AnInsingificantActofKindnessAmanwasstrollingalongthebeachwhenhesuddenlynoticedfromafarwhathethoughtwerechildrendancing.“Whatoneartharetheydoingdancingonthebeach?”ashequicklypacedtowardsthem.Hewassurprisedthataboyandagirlwerenotdancingbutpickingupthestarfisheswhichwerewashedashorebythetideandthrowingthembackintothesea.“Excuseme,whyareyouthrowingthestarfishesbackintothesea?”heasked.Thechildrenignoredtheremarkbuttheycontinuedpickingupthestarfishesandkeptthrowingthembackintothesea.“Don'tyouthinkitisawasteofyourtimeastherearehundredsofstarfishesstilllyingaround.Surelyyoucan'tkeepthisactalldaylong.”Atlasttheelderboyreplied,“Sir,youseethesunwouldsoonriseandthetidewillebbaway.ThoughmysisterandIcan'tthrowallthestarfishesbackintothesea,wearesureitmatterstotheoneswesucceedinthrowing.Wouldyouliketojoinus,itwouldmakeadifference.”Themansmiledandsaid,“Itcertainlywould,”sohetoopickupthestarfishesandthrewthemintothesea.有个人在沙滩上散步，在不经意间看到远处好像有孩子在跳舞。“他们为什么要在沙滩上跳舞呢?”他边想边快速地朝孩子们走去。他惊奇地发现，那个男孩和那个女孩并不是在跳舞，而是在捡被潮水冲上岸来的海星，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，继续捡海星向大海扔去。“你们不觉得这是在浪费时间吗?还有成千上万只海星躺在岸上呢!你们肯定不会一整天都这样扔下去吧。”后来，年龄大一点儿的男孩说：“先生，你知道吗，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，但我相信，对于被我们扔回大海的海星来说，我们所做的是至关重要的。你想加入我们吗?这很有意义。”那人笑了笑说：“非常愿意。”于是，他也捡起海星，朝大海扔去。
