rene@umcp-cs.UUCP (12/11/83)
My sister and I were discussing books we liked, and we both thought of
one that we only vaguely remembered. It was a children's story (at
least, we read it when we were in Jr. High, I think), called (maybe)
'The Little Prince' or 'The [something] prince'. It is NOT the story
about the prince from a little world who visits Earth (and other
planets) and is friends with an airplane pilot. It IS about a prince
who was locked in tower, couldn't walk, and had a magic carpet. We
don't remember much else, just pictures and vague impressions. I
thought it was a book, and my sister thinks it was a short story. Any
bells rung out there? (I know this isn't much to go on ...)
On a related topic, has anyone out there read 'The Secret Garden'? I
seem to remember reading it about the same time.
- rene
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Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!reneplaskon@hplabsc.UUCP (Dawn Plaskon) (12/14/83)
I believe the book you are looking for is "The Little Lame Prince". I do not recall the author. "The Secret Garden" is by Frances Hodgson Burnett who also wrote "The Little Princess" and a few other less well-known books.
chenette@umn-cs.UUCP (12/15/83)
#R:umcp-cs:-439000:umn-cs:14700001:000:312 umn-cs!chenette Dec 14 15:06:00 1983 I've got that book in my attic - it was one of my very favorite books when I was growing up. I shall dig it out over Christmas break and find out who the author was. (I have to brave the attic to retrieve my humidifier, anyway.) Anne Chenette chenette.umn-cs@csnet-relay ihnp4!umn-cs!chenette