"If you fold one thousand paper cranes your wish will come true..."
Monday, December 10, 2012
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako was 2 years old when the first Atomic bombs went off. 10 years later Sudako who was now 12 was diagnosed with Leukemia due to the radiation from the bombs. She was told she only had less then a year to live...
"If you fold one thousand paper cranes your wish will come true..."
Sadako started folding paper cranes hoping that she could make 1,000 and get better. She had made a total of 644 then she died before she could finish. Sadako's friends then finished the rest of the paper cranes in honer of Sadako and buried them with her. A few years after her death it was decided that they should make a peace memorial to represent all the children that had died due to the atomic bombs.
"If you fold one thousand paper cranes your wish will come true..."
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I edited this picture and I think it's amazing!
It's a pretty inspiring story. I wish I could have gone to peace night, but honestly, I was feeling like sh*t and couldn't move from my bed.
ReplyDeleteI would hate to fall short of the 1,000 I wouldn't be able to sleep unless they were done
ReplyDeleteWow, you explained it well (much better than me)!
ReplyDeletei agree with brodie i didn't do to well xD
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