"On the third day, the little prince about the planet infested with baobab. The baobab trees before they begin to become big by being small and if you are not diligent in eliminating become large, take over, eat the planet and any possibility to survive. "On the planet the little prince we are, as on all planets, herbs good and bad. This means that: good seeds of herbs good and bad seeds of weeds. But seeds are invisible. They sleep in the secret of the earth until one or the other grabs the imagination awake. Then you stretch, at first timidly and pushes toward the sun a beautiful twig harmless. If it is a branch of radish or rose bush, you can leave it as it wants to check. But if it is a bad plant, one must tear away, as soon as it is recognized. There were some terrible seeds on the planet the little prince were the seeds of the baobab. The soil was infested with them. Now, a baobab, if you arrive too late, no longer able to get rid of it. littered all over the planet. It pierces with its roots. And if the planet is too small and too numerous baobab trees, they do explode.
"It 's a matter of discipline - he told me later the little prince - when you have finished washing in the morning, care needs to be done with cleaning the planet. We must force yourself to regularly tear the baobab stands out from them just like to look a lot like roses when they are small. It is a tedious job, but very easy. "
(...) and so I say: "Children! Beware of the baobabs! "
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, Bompiani, 1993
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