Le Petit Prince and the Rose 22 April, 2022 In our porch the rose is in flower again. Again and again, it blooms, Month after month With flowers deep red and strong. ‘Why does the rose Give itself such pain and trouble To grow thorns, Which are of no use?’ Asked the Petit Prince. ‘Because it lives, mon petit. It lives, as we do, And there we are.’ “Et ce n’est pas serieux de chercher a comprendre pourquoi les fleurs se donnent tant de mal pour se fabriquer des épines qui ne servent à rien!” ‘Le Petit Prince’, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1943 Listen to my recording of this poem https://www.fridaypoems.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Petit-Prince-and-the-Rose.mp3