By Eric Faber Santa Monica What’s the difference? Editor:
“What are you doing, honey?” “I’m throwing these starfish into the ocean, daddy. If I don’t, they’ll die.”
“There’s a lot of starfish on the beach. Do you think it will make a difference?”
The girl smiled at her father, picked up yet another starfish and threw it into the sea.
“I made a difference to that one.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 23, 2008. Read the original PDF.