Todays Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul

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I Found a Tiny Starfish

By Dayle Ann Dodds

I found a tiny starfish

In a tidepool by the sand.

I found a tiny starfish

And put him in my hand.

An itty-bitty starfish

No bigger than my thumb,

A wet and golden starfish

Belonging to no one.

I thought that I would take him

From the tidepool by the sea,

And bring him home to give to you

A loving gift from me.

But as I held my starfish,

His skin began to dry.

Without his special seaside home,

My gift to you would die.

I found a tiny starfish

In a tidepool by the sea.

I hope whoever finds him next

Will leave him there, like me!

And the gift I've saved for you?

The best that I can give:

I found a tiny starfish,

And for you, I let him live.