Hi Health Promoters I'm looking for the original source of the popular health promotion story that is told about two villages by a river. It goes something like this..... The villagers from the downstream settlement noticed one day that bodies were floating down the river. At first there were one or two, then more and more, until the villagers were spending all their time diving into the river to rescue the bodies and resuscitate them if they could. After some weeks of this, the villagers noticed some of their community members walking away, following the river upstream. The rescuers were angry and called to those people who were walking away to stay and help. One of the travellers replied 'You can spend all your lives pulling these people out. We're going up stream to see if we can stop them falling in.' It's a good story, hey? I've read that it was written by Maccoby of the Stanford Heart Program - but that is the only detail that I have. Can you refer me to an original source or provide me with any more detail? Thanks. From Monica Bensberg Department of Human Services 122 Thomas Street Dandenong 3175 Victoria Australia Ph: 9213 2055 Fax: 9213 2160