Better Cities:The Boy on the Shore

Book Information The Boy on the Shore
ID	xx0982E4
	25		1.0
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Found in the following locations: Sold by book merchants and found in random containers as loot.

The Boy on the Shore

A lesson on doing good.

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Once a traveler was walking along the shores of Topal Bay and suddenly he saw a boy, who was lifting something from the sand and throwing it into the sea. The traveler came closer and saw that the boy was throwing starfish. They surrounded him on all sides. It seemed that there were millions of starfish on the sand, the coast was literally littered with them for many kilometres.

"Why are you throwing these starfish into the water?" he asked the boy, coming closer.

"If they stay on the shore until tomorrow morning, when the tide returns, they will die," the boy replied, without stopping his efforts.

"But this is just stupid!" the traveler exclaimed. "Look around! There are millions of starfish here, the coast is simply littered with them. Your attempts won't change anything!"

The boy lifted the next starfish, thought for a moment, threw it into the ocean and said:

"No, my attempts will change a lot ... for this starfish."

Now the traveler thought, he had been waiting for the opportunity to do a lot of good at once, yet nothing ever came of it. Life is made up of little things. Very rarely is there an opportunity to do a lot of good at once. True greatness lies in being great in the little things.