A man was stroll along the beach when he suddenly noticed from afar what he thought were children dancing ."what on earth are they doing dancing on the beach ? "as he quickly paced towards them. He was surprise that a boy and a girl were not dancing but picking up the starfishes which were washed on the shore by the tide and throwing them back into the sea.
"Excuse me",why are you throwing the starfishes back into the sea ?" he asked.
The children ignored the remark but they continued picking up the starfishes and kept throwing them back into the sea.
"Don't you think it is a waste of your time as there are hundreds of starfishes still lying around.Surely you can't keep this act all day long."
At last the elder boy replied,"Sir,you see the sun would soon rise and the tide will ebb away.Though my sister and I can't throw all the starfishes back into the sea, we are sure it matters to the ones we succeed in throwing . Would you like to join us, it would make a difference."The man smiled and said, "It certainly would ," so he too pick up the starfishes and threw them into the sea.
有一个人在沙滩上散步，突然，他看见远处好像有孩子们在跳舞。“他们在沙滩上跳舞干什么?”他边想边迅速朝他们走了过去。他惊奇地发现，是一个男孩和一个女孩，他们并不是在跳舞，而是在捡被海水冲上岸的海星，然后把它们扔回大海。
“请问，你们为什么要把海星扔回大海呢？”他问。
孩子们没有理会他的话，继续捡着海星并扔回大海。
“你们不觉得这是浪费时间吗？还有成百上千海星躺在岸上呢！你们肯定不会一整天都这样扔下去吧。”
终于，年龄大一点的男孩开口了，说：“先生，你知道，太阳很快就要升起来了，潮水也会退去。虽然我和妹妹不能把所有的海星都扔回大海，但我们相信，对于那些被我们扔回大海的海星来说，我们所做的是很有意义的，你想加入我们吗？这很有意思。”那人笑了笑说：“当然。”于是，他也捡起了海星并将它们扔回大海。
关闭窗口
打印文档