Natalie
You all know the story of the old man who walked along the beach picking up starfish that had been washed up onto the sand and tossing them back into the ocean. A young man stopped him and said Are you crazy old man, there are thousands of starfish along the shore, do you really think that your tossing them back into the ocean one at a time will make a difference? The old man bent down, picked up a star fish and tossed it back into the ocean. He looked at the young man and replied To that one, it just made a difference Natalie is sixteen. She lives with her boyfriend and his family in a 'block' in Pardes Hanah. A 'block' is an apartment building, but 'apartment' is too luxurious a word to describe where and how Natalia lives. There is no elevator in her building, no lights on the landings between the six flights of stairs that are littered with used clothes and electrical goods that no longer work. There are no paintings on the landings, no balconies, no plants