She Folded 1,000 Paper Cranes

A Thousand Paper Cranes A little girl believed that if she folded one thousand paper cranes, her wish would come true. This really happened. Japan, 1955. Sadako Sasaki was twelve, and the fastest runner in her school. Then one day she felt dizzy, and fell. The doctors found she was very sick. In the hospital, her best friend Chizuko brought her a square of golden paper. She told her an old legend: fold a thousand paper cranes, and you can make a wish. So Sadako started folding. Medicine wrappers, gift paper, anything she could find. Day after day, the cranes filled her room, hanging on strings from the ceiling. Even when she was very weak, she kept folding, and shared her cranes with other children. Sadako passed away at twelve. Her classmates raised money to build a statue of her, holding a golden crane. Today, people all over the world still fold cranes for her, as a wish for peace. Comment a crane emoji.