preludio

Las personas mayores aman las cifras. Cuando les habláis de un nuevo amigo, no os interrogan jamás sobre lo escencial. Jamás os dicen: "¿Cómo es el timbre de su voz? ¿Cuáles son los juegos que prefiere? ¿Colecciona mariposas?" En cambio, os preguntan "¿Qué edad tiene? ¿Cuántos hermanos tiene? ¿Cuánto pesa? ¿Cuánto gana su padre?" Sólo entonces creen conocerle. Si decís a las personas mayores: "He visto una hermosa casa de ladrillos rojos con geranios en las ventanas y palomas en el techo..." no acertarán a imaginarse la casa. Es necesario decirles: "He visto una casa de cien mil francos" Entonces exclamarán: "¡Qué hermosa es!" 

If I have told you these details about the asteroid, and made a note of its number for you, it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand: "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weight? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. If you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof" they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say to them: "I say a house that cost $20,000." Then, they would exclaim: "Oh, what a pretty house that is!"

Le petite prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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