Little Prince — Chapter 13

　　"Is that all that is necessary?"

　　"Certainly. When you find a diamond that belongs to nobody, it is yours. When you discover an island that belongs to nobody, it is yours. When you get an idea before any one else, you take out a patent on it: it is yours. So with me: I own the stars, because nobody else before me ever thought of owning them."

　　"Yes, that is true," said the little prince. "And what do you do with them?"

　　"I administer them," replied the businessman. "I count them and recount them. It is difficult. But I am a man who is naturally interested in matters of consequence."

　　The little prince was still not satisfied.

　　"If I owned a silk scarf," he said, "I could put it around my neck and take it away with me. If I owned a flower, I could pluck that flower and take it away with me. But you cannot pluck the stars from heaven..."

　　"No. But I can put them in the bank."

　　"Whatever does that mean?"

　　"That means that I write the number of my stars on a little paper. And then I put this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key."

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