Starfish Story

From Elfi

Once there was an old man walking down the beach as the tide went out. In the distance, he saw someone else on the same stretch of beach. As he drew closer, he saw that it was a young boy, moving back and forth at the edge of the receding waves. As he drew still closer, he realized what it was that the boy was doing, picking up starfish from the quickly drying sand and tossing them into the waves. Finally he stood next to the boy, and said, “There are starfish all along this beach, miles and miles of it. You are only one boy. What difference do you think you can make? These starfish are all dying.” In answer, the boy bent and picked up another starfish and tossed it into the waves. “It made a difference to that one.”