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"The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen. The desert is beautiful. What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.." said the little prince.
I was astonished by a sudden understanding of that mysterious radiation of the sands. When I was a little boy I lived in an old house, and legend told us that a treasure was buried there. To be sure, no one had ever known how to find; perhaps no one had ever even looked for it. But it cast an enchantment over that house. My home was hiding a secret in the depth of it's heart...
The house, the stars, the desert- what gives them their beauty is something that is visible!