An old man was walking along the beach, when he came upon apart of the sand where thousands of starfish had washed ashore. A littlefurther down the beach he saw a young woman, who was picking up the starfishone at a time and tossing them back into the ocean. "Oh you silly girl,"he exclaimed. "You can't possibly save all of these starfish. There'stoo many." The woman smiled and said, "I know. But I can save this one, "and she tossed another into the ocean, "and this one", toss, "and thisone..."