3/22/2008
The next planet was inhabited by a drunkard. This visit was a very short one, but it affected the little prince with deep sadness.
'What are you doing here?' he said to the drunkard whom he found sitting silently in front of a collection of bottles, some empty and some full.
'I am drinking,' answered the drunkard lugubriously.
'Why are you drinking?' the little prince asked.
'In order to forget,' replied the drunkard.
'To forget what?'' enquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him.
'To forget that I am ashamed,' the drunkard confessed, hanging his head.
'Ashamed of what?' asked the little prince who wanted to help him.
'Ashamed of drinking!' concluded the drunkard, withdrawing into total silence.
And the little prince went away, puzzled.
'Grown-ups really are very, very odd,' he said to himself as he continued his journey.
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How many a times do we fall into such fallacious reasoning just to give way to our bad habits. Funny, how i chanced upon this again while taking yet another of my little breaks in between the quest to do serious and smart stuff. It does mean something, a sign.
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