HIT: Story about starfish

[Karen Weaver <kweaver@AJHS.AJUSD.ORG>]

We have the story about the starfish already!  This group is awesome. =20=

Someone asked for the response, so here it is.  Thanks to everyone who=20=

was so quick!

Karen Weaver
Librarian
Apache Junction High School
Apache Junction, AZ
kweaver@ajhs.ajusd.org




> This site tells the story with a young boy throwing the starfish:
> http://www.kirstimd.com/starfishe.htm
> The following uses the old man--
>=20
> The Starfish Story


> I Make A Difference

> There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn.=

> In the distance he saw a frail old man.

> As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up stranded
> starfish and throwing them back into the sea.

> The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again
> threw the small starfish from the sand to the water.

> He asked, "Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing
> what seems to be a waste of time."

> The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die
> if left in the morning sun.

> "But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish!"
> exclaimed the young man. "How can you make any difference?"

> The old man looked at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw
> it to the safety of the sea, he said, "It makes a difference to this=20=

one!".
> Author unknown

> ...I make a difference!

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