Are the talking animals real or figments of the Little Prince's imagination?

Question

The Little Prince meets some animals that can talk: for example, a fox and a snake.Well, we know^{[citation needed]} that they can't actually talk, but do they really exist or are they just figments of the Little Prince's imagination?

Answer 1

The fox and snake are real, as the snake bites the Little Prince to send him home and the narrator witnesses this event. This leaves the reader to assume that the other characters that the Little Prince met in his journey, like the fox, were also real. The Little Prince sees and experiences many strange and extraordinary things and the narrator realizes that this because he is open-minded and has a heart full of love. The fox and snake teach the Little Prince important lessons about friendship and growing up.