them...
PILOT. This is an echo.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Echo?.. But I had a flower at home, so it always spoke to me first...
The ROSE theme music begins. In front of the LITTLE PRINCE is a garden of ROSES.
Good afternoon.
ROSES. Good afternoon... Good afternoon...
THE LITTLE PRINCE (amazed). Who you are?
ROSES. We are roses... We are roses...
A LITTLE PRINCE. That's how it is?!. And my beauty said that there was no one like her in the entire Universe... I imagined that I owned the only flower in the world that no one else had anywhere, and it was the most ordinary rose... (Crying). And then...
PILOT. And then...
Short musical theme FOX.
LIS. Hello.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (politely). Hello. (Looks around, but doesn’t see anyone.)
LIS. I'm here, under the apple tree...
A LITTLE PRINCE. How beautiful you are! Who are you?
LIS. I'm Lis.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Play with me. I'm very sad...
LIS. I can't play with you. I'm not tamed.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Oh, sorry... (Thinking). What is it to tame?
LIS. This is a long forgotten concept. It means: to bind to oneself.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Tie?
LIS. That's it. For me, you are still just a little boy, just like a hundred thousand other boys. And I don't need you. And you don't need me either. For you I am just a fox, just like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, we will need each other. You will be the only one for me in the whole world. And I will be alone for you in the whole world...
A LITTLE PRINCE. I begin to understand. There was one Rose... she probably tamed me...
LIS. It’s very possible... There’s a lot that doesn’t happen on Earth.
A LITTLE PRINCE. This was not on Earth.
LIS. On another planet?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Yes.
LIS. Are there hunters on that planet?
A LITTLE PRINCE. No.
LIS. How interesting! Are there chickens there?
A LITTLE PRINCE. No.
LIS (sighing). There is no perfection in the world!... My life is boring, but if you tame me, my life will definitely be illuminated by the sun. I will begin to distinguish your steps among thousands of others. And then - look] Do you see the wheat ripening over there in the fields?
A LITTLE PRINCE. I see.
LIS. I don't eat bread. Wheat fields They don't remind me of anything. And it's sad! But you have golden hair. And how wonderful it will be when you tame me! Golden wheat will remind me of you. And the rustle of ears of corn in the wind will be dear to me... (After a pause). Please... tame me!
A LITTLE PRINCE. I would be glad, but I have so little time... I still need to find friends and learn different things.
LIS. You can only learn those things that you tame. People no longer have enough time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But there are no such shops where friends would trade, and therefore people no longer have friends. If you want to have a friend, tame me!
A LITTLE PRINCE. What should you do for this?
FOX (singing).
We must be patient. Sit over there for now...
I’ll sit too, but at a distance, I don’t seem to see...
And keep quiet. Words get in the way, believe me, but not words.
Just with each new meeting you sit closer...
Come to me always at exactly the same hour...
Try not to be late even for a minute...
I find out the price of happiness, happiness every time
Because I will prepare my heart for the meeting...
So you tamed me...
And again music. And then immediately another one - a “game” (with laughter and squeals). Suddenly the music stops.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (sighing). We need to say goodbye. I have to go.
FOX (hiding her tears). I will cry for you.
A LITTLE PRINCE. It's your fault. I didn’t want you to get hurt, you yourself wanted me to tame you...
LIS. Yes, sure.
A LITTLE PRINCE. So it makes you feel bad.
LIS. No, I'm fine. Remember what I told you about the golden ears... (After a pause). Now go and look at the roses again. You will understand that your Rose is the only one in the world... And when you return to say goodbye to me, I will tell you one secret. This will be my gift to you.
The theme is ROSE. THE LITTLE PRINCE is back in the garden.
ROSES. We are roses... We are roses...
A LITTLE PRINCE. You are nothing like my Rose. You are nobody yet. No one has tamed you, and you have not tamed anyone. This is how my Fox used to be. He was no different from a hundred thousand other foxes. But I became friends with him, and now he is the only one in the whole world... you are beautiful, but empty. I won't want to die for you. Of course, a random passerby, looking at my Rose, will say that she is exactly the same as you. But she is dearer to me than all of you. After all, it was her, not you, that I watered every day. I listened to how she complained and how she boasted, I listened to her even when she fell silent. She is my... (FOX). Goodbye...
LIS. Goodbye. Here is my secret, it is very simple: only the heart is vigilant. You can't see the most important thing with your eyes.
A LITTLE PRINCE. You can't see the most important thing with your eyes.
LIS. Your Rose is so dear to you because you gave her your whole soul...
A LITTLE PRINCE. Because I gave my whole soul to her...
LIS. People have forgotten this truth, but don’t forget: you are forever responsible for everyone you tamed. You are responsible for your Rose.
A LITTLE PRINCE. I am responsible for my Rose.
