[NeroASERCH]

Does any one belive the japanese legend that if you fold 1000 cranes in a year you will be granted one wish? I do. Iwas just wondering, those that do believe what would you wish for?

[BritneySpearsFun@@@]

Does any one belive the japanese legend that if you fold 1000 cranes in a year you will be granted one wish? I do. Iwas just wondering, those that do believe what would you wish for?

Think I was told that legend a long time ago, it's a nice story.

[Rndouglas]

Does any one belive the japanese legend that if you fold 1000 cranes in a year you will be granted one wish? I do. Iwas just wondering, those that do believe what would you wish for?

Super ninja powers... oh wait, I already have that.

[Nothatspecial]

hm... I've been thinking of folding 1000 cranes recently...

[pavelChe]

I started folding cranes but i don't know if i will fold 1 thousand. I dont know what I would wish for though..*Hmmmmm* I'l figure it out when i reach like 900. If i continue!!

[lesso73]

i'll wish for a couple more wishes

~taganahan

[RicyReetred]

A girl at my dojo is folding a thousand cranes out of starburst wrappers for good luck. I have heard the legend, and I believe in it. I just havn't ever folded more than about twenty cranes before. >.<

[emuffette]

i thought the 1000 cranes were made and given when someone is seriously ill or injured. i havent heard about the wish thing.
i dont need wishes for myself...i have everyting i could ever wish for and more.
i would probably wish for something totally unatainable like world peace.

[EarnestKS]

ld probably wish for something totally unatainable like world peace.

well if you've seen x-files beware of world peace, fox mulder asked for it

well i think this can be true... but the legend told to only fold the cranes or you must do something with it? like placing them in a crossroad? or on a montain top? or something like that?

[zoppiklonikaa]

It's all crap. I really made 1000 paper cranes and it did jack shit. Took me about three months too. I wished for a twelve inch penis and all I got was a one-foot-tall piano player.

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Well There is a story to this:

There was a little girl that got sick from the radiation from the Hiroshima bombing. She was told that she would not live for very long. So while in the hospital she started folding paper cranes. She never made it to 1000. She died. After her death children from her school folded the remaining number of cranes.At her funeral she was buried with 1000 paper cranes.

[Michael-jeckson2]

But also I think tht it only works when you wish for certain things. I dont know about yours nanbanjin. I dont know what i will wish for but it wont be that.

Maybe