2010/01/24

A Thousand Paper Cranes from Washington DC

We had a guest who brought 1,000 paper cranes from US!
I was happy as one of the people living in Hiroshima.

Paper cranes on the table,
in the bag,


and more in this suit case!!






She says that her friend helped the first 1oo cranes,
and she finished the rest!

Do you know the story about a thousand paper cranes?

A girl named Sadako, who became a victim from the bomb,
she was diagnosed as a leukemia.
She kept folding a thousand cranes so that she can live longer.
She could only fold 644 before her death, so her friends completed
the 1,000 cranes.
It is said that folding 1,000 paper cranes makes a person's wish come true.

Today, a thousand paper cranes became a symbol of WORLD PEACE.






3 comments:

nbaby200 said...

WOW.. the young lady from Washington, D.C. sounds like a remarkable person.

I never new the story behind the cranes... WOW!!!

kumi said...

Thanks for your comment!
She sure is one of a remarkable person I meet here.

Wendy said...

So PROUD of her... I KNOW that her wish will come TRUE!!!