Текст песни Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери - Маленький принц. Глава 16

XVI

        Thus, the seventh planet, which he visited, was the Earth. Earth - the planet is not easy! It has one hundred and eleven kings (including, of course, and the Negro), seven thousand geographers, nine hundred thousand businessmen, seven and a half million drunkards, three hundred and eleven million ambitious - a total of about two billion adults.
        To give you an idea of ​​how big the Earth, except to say that, while not invented electricity, on six continents had to keep a whole army of lamplighters - four hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred and eleven people.
        If you look from the side, it was a magnificent sight. The movements of this army subordinate to the exact rhythm, just like in ballet.
        The first speaker lamplighters New Zealand and Australia. Lit up your lights, they went to bed. Behind them comes the turn lamplighters China. Performed their dance, they too were hiding behind the scenes. Then came the turn of lamplighters in Russia and India. Then - in Africa and Europe. Then, in South America. Then, in North America. And they never made mistakes, no one went on stage at the wrong time. Yes, it was brilliant.
        Only the lamplighter that he had to light a single lamp at the North Pole, and even his fellow at the South Pole - only these two men lived easily and carelessly: they had to do their work twice a year.