We like to go on beach walks and pier walks. When the tide
is really low, we go on mud walks. Mud walks are great for shelling. We all
collect shells as I am sure you know. Well, my mom found a dead seastar
recently. She brought it home to show us
and to dry out. We have some small
starfish but nothing like this. I bought a really cool starfish in The Bahamas,
but my mom found this. We had put it in the bathtub for the time being. It was
beautiful. It was completely perfect when it came inside. I noticed that the tips of its legs were
falling off. I thought that Noah was messing with it. It was no longer whole but it was still
really cool.
Several hours later, we touched it and its legs started
moving a little. We weren’t sure if it was a reflex or something. We have a
rule in our house that we don’t keep anything that is alive, or has a creature
living in it, even if it is really cool. So, the seastar was put back in the
water. Not before I took a few pictures though. It was kind of sad because it
was such a rare find. Noah even cried
because he wanted to keep it. I explained why and he understood. It is one of
the coolest things we have found to date.
