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Starfish By
Rutagengwa Claude Shema
Regional Coordinator
Great Lakes Peace Initiative (GLPI)
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STARFISH
A boy walked along the beach and picked up starfish in the
sand and threw them back into the sea. A wise old man approached
him and asked, "What are you doing?" The boy said, "I am throwing
these starfish into the water to save them, because otherwise they
would dry out and die." The old man laughed and said, "My dear
boy, there are millions of starfish, you can never save them all."
The boy replied, "I know I cannot save all of them, but it surely
makes a difference for this starfish Tommy, and that starfish
Sally, and this one, and that one. They feel much better in the
water." The old man agreed and began to help pick up starfish and
throw them into the water. Other people on the beach saw them and
began to help. This way, enough starfish were saved to assure
their survival.
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