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<P>The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked --Apple-Mail-417-280501614 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Brian, I'd heard the story before, unattributed. When I started looking for a =20= source I found the following page: http://muttcats.com/starfish.htm It does say, and I neglected to mention, that the short account below =20= is "adapted" from the story (although adapted by whom, it doesn't =20 specify). Cheers! Chris On 13-Jan-12, at 2:22 PM, Brian Bartlett wrote: > Eiseley was a genius of an essayist, memoirist, and nature writer. =20 > The Immense Journey, The Night Country, The Unexpected Universe, All =20= > The Strange Hours -- a few of his most memorable books. The Star =20 > Thrower, which Chris mentions, provided the title for a selection of =20= > Eiseley's writing. But Chris, I'm a bit confused, because "The Star =20= > Thrower" is a 25-page personal essay in the book The Unexpected =20 > Universe, and it doesn't contain the passage you quote below. Did =20 > you find that on-line somewhere? > Brian > > > From: Christopher Majka > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:34 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Vogel-the Common Gallinule/ native story > > Hi Tuma and Dusan, > > Tuma's story of Militaw reminds me of The Star Thrower, a story =20 > written<ir.gif> by anthropologist Loren Eisley (1907-1977). =20 > Apparently it was a true story in which Eisley himself was the =20 > "elderly gentleman". ;~> > > Cheers! > > Chris > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =20= > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =20= > - - - - - - - - - - - - > The Star Thrower > > by Loren Eisley > While walking along a beach, an elderly gentleman saw someone in the =20= > distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the =20= > ocean. As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a =20 > young man, picking up starfish one by one and tossing each one =20 > gently back into the water. He came closer still and called out, =20 > "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?" > > The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into =20= > the ocean." > > The old man smiled, and said, "I must ask, then, why are you =20 > throwing starfish into the ocean?" > > To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going =20= > out. If I don=92t throw them in, they=92ll die." > > Upon hearing this, the elderly observer commented, "But, young man, =20= > do you not realise that there are miles and miles of beach and there =20= > are starfish all along every mile? You can=92t possibly make a =20 > difference!" > > The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up =20 > another starfish, threw it into the back into the ocean past the =20 > breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one." > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =20= > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =20= > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > --Apple-Mail-417-280501614 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Brian,<div><br></div><div>I'd heard the story before, unattributed. When = I started looking for a source I found the following = page:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> <a = href=3D"http://muttcats.com/starfish.htm">http://muttcats.com/starfish.htm= </a></span></div><div><br></div><div>It does say, and I neglected to = mention, that the short account below is "adapted" from the story = (although adapted by whom, it doesn't = specify).</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris<= /div><div><br><div><div>On 13-Jan-12, at 2:22 PM, Brian Bartlett = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <meta content=3D"text/html;charset=3DWindows-1252" = http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"> <meta name=3D"GENERATOR" content=3D"MSHTML = 9.00.8112.16440"> <div style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; = WORD-WRAP: break-word; PADDING-TOP: 15px; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" id=3D"MailContainerBody" = leftmargin=3D"0" topmargin=3D"0" canvastabstop=3D"true" name=3D"Compose = message area"> <div><font face=3D"Calibri">Eiseley was a genius of an = essayist, memoirist, and nature writer. The Immense Journey, The Night = Country, The Unexpected Universe, All The Strange Hours -- a few of his = most memorable books. The Star Thrower, which Chris mentions, provided = the title for a selection of Eiseley's writing. But Chris, I'm a bit = confused, because "The Star Thrower" is a 25-page personal essay in the = book The Unexpected Universe, and it doesn't contain the passage you = quote below. Did you find that on-line somewhere? </font></div> = <div><font face=3D"Calibri">Brian</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font = face=3D"Calibri"></font> </div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> = <div style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div style=3D"font-color: = black"><b>From:</b> <a title=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca CTRL + Click to follow link" = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">Christopher Majka</a> </div> = <div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 13, 2012 1:34 PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> = <a title=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca CTRL + Click to follow link" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> = </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Vogel-the Common Gallinule/ = native story</div></div></div> <div><br></div> <div>Hi Tuma and = Dusan,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Tuma's story of Militaw reminds = me of The Star Thrower, a story = written<span><ir.gif></span> by anthropologist Loren Eisley = (1907-1977). Apparently it was a