I pointed out to the little prince that baobabs were not little bushes, but, on the contrary, trees as big as castles and that even if he took a whole herd of elephants away with him, the herd would not eat up one single baobab. The idea of the herd of elephants made the little prince laugh. "We would have to put them one on top of the other." he said. But he made a wise comment: "Before they grow so big, the baobabs start out by being little." "That is strictly correct." I said. "But why do you want the sheep to eat the little baobabs?" He answered me at once, "Oh, come, come", as if he were speaking of something that was self-evident. And I was obliged to make a great mental effort to solve this problem without any assistance.