Who never wanted to be loved by prince? The princes in the classical fairy tales are all dashing, brave, and oh, they fall in love with a beautiful girl always. Their love is always true and endures happily ever after. With the evolving tastes of readers, new princes have arrived on the scene. One such prince has captured millions of hears all over the world, and he is . . . The Little Prince.

Children like to hear the story of the Little Prince again and again. This little prince is unlike the dashing princes that saved many a damsel from distress. He is the only prince that dropped from the sky and is a little boy. Instead of loving a princess, this little prince loves one rose. He says "If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the million and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, "Somewhere, my flower is there . . . But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened . . . And you think that is not important!"

A favorite prince in children's literature is the cursed prince of the Beauty and the Beast. The prince does not immediately appear on the scene as a dashing young man, but as a beast. Despite his frightful looks, he is kind and gentle. It is his gentleness that makes Beauty fall in love with him. The Beast says that "all is not what it seems" so we are taught not to judge a man by his looks alone; and true beauty comes from within.

The prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves gives the unconscious princess the first kiss of love. It is a kiss of pure love that awakens the heart of the princess and restores her to life. That this prince searched high and low for the princess reveals the dogged determination to find true love. We learn that the search for love should not be a hurried affair because love will always find its way to all hearts.

The saga of Rapunzel's prince is unlike the journey of the other princes. This prince was blinded and spent years looking for his Rapunzel. Only the voice of Rapunzel led him to hear. Again love prevails when one is true. Indeed the loves of these princes are true. So who wouldn't want to be loved by a prince?