Don't Blame Me

"e;Don't blame me,"e; said the little boy. "e;The problem with our oceans is that they're huge."e; That s what I ve been telling them for 60 years, said Paddy the Starfish. I m just a baby, so don t blame me said Junior to Bubbles the slug. The problem is up there . Something must have changed, but what was it? said Angel Fish. I suspect lots of things . I know that you re talking about me, said Thorny passing by quickly for good reason. I know that you re here somewhere, Thorny said Dan the diver. You can t outrun me . You won t get away next time Thorny, said Triton. Your days are numbered . That s all right for you to say Triton, said Nudibranch. You have a shell and lots of food . And the more often Thorny gets away, the hungrier they are for me, said another starfish. I might only be a shrimp, but I can look after myself when it comes to Thorny, I don t mind a Thorny or two, said the Wrasse. It s really a question of what we like to eat. What do you mean by that Wrasse? said the diver. It depends on what we like to eat! . I would have thought that it was obvious, said Wrasse. I m not just a pretty face . It s not just what we eat, said baby starfish. As I keep saying the problem is up there . We re so pretty and up there they think that the ocean is so huge, said baby Fish. Thank-you Wrasse and Baby Starfish, the problem certainly starts up there, not down here . President, Dan the Diver tells me that we have a problem. The ocean needs these shells . All of us creatures play a role, even if we are just slugs, shrimp or starfish, they all said. So, at the end of the day it depends on us all, even humans. We can t just blame Thorny