Chapter 5
What day was it when the pilot learned about the catastrophe of the baobabs?
It was the third day.
What do flowers have that are useless?
Thorns.
When did the little prince's beautiful flower bloom?
One morning, exactly at sunrise.
When does the sun set in France?
When it is noon in the United States of America, the sun is setting over France.
Translate the following: vanity.
ความไร้สาระ
Which drawing in this book is the most magnificent and impressive? What does the drawing look like?
The drawing of the baobabs, with three baobabs covering a planet and a lazy man.
In the desert, what is the pilot's biggest worry? So what is he working on?
He had so little drinking water left. So he's busy trying to fix the engine.
How many petals do normal flowers have on the prince's planet? And how long do they last?
They only had one ring of petals. One day - because one morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded peacefully away.
Translate the following: twilight, bud.
พลบค่ำ, ดอกไม้ตูม
Translate the following: neglected, disturbed.
ละเลย/ทอดทิ้ง, รบกวน
When do you need to pull up all the baobabs?
At the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rose-bushes, which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth.
What is something that the red-faced gentlemen has never done? What does he do all day? So what does the little prince call this man?
He has never smelled a flower, looked at a star, or loved anyone. All he does is add up figures. He is a mushroom!
What isn't the flower afraid of? Why not? But what is she afraid of?
She isn't afraid of tigers, because she has four thorns. But she has a horror of draughts.
Translate the following: unique, risks, sobbing.
ไม่เหมือนใคร/พิเศษ, เส่ียง/ความเสี่ยง, ร้องไห้/สะอื้น
Translate the following: revealed, awkward, contrary.
เปิดเผย, อึดอัดใจ/เก้อ/เด๋อ, ตรงกันข้าม
How big are baobabs? So what does the pilot suggest the little prince to bring instead? But what will the little prince have to do if he brings these?
They are trees as big as castles. To bring a whole herd of elephants, but the little prince would have to put them one on top of the other.
What day was it that the little prince got upset at the pilot? Why did he get upset? What is the little prince afraid the sheep will do?
The fifth day, he got upset because the pilot didn't seem to care about the little prince's flower since he was busy with "matters of consequence". The little prince is afraid that the sheep will eat his flower.
What preparations does the special flower make before coming out in the world? So what kind of personality does she have?
She chose her colors with the greatest care. She dressed herself slowly. She adjusted her petals one by one. She is vain, not modest.
Translate the following: timidly, relentlessly, admiration, naïve.
ขี้ขลาด, อย่างไม่ลดละ, ความชื่นชม, ไร้เดียงสา
Translate the following: judged, emerge, droughts, abruptly.
ตัดสิน/กรรมการ, โผล่ออกมา/อุบัติ/ออกมา, ร่าง/ลาก, ทันที
According to the little prince, which seeds are good and which seeds are bad? What'll happen if there's too many baobabs? So what does he want the sheep to do?
Good = radish or roses. Bad = baobabs. If the planet is too small, and the baobabs are too many, they split it in pieces. He wants the sheep to eat the baobabs before they get bigger.
What place is a "secret place"? How does the pilot comfort the little prince? What does the pilot say he will do for the little prince?
The land of tears. He took the little prince in his arms, and rocked him. He said he would draw a muzzle for the little prince's sheep, or a railing to put around his flower.
What three things does the little prince do for his flower? Why? Why did the little prince start to doubt the flower?
He gave her fresh water. He put a screen to protect her during the day. He put a glass globe over her at night, to keep her from the cold. Because she lied about it being cold where the little prince lives compared to where she came from, since she couldn't have known anything of any other worlds.
On the fourth day, what did the pilot learn about the little prince? What does he need to do to see this happen at anytime? How many times in one day has he seen this happen on his planet? How does the prince feel when watching this?
That the little prince loves to watch sunsets. All he needs to do is move his chair a few steps. Forty-four times. Sad.
Translate the following: reassure, inconsistent, strictly, inspiring, torment.
สร้างความมั่นใจ, ไม่สอดคล้องกัน, อย่างเคร่งครัด, สร้างแรงบันดาลใจ, ความทรมาน