A young girl was
walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up
during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up,
and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing
this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are
you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You
can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed
crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up
another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she
looked up at the man and replied,
“Well, I made a
difference to that one!”
The old man looked at
the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired,
he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others
joined, and all the starfish were saved.
- adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C.
Eiseley
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar