Tara

13 Virtue

1	A wise old man walking along a shoreline at low tide, did see a small boy in the distance.
2	As he came closer it appeared the young boy was dancing.
3	But as he came even closer, he could see the young boy catching small fish exposed from dwindling pools,
4	And throwing them back into the ocean.
5	As the old man came close to the little boy he said: Good morn to you young man! Pray, what are you doing?
6	The boy replied: I am trying to catch these little fish and throw them back into the ocean before they die. Will you help me?
7	The old man then said: Oh dear and virtuous soul! Yet there are many miles of shore and thousands of fish.
8	As much as I wish to come to your aid, such a quest is futile. For how can anyone make a difference with such providence?
9	Whereupon the little boy returned to picking up a fish gasping for its life and returned it to the ocean.
10	He then spoke to the old man thus: It made a difference for that one.