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| date      = September 30, 2005
 
| date      = September 30, 2005
| title    = 2: Petit Trees (sketch)
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| title    = Petit Trees (sketch)
| image    = Petit_Trees_(sketch).jpg
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| titletext   = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch
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| titletext = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch
 
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==Transcript==
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== Explanation ==
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== Transcript ==
 
[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.]
 
[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.]
==Explanation==
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==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
*[Quote from [[Randall]]] "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned"
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* [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 Originally posted] at [[Randall]]'s livejournal site
*Original title "Le Petit"
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* [Quote from [[Randall]]] "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned"
*Originally posted at [[Randall]]'s livejournal site.
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* Original title "Le Petit"
*View archive at: http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40
 
  
 
{{Comic discussion}}
 
{{Comic discussion}}

Revision as of 14:22, 12 August 2012

Petit Trees (sketch)
"Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch
Title text: "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch

Explanation

Transcript

[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.]

Trivia


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Discussion

Randall says that he only thought of the reference to Le Petit Prince while he was drawing this picture. I think that it is likely that Randall was originally thinking of "pedigrees" and the tree structure of a genealogical chart. Since royalty is often descended from earlier royal ancestors, it would not be surprising that while drawing what was originally a pun, Randall thought of the book "Le Petit Prince." 162.158.123.79 16:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
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