The pilot， Antoine De SaintExupery， who wrote The Little Prince， died long ago， but the fictional pilot， who told the story， is as alive today as he was many years ago， along with his Prince， the fox， the rose and the snake．

    This timeless tale touches upon childhood and growing up．It opens with the reminder：All grownups were once children but few of them remember it．The pilot in this story loses that part of himself． After a stay in the desert with the little prince， he finds his inner child again． It is a simple story with life lessons． Here are some．

    One only understands the things that one tames （驯服）．Seeing the thousands of roses that look just like his rose makes the prince feel as if he was tricked by his flower． The fox shows him taming someone takes time． The prince understands the nature of relationships： the time he has wasted on his rose makes her so important．

    The fox， as his parting gift， shares his secret with the prince："One can see rightly with the heart．What is essential （very important and necessary）is invisible （not be seen）to the eye．" When the pilot shows his picture about the snake eating the elephant， adults only see it as a hat． Adults can’t see what’s inside the snake． What is on the surface is not what matters． This truth sets the little prince free． He decides to join his rose back on his planet．

    Has he returned to his planet and his rose？ The ending exists in the imagination of every reader as well as the pilot． After all， it is a book with something for everyone．

（1）　　 is The Little Prince a book for everyone？
Reasons	Supporting details
A timeless tale	●The Little Prince remains a classic novel of all （2）　　． ●The book talks about childhood and growing up，The pilot forgets he was（3）　　a child as he grows up． After a stay with the little prince in the desert， he finds the（4）　　part of himself．
A simple story with life （5）　lessons	●One only understands the things that one tames． It takes time to tame someone． What really matters to the prince is his（6）　　 because he has"wasted" time on her． ●What is essential is invisible to the eye． Adults（7）　　 the pilot’s picture for a hat because they can’t look beyond the surface． What matters is what’s（8）　　． After learning the （9）　　， the prince decides to return to his planet．
An openended story	It allows the reader and the pilot to（10）　　 their endings of the book