One sunny morning on the Southern coast of Australia, a little boy discovered that hundreds of starfish had washed up on the beach and were dying in the sun....
Frantically, the boy began to grab the starfish and fling them back out to sea. A man jogging down the beach stopped to observe the boy in his seemingly futile exercise.There were far too many starfish to be saved.
"I understand what you're doing, son," the man said. "but do you really think it will make a difference?"
The boy looked up at the man, then down at the starfish in his own hand.
"I don't know, mister," he said.
"But I think it will for this one."
