The Little Things

The Little Things A young fish loved collecting pebbles-those little shiny stones at the bottom of the ocean. He spent all of his time looking for them. One day, an old fish said to him, " You cannot spend your entire day looking for little pebbles. There is a whole world out there for you to learn about! " But the young fish didn't listen. Early one morning, while the other fish were still sleeping, the young fish went for a swim. He came upon a pile of pebbles. Excited about his fnd, he started bringing the pebbles back to his home, one by one.

Just as he was making his last trip, he saw a shadow. It was a big, ugly lion fish—the scariest fish in the sea. Suddenly, the lion fish started chasing the young fish. Very quickly, the young fish realized that the only way he could escape was to drop the pebble, and swim away as fast as he could. From then on, he always remembered what the wise fish had told him: Too many little things may make you lose sight of the big picture.