Маленький принц

           "No,butIcanputtheminthebank." 

           "Whatdoesthatmean?" 

           "ThatmeansthatIwritethenumberofmystarsonaslipofpaper. AndthenIlockthatslipofpaperinadrawer." 

           "Andthat’sall?" 

           "That’senough!" 

           "That’samusing,"thoughtthelittleprince. "Andevenpoetic.Butnotveryserious." Thelittleprincehadverydifferentideasaboutseriousthingsfromthoseofthegrown-ups. "Iownaflowermyself,"hecontinued,"whichIwatereveryday. Iownthreevolcanoes,whichIrakeouteveryweek. Ievenrakeouttheextinctone.Youneverknow. Soit’sofsomeusetomyvolcanoes,andit’susefultomyflower,thatIownthem. Butyou’renotusefultothestars." 

           Thebusinessmanopenedhismouthbutfoundnothingtosayinreply, andthelittleprincewentonhisway. 

           "Grown-upsarecertainlyquiteextraordinary," wasallhesaidtohimselfashecontinuedonhisjourney.