An old man walked across the beach until he came across a young boy throwing something into the breaking waves.
Upon closer inspection, the old man could see that the boy was tossing stranded starfish from the sandy beach, back into the ocean.
"What are you doing, young man?" He asked.
"If the starfish are still on the beach when the sun rises, they will die," the boy answered.
"That is ridiculous. There are thousands of miles of beach and millions of starfish. It doesn't matter how many you throw in; you can't make a difference."
"It matters to this one," said the boy as he threw another starfish into the waves. "And it matters to this one."
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一位老人正步行穿过海滩，他偶然间看到一个小男孩正在朝海浪里扔东西。
老人走上前仔细查看，发现小男孩正在捡搁浅在沙滩上的海星，扔向大海。
“你在干什么呢，孩子？”他问。
“如果太阳升起的时候这些海星还在沙滩上，它们就会死的。”男孩回答。
“真好笑，海滩有数千英里长，海滩上搁浅的海星有数百万只，你向海里扔了多少海星根本就无关紧要，你这么做起不了任何作用。”
“对这只来说有很大关系，”小男孩一边说一边向海里又扔了一只“对这只来说也是。”
