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Chapter 23
- the little prince encounters a merchant
"good morning," said the little prince.
"good morning," said the merchant.
this was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. you need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
"why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
"because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "computations have been made by experts. with these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
"and what do i do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"anything you like…"
"as for me," said the little prince to himself, "if i had fifty-three minutes to spend as i liked, i should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."