Quote #1933 About Childhood By Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

"I showed the grown ups my maasterpiece, andI asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered why be scared of a hat? My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant."

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