I loved the introduction to “The Little Prince”.  I love it’s apology to children for dedicating the book to a grown up.  All the way through the book, the little prince tells us of the foibles and flaws of grown-ups, but he begins with a dedication to one; and then corrects himself to dedicate it to the person “WHEN HE WAS A CHILD” that the author knew and loved.   In other words, the author of “The Little Prince”, Antoine de Saint Exupery, dedicated the book to his best friend in the world Leon Werth, whom he said “understands everything, even books about kids”.  Antoine goes on to say that all grown-ups were kids, but don’t remember it; so he corrects the dedication to be for “Leon Werth, when he was a child”.  The truths and gentle finger poking at adults and their irrational thinking, are greatly celebrated.  I read this book as a child, and now as a mother, I would have to agree that “The Little Prince” was correct in most of his assumptions, ok all of them!!