Printable Starfish Story
The Starfish Story Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up. Download a printable PDF file of The Starfish Story, a popular parable about making a difference in the world. Read the story of a young man and an old man who save starfish from the beach.
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THE STORY OF THE STARFISH 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. "The Story of the Starfish" While walking the beach, a man saw someone in the distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the sea.
As he came closer, he saw thousands of starfish the tide had thrown onto the beach during the previous night's storm. Unable to return to the ocean during low tide, the starfish were dying. The Starfish Story (Originally told by Loren Eisley) One day, following a particularly rough storm, a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
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Approaching the boy, he asked, "What are you doing?" The youth replied, "Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them back, they'll die.
Son, the man said, don't you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can't make a difference. After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, I made a difference for that one.
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I. The Starfish Story Adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907 - 1977) Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. The Starfish Story One morning, a boy walked along the beach. He saw thousands of starfish washed up by the waves.
He picked up one starfish and threw it back into the ocean. An old man said, "You can't save them all. Why bother?" The boy smiled and said, "I made a difference to that one." Even small actions can make a big difference.
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The Starfish Story Adapted from Loren Eiseley's The Star Thrower who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on t e beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as t.
The Starfish Story A man walked along the beach. Ahead, he saw a boy dashing back and forth in the sand. He smiled, thinking the boy was enjoying a game on a fine morning so he huried to catch up.
