<P> An ambitious young Mother imposes a life plan for her daughter that leaves no time for leisure, all for her to enroll in the prestigious Werth Academy . The Little Girl, however, becomes distracted by her elderly retired Aviator neighbor, who tells her the story of the "Little Prince", claiming that he encountered him in the Sahara after crash - landing there . The Aviator recounts the Little Prince asking him to draw a sheep . Lacking skill, he drew a box instead, explaining that a sheep was inside, satisfying the Little Prince . </P> <P> The Little Girl and the Aviator continue to read and play together without the Mother's knowledge . The Aviator tells the Girl about the Little Prince's home, "Asteroid B612", covered in baobab sprouts . He states that after spending some time clearing away the sprouts, the Little Prince found and nurtured a Rose into maturity . Despite becoming his friend, she was rather selfish, which soon caused the Little Prince to travel to elsewhere with a flock of birds . After meeting some adults on other asteroids, he eventually landed on Earth, meeting and taming a red Fox . After a while, the Fox bid goodbye to the Little Prince, advising him to always see with his heart . When the Aviator finishes telling the Little Girl this story, he gives her a stuffed Fox as a gift, telling her that he will leave soon to go find the Little Prince . </P> <P> The two decide to go out for free "birthday" pancakes; when pulled over by a police officer, the Aviator is revealed to have no license and the officer returns the Girl home . Realizing that she hasn't been following the plan, the furious Mother redoubles her daughter's assignments to make up for lost time . Nevertheless, the Girl continues to read the story of the Little Prince, secretly visiting the Aviator to find out the Little Prince's fate after the end, and to go find him with the Aviator . The Aviator tells her that in the end the Little Prince had succumbed to a venomous snake bite in order to be reunited with his beloved Rose . Although the Aviator assures the Girl that he firmly believes the Little Prince succeeded, she is so upset by the dark twist to the story that she wishes she'd never met the Aviator and had never heard the story . </P> <P> Towards the summer's end, the Aviator is hospitalized . The Girl, wanting to put things right, sets off in search of the Little Prince . Escaping through the gutter, the Girl falls into the Aviator's yard and blacks out . After she awakens, the Girl, accompanied by her now - conscious stuffed Fox and the Little Prince's story pages, flies the Aviator's plane into space . They find all the stars mysteriously gone, all the while landing on an asteroid populated by workaholic adults owned by the "Businessman" from the Little Prince's story, who captures and holds all the stars to power his asteroid and belongings . After encountering a police officer (the "Conceited Man") and an elevator operator (the "King") (other characters from the Little Prince's story), they finally find the Little Prince . However, he is now an adult named "Mr. Prince", with no recollection of his past and working as a janitor for the Businessman, out of fear for disappointing him . </P>

Setting of the story of the little prince