The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is a 1943 novella by French aviator Antoine de Saint‑Exupéry that follows a pilot stranded in the Sahara who meets a young boy from asteroid B‑612. The boy shares tales of caring for his rose and uprooting baobabs on his tiny planet, encounters eccentric adults on six asteroids, and, on Earth, learns from a fox that “what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Ultimately, he accepts a snake’s bite to return home, leaving his body but freeing his spirit.