08/06/24 21:45:18
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I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it
to a grown-up. I have a serious reason: he is the best friend I have in the world.
I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about
children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold.
He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book
to the child from whom this grown-up grew. All grown-ups were once children
although few of them remember it. And so I correct my dedication to Leon Werth
when he was a little boy.