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1、ToLeonWerth Iasktheindulgenceofthechildrenwhomayreadthisbookfordedicatingittoagrown-up. Ihaveaseriousreason:heisthebestfriendIhaveintheworld.Ihaveanotherreason:thisgrown-upunderstandseverything,evenbooksaboutchildren.Ihaveathirdreason:helivesinFrancewhereheishungryandcold.Heneedscheeringup.Ifallt
2、hesereasonsarenotenough,Iwilldedicatethebooktothechildfromwhomthisgrown-upgrew.Allgrown-upswereoncechildren--althoughfewofthemrememberit.AndsoIcorrectmydedication: ToLeonWerthwhenhewasalittleboy [Chapter1] -weareintroducedtothenarrator,apilot,andhisideasaboutgrown-upsOncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsa
3、wamagnificentpictureinabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature,abouttheprimevalforest.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Hereisacopyofthedrawing.Inthebookitsaid:"Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirpreywhole,withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthstha
4、ttheyneedfordigestion."Ipondereddeeply,then,overtheadventuresofthejungle.AndaftersomeworkwithacoloredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown-ups,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.Buttheyanswered:"Frighten?Whyshouldanyoneb
5、efrightenedbyahat?"Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedli
6、kethis:Thegrown-ups'response,thistime,wastoadvisemetolayasidemydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter.Ihadbeendisheartenedbythefailureofm
7、yDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,anditistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysandforeverexplainingthingstothem.SothenIchoseanotherprofession,andlearnedtopilotairplanes.Ihaveflo
