She began to pick them up and throw them back into the ocean. In the meanwhile, a man came up to her and said, what are you doing? You can't possibly make a difference. There are too many of them. The girl picked up another fish and threw it back into the ocean, and gently replied to the man, well, it made a difference to that one. So the moral of the story is that even small acts of kindness can make a difference in the world