""What are you doing here?" he said to the drinker, whom he found seated before a row of bottles, half of them empty and half full. "I am drinking," replied the drinker with a somber air. "Why are you drinking?" asked the little prince. "To forget," answered the drinker. "To forget what?" inquired the little prince, already pitying him. "To forget that I am ashamed," admitted the drinker, lowering his head. "Ashamed of what?" interrogated the little prince, wishing to help him. "Ashamed of drinking!" concluded the drinker, who closed himself definitively in silence."
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