PILOT. We are forever responsible for everyone we have tamed.
Music.
LIS. Goodbye...
Music. LIS leaves.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Good afternoon.
SWITCHMAN. Good afternoon.
A LITTLE PRINCE. What are you doing here?
SWITCHMAN. I'm sorting passengers. I send them on trains, a thousand people at a time - one train to the right, the other to the left.
A train rushes past.
A LITTLE PRINCE. How they are in a hurry. What are they looking for?
SWITCHMAN. Even the driver himself doesn’t know this.
Another train rushes by in the other direction.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Are they coming back already?
SWITCHMAN. No, these are others. This is an oncoming one.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Were they unhappy where they were before?
SWITCHMAN. It's good where we are not.
And another train rushes past.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Do they want to catch up with those first?
SWITCHMAN. They don't want anything. They sleep in the carriages or just sit and yawn. Only children press their noses to the windows.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Only children know what they are looking for. They give their whole soul to the rag, and it becomes very, very dear to them, and if it is taken away from them, the children cry...
SWITCHMAN. Their happiness... (Exits).
And as if completing the story, the musical theme of THE LITTLE PRINCE sounds.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (TO THE PILOT). People get on fast trains, but they themselves no longer understand what they are looking for. Therefore, they know no peace and rush in one direction, then in the other... And all in vain...
PILOT. And it’s all in vain!.. Yes, everything you say is very interesting, but I haven’t fixed my plane yet, and I don’t have a drop of water left...
A LITTLE PRINCE. The fox I became friends with...
PILOT. My dear, I have no time for Fox right now!
A LITTLE PRINCE. Why?
PILOT. Yes, because you will have to die of thirst.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (looks at the PILOT and suddenly understands everything). I'm thirsty too... Let's go look for a well...
PILOT. So, do you know what thirst is?
THE LITTLE PRINCE (simple). The heart also needs water...
PILOT. Probably, yeah.
A LITTLE PRINCE. The stars are very beautiful because somewhere there is a flower, even though it is not visible...
PILOT. Yes, sure.
A LITTLE PRINCE. And the desert is beautiful... Do you know why the desert is beautiful? Springs are hidden somewhere in it...
PILOT (amazed by the discovery). Yes! Whether it’s a house, the stars or the desert, the most important thing about them is what you can’t see with your eyes.
A LITTLE PRINCE. I'm very glad that you agree with my friend Fox!
They wander through the desert. Suddenly there is a well in front of them.
PILOT. How strange, everything is prepared here - the gate, the bucket, and the rope...
THE LITTLE PRINCE turns the gate, the music of the well.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Do you hear? We woke up the well and it began to sing...
PILOT. I’ll scoop up the water myself, you can’t do it... (Takes out a bucket of water from the well).
A LITTLE PRINCE. I want to take a sip of this water. Let me get drunk...
Music. THE PILOT puts the bucket in front of the LITTLE PRINCE. He takes a cast from the bucket “as a keepsake” and drinks. Then he hands the “cast” to the PILOT, who doesn’t understand.
On your planet, people grow five thousand roses in one garden... and do not find what they are looking for.
PILOT. They don't find it.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But what they are looking for can be found in one single Rose, in a sip of water...
PILOT. Yes, sure.
A LITTLE PRINCE. But the eyes are blind. You have to search with your heart.
PILOT (understanding). Yes! Certainly! ("Drinks").
Music is playing. And then another - a “game” (with laughter, squeals and splashes of real water from a bucket). Suddenly the music stops.
A LITTLE PRINCE. You must keep your word.
PILOT. What word?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Remember, you promised... a muzzle for my lamb... I am responsible for that flower.
THE PILOT draws in the sand, then gives the cast to the LITTLE PRINCE. THE LITTLE PRINCE looks at the drawing and... just like the PILOT then, he sees nothing...
Musical theme SNAKES.
PILOT. You're up to something and you're not telling me...
A LITTLE PRINCE. You know, tomorrow it will be a year since I came to you on Earth... (After a pause). I fell very close to here... (And blushed).
PILOT. So, a week ago, on the morning when we met, it was no coincidence that you were wandering here all alone, a thousand kilometers from human habitation? Did you return to the place where you fell then? (Hesitantly). Maybe it's because it's turning one year old?
And again the theme of the SNAKE.
I'm scared...
A LITTLE PRINCE. It's time for you to get to work. Go to your car. I'll be waiting here for you. Come back tomorrow evening... or else, go... See you tomorrow...
THE PILOT leaves.
THE LITTLE PRINCE (singing).
I haven't been home for so long,
The light barely shines.
Somewhere out there, in the vast sky,
I left my flower.
How to protect yourself from the world
Will my beauty be there?
Isn't it time to get ready to go home?
To those distant skies?
I realized that there is something in the world
Real friends.
But I am responsible for Rose,
I understood this too.
Day and night have passed. And I see
I'm the last sunset here.
I hear rustling in the sand...
It's time for me to go back...
The music changes to the SNAKE theme. A SNAKE appears.
Hello. So I found you. Have you forgotten? You promised to help me...
SNAKE. So this day has come?
A LITTLE PRINCE. Yes...
SNAKE. Fine. I understood everything.
A LITTLE PRINCE. You will find my footprints in the sand. And then wait. I'll come tonight...
SNAKE. I'll be waiting.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Do you have good poison? Won't you make me suffer for a long time?
SNAKE. Don't worry. I can help you.
A LITTLE PRINCE. Now go away...
The SNAKE leaves (to his music). THE LITTLE PRINCE slowly settles onto the sand.
PILOT (picking up the LITTLE PRINCE). What are you thinking, baby? Why do you start talking to snakes?
THE LITTLE PRINCE (coming to his senses). I'm glad you found what was wrong with your car. Now you can return home...
PILOT. How do you know?.. Yes, contrary to all expectations, I managed to fix the plane!
A LITTLE PRINCE. I will also return home today. This is much further... and much more difficult... I will still have your lamb. And a box for the lamb. And a muzzle...
PILOT. You're scared, baby...
THE LITTLE PRINCE (laughing quietly). Tonight I will be much more scared... Tonight will be my one year anniversary. My star will be right above the place where I fell a year ago...
PILOT. Listen, kid, this whole thing - the snake and the date with the star - is just a bad dream, isn't it?
A LITTLE PRINCE. The most important thing is what you can't see with your eyes...
PILOT. Yes, sure...
A LITTLE PRINCE. It's like a flower. If you love a flower that grows somewhere on a distant star, it’s good to look at the sky at night. All the stars are blooming.
PILOT. Yes, sure...
A LITTLE PRINCE. It's like with water. When you gave me something to drink, that water was like music, remember? She was very nice.
PILOT. Yes, sure...
A LITTLE PRINCE. At night you will look at the stars. My star is very small, I can’t show it to you. That's better. She will simply be one of the stars for you. And you will love looking at all the stars... They will all become your friends. (Sings.)
You'll hear me if one evening late
Suddenly you look out the window, my secret is surprisingly simple:
Just look with your heart. The stars will smile back at you,
The firmament will ring with the bells of laughing stars. (Laughs).
PILOT. Oh, baby, baby, how I love it when you laugh!
A LITTLE PRINCE. This is my gift to you... You will look at the sky at night, and there will be such a star, where I live, where I laugh, and you will hear that all the stars are laughing. You will have stars who know how to laugh... (Sings.)
If the stars bloom, if the stars can laugh,
Then I too will remember the spring sip on Earth.
So childhood is over. This means it's time to part ways,
Among the vast worlds, a lonely flower awaits me.
And when you are consoled (in the end, you are always consoled), you will be glad that you once knew me... You will always be my friend... I, too, will begin to look at the stars... (Sings).
Remembering you, I will find you in the night sky
Blue Star is a difficult planet for people.
And the Earth for me is like a good deep well,
He will sing like a spring, give me his moisture to drink...
It's in vain that you follow me. It will hurt you to look at me. You'll think I'm dying, but that's not true... (Singing).
You see: again migratory birds
Songs are sung, about to take off.
To return home to yourself,
We must die on this earth.
You see... it's very far away. My body is too heavy... I can't carry it. But it's like shedding an old shell. There is nothing sad here. (Sings).
To return home to yourself,
We must die on this earth...
Here we are, let me take one more step. To one... You know... my Rose... I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! And so simple-minded. All she has is four measly thorns, she has nothing else to protect herself from the world... well... that's all...
A SNAKE appears for a second. THE LITTLE PRINCE disappears.
Music.
PILOT. When you let yourself be tamed, then it happens to cry... All this is mysterious and incomprehensible... But that’s what’s terrible. When I drew the muzzle for the lamb, I forgot about the strap, the Little Prince will not be able to put it on the lamb! And I ask myself: what is going on there on the planet?.. To you, who also fell in love with the Little Prince, like me, it doesn’t matter at all: the whole world becomes different for us because somewhere in an unknown corner of the Universe there is a lamb, whom we have never seen, perhaps ate a rose unfamiliar to us... Look at the sky. Take a look and ask yourself, is that Rose alive or is she no longer there? What if the lamb ate it? And you will see - everything will become different... If any of you happen to pass through this most beautiful and saddest place in the world, I conjure you: do not rush, linger a little under this star, and if a little boy comes up to you with golden hair, if he laughs loudly and doesn’t answer your questions, you, of course, will guess who he is...
End.
