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| date = September 30, 2005 | | date = September 30, 2005 | ||
| title = Petit Trees (sketch) | | title = Petit Trees (sketch) | ||
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| titletext = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch | | titletext = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch | ||
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| − | == Explanation == | + | ==Explanation== |
{{w|Le Petit Prince}} was a novella written by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}} in 1943, about the titular "little Prince", who lives on an asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. The scale of the asteroid is such that, if two large trees grew on it, it would look a lot like this sketch. | {{w|Le Petit Prince}} was a novella written by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}} in 1943, about the titular "little Prince", who lives on an asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. The scale of the asteroid is such that, if two large trees grew on it, it would look a lot like this sketch. | ||
| − | == Transcript == | + | ==Transcript== |
| − | [Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.] | + | :[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.] |
| − | == Trivia == | + | ==Trivia== |
* [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 Originally posted] at [[Randall]]'s livejournal site | * [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 Originally posted] at [[Randall]]'s livejournal site | ||
* [Quote from [[Randall]]] "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned" | * [Quote from [[Randall]]] "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned" | ||
* Original title "Le Petit" | * Original title "Le Petit" | ||
| − | * This is the fourth comic posted on livejournal. The previous was | + | * This is the fourth comic posted on livejournal. The previous was [[3: Island (sketch)]], the next was [[1: Barrel - Part 1]]. |
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[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]] | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]] | ||
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| Petit Trees (sketch) |
.jpg) Title text: "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch |
Explanation
Le Petit Prince was a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in 1943, about the titular "little Prince", who lives on an asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. The scale of the asteroid is such that, if two large trees grew on it, it would look a lot like this sketch.
Transcript
- [Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.]
Trivia
- Originally posted at Randall's livejournal site
- [Quote from Randall] "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned"
- Original title "Le Petit"
- This is the fourth comic posted on livejournal. The previous was 3: Island (sketch), the next was 1: Barrel - Part 1.
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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)
