Kisah ini mengenai penerbangan di masa sebelum perang dunia II saat dunia penerbangan belum secanggih seperti sekarang. Terkadang pada saat itu penerbangan jauh bagaikan perjudian antara hidup dan mati.'
The little prince lived alone on the tiny planet no larger than a house. He owned three volcanoes, two active on one extinct. He also owned a flower, unlike any flower in all the galaxy, of great beauty and of inordinate pride