Ryan Goes Places

About Me


Ryan Brown is a recent graduate of Duke University. Between May and December 2009, she kept this blog to record her travels across Europe and Africa. These days, you can find her here.




Where I've been
(since May '09)

Durham, North Carolina
Denver, Colorado
Durban, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Victoria Falls, Zambia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Washington D.C.
Bucharest, Romania
Budapest, Hungary
Prague, Czech Republic
Paris, France



Contact
ryan.brown at duke.edu

Other Writing

To Be Certain
Short Story (Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize),
Dec. 2008

Learning How to Elect a President
Denver Post column, Sept. 2008

From War to Duke
Towerview (News Magazine), Oct. 2008




Site Meter

Les Baobabs

- C’est bien vrai, n’est-ce pas, que les moutons mangent les arbustes ?

- Oui. C’est vrai.

- Ah! Je suis content.

Je ne compris pas pourquoi il était si important que les moutons mangeassent les arbustes. Mais le petit prince ajouta:

- Par conséquent ils mangent aussi les baobabs ?

Je fis remarquer au petit prince que les baobabs ne sont pas des arbustes, mais des arbres grand comme des églises et que, si même il emportait avec lui tout un troupeau d’éléphants, ce troupeau ne viendrait pas à bout d’un seul baobab.

-Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince

[“Is it really true that sheep eat bushes?”

“Yes, it’s true.”

“Ah! I am glad.”

I didn’t understand why it was so important that sheep ate bushes. But the little prince added:

“Therefore they also eat the baobab trees?”

I pointed out to the little prince that the baobabs are not bushes, but trees as large as churches and that, even if one took with them an entire herd of elephants, the herd could not finish one single baobab.]

-Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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