Why Grown-Ups Need Fantasy Too

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It's easy to lose sight of the things that matter most in life. Sometimes we need a reminder to stop look with our eyes, and to look with our hearts. The Little Prince just so happens to be the perfect story for the job.

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[bananatiergod]

The Little Prince is the eptitome of "Bittersweet": A story about preserving the joy of childhood innocence, but also the empty bitterness of adulthood and the realization that someday, we will also have to let the naive little child we used to be go. I'm not overstating it when I say this book changed something inside me after reading it.

[andriesoliviier]

The older I get, the more I understand this story. I've had my "Rose". I've tamed a fox. I've "drawn a sheep". I'm a 35 year old "manly-man" (LOL) and I still can't read this story without crying.

[izzyyanowitz]

This channel is a necessity for anyone who want to write fiction in any capacity. Y’all are making amazing content, narrated by a robot with the creepiest fingers I’ve ever seen

[nixpardu]

I ADORE The Little Prince story.

Little fun-fact/story of mine:
Back in a day when I was 11 I had very strict rules in my house and one of them was that I had to read book for 2-3 hours. The issue was that I had only 5 books and one of them was The Little Prince. I didn't enjoyed the other 3 (the 4th was actually good but it was too long story) so I always ended up reading The Little Prince almost every day but surprisingly I never got bored. The book is now kind of part of my childhood and I will never forget the way I was able to cry from time to time reading the book, even now after years reading the same exactly book about friendship and big imagination. Thx for talking about thin book <33

[hopefulaeollius]

The only thing missing from this video is that one particular sentence from the fox: "You are eternally responsible for what you tame"
It seems madness, yet it is the most profound, most absolute wisdom there is.

[cherenkov_blue]

I will remember Le Petit Prince as long as I live. My French teacher, one of the most caring people I have ever met, used it to teach.

She was always so supportive. Even when I was horribly depressed and nobody else cared, she was always there to listen. She told me it was okay to cry while I stood in her arms.

God bless you, Madame V. I understand why you taught with this story. Everyone needs to hear it.

[cizlla]

The Little Prince is one of the most well-written stories ever, Its pure imagination sparks interest in a child's mind yet also appeals to older audiences, making them reflect themselves along with the ones in the movie, it is almost like a mockery of what the adult life is, making you realize you have started to care of other's opinion on you not knowingly, that you gained the need of pride, wealth and power, losing the pureness of a child you once were.

We shouldn't live in other people's shadows, nor be lost in power, submerged in pride, hungry for wealth, and live to impress others. To live a life fully for yourself and to cherish it. No matter what you do, there will be one day when all of you is forgotten by the world, nothing left from your life remains, so why not live a life you fully enjoy and leave no regrets.

I read The Little Prince once when I was 10, I returned to this book 8 years later to find myself not only reading a fantasy, but more.

[colinsmith]

I just want to let you know, I caught another YouTuber, Nuxonor, reacting to your video on killing gods. He had many reactions of 'WHOA, What is this production quality? How is this so good!?'

As a long time fan, I had kinda forgotten how amazing your work really is. Keep it up, it's impressive, and moving. I remember this story from my childhood. I had forgotten it, but now I remember.

[lerneanlion]

I heard of this story before but never actually read it. And I'm glad Tale Foundry introduced me to this story. It is indeed such a beautiful and meaningful story!

[jannituts]

In Germany there was a popular kid show adaptation and I remember watching it almost every weekend with my grandma. She loved watching the show with us kids and we would always ask our parents to drive me to her every friday. Those were great times.

[MaryDunford]

This story never gets old. I loved it since I was a child. ❤

[TheAspenArts]

I first leaned of The Little Prince through the movie, which I absolutely adored. It was my favorite movie, it still is. Every time I look up and see the stars I think of the story and it makes me smile. I love this story, it changed my life.

[Raytion]

The timing of this video is crazy. My wife just gave birth to our son a week, and I'm reading the little prince to him every day, not just for him but to also remember what's important.

[whilenya]

Odd, that you didn't include the Snake. Still, it was a beautiful recap of the story all the same. Thank you for covering this one.

[samaelreidrev]

"The little prince" is a story that followed through all my childhood. It's my father favourite children book, he knows the line by heart and would recite it to me and my brother before bed.
So... some detail, that weren't necessary for the video, that's why they were cut out I assume, but some detail that i find important.
The man, the aviator is Saint Exupéry, it's a book told as if a real story which is pretty great in my opinion^^ Also, there's another character in the book, the snake. The one that will let the little prince go back to his world.
See, the little is simply to heavy now, so the snake will bit him and thus, discarding the flesh, the little prince will rise up.
Yes, the little prince DIE at the end. But it doesn't, not really, he's still in every single stars

[sappho_saccharine]

I remember, not fully, but my grandma reading this to me as a kid. I rediscovered him in Sky Cotl, and found my copy of the book. He’s been my comfort character since

[MrARock]

Having read this story first as a child in its original French, and then again (repeatedly) as an adult, the difference in meaning that it carries is a powerful spotlight on our own journeys as we grow up.

[amusicalinstrument]

If people of this generation could truly understand how beautiful love and the concept of being 'tamed' was described here. The weight of attachments.

[unluckyp]

I remember reading the book when I was a kid (it was a copy given to my dad just before he left the Philippines), and then watching the movie as soon as it was added onto Netflix. I watched the movie again during GCSEs and it actually made me motivated to revise for my exams (a bit ironic considering its overall plot). Even as I'm nearing my A-level exams, The Little Prince continues to be a source of comfort to me. Looking back, I think the line in the movie "I will grow up, but I'll never be a grown up like you!" was what propelled me to keep pushing forward, regardless of all the obstacles that stood in front of me and the fear of growing up and forgetting how to be a child.