The story is philosophical and includes social criticism of the adult world.
The adult fable, according to one review, is actually ..".an allegory of Saint-Exup ry\'s own life--his search for childhood certainties and interior peace, his mysticism, his belief in human courage and bro.
It was written during a period when Saint-Exup ry fled to North America subsequent to the Fall of France during the Second World War, witnessed first hand by the author and captured in his memoir Flight to Arras.
The story is philosophical and includes social criticism of the adult world