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 ==Explanation==
-This comic does not present a particular point, it's just a picture drawn by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. ''{{w|The Little Prince}}'' (in French ''Le Petit Prince'') is a novella written by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}} in 1943, about the titular Little Prince, who lives on a very small nearly-spherical asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. It is noted how, on occasion, {{w|Adansonia|baobab trees}} can begin to grow on these asteroids, and should they not be immediately uprooted, the growth of their roots would tear the asteroid apart. ''The Little Prince'' would later be [[:Category:The Little Prince|referenced]] in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article {{what if|26|Leap Seconds}}, in [[618: Asteroid]], and in [[1350: Lorenz]] at [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/VgSdMz8OAHQ8w5Ee432f5Q.png the end] of the space trip branch.
+This comic does not present a particular point, it's just a picture drawn by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. ''{{w|The Little Prince}}'' (in French ''Le Petit Prince'') is a novella written by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}} in 1943, about the titular Little Prince, who lives on a very small nearly-spherical asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. It is noted how, on occasion, {{w|Adansonia|baobab trees}} can begin to grow on these asteroids, and should they not be immediately uprooted, the growth of their roots would tear the asteroid apart. This illustration appears to be just before the trees tear apart the asteroid, based on how far the roots have spread.''The Little Prince'' would later be [[:Category:The Little Prince|referenced]] in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article {{what if|26|Leap Seconds}}, in [[618: Asteroid]], and in [[1350: Lorenz]] at [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/VgSdMz8OAHQ8w5Ee432f5Q.png the end] of the space trip branch.
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 :[Some little rectangles are drawn to the left of the scan.]
-:[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a very small world. Their roots cover most of the planet's surface.]
+:[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a very small sphere. Their roots cover most of the planet's surface.]
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic does not present a particular point, it's just a picture drawn by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. ''{{w|The Little Prince}}'' (in French ''Le Petit Prince'') is a novella written by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}} in 1943, about the titular Little Prince, who lives on an asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. It is noted how, on occasion, {{w|Adansonia|baobab trees}} can begin to grow on these asteroids, and should they not be immediately uprooted, the growth of their roots would tear the asteroid apart. ''The Little Prince'' would later be [[:Category:The Little Prince|referenced]] in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article {{what if|26|Leap Seconds}}, in [[618: Asteroid]], and in [[1350: Lorenz]] at [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/VgSdMz8OAHQ8w5Ee432f5Q.png the end] of the space trip branch.
+This comic does not present a particular point, it's just a picture drawn by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. ''{{w|The Little Prince}}'' (in French ''Le Petit Prince'') is a novella written by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}} in 1943, about the titular Little Prince, who lives on a very small nearly-spherical asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. It is noted how, on occasion, {{w|Adansonia|baobab trees}} can begin to grow on these asteroids, and should they not be immediately uprooted, the growth of their roots would tear the asteroid apart. ''The Little Prince'' would later be [[:Category:The Little Prince|referenced]] in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article {{what if|26|Leap Seconds}}, in [[618: Asteroid]], and in [[1350: Lorenz]] at [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a1-2014/VgSdMz8OAHQ8w5Ee432f5Q.png the end] of the space trip branch.
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 }}
-This was the fourth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[3: Island (sketch)]], and the next one was [[1: Barrel - Part 1]]. It was among the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on September 30, 2005, on the first day of the xkcd LiveJournal account.
+This was the fourth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[3: Island (sketch)]], and the next one was [[1: Barrel - Part 1]]. It was among the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on September 30, 2005, on the first day of the xkcd LiveJournal account.
 ==Explanation==

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 | ognext    = 1
 | image     = tree_cropped_(1).jpg
-| titletext = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A36%20pm-,Le%20Petit,-Another%20fairly%20old Original caption</span>]: Another fairly old drawing that I scanned.
+| titletext = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A36%20pm-,Le%20Petit,-Another%20fairly%20old Original caption</span>]:'' Another fairly old drawing that I scanned.
 }}

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 | date      = September 30, 2005
 | title     = Petit Trees (sketch)
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A36%20pm-,Le%20Petit,-Another%20fairly%20old Original title</span>]: '''Le Petit'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 4
 | image     = tree_cropped_(1).jpg
 | titletext = "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A36%20pm-,Le%20Petit,-Another%20fairly%20old Original caption</span>]: Another fairly old drawing that I scanned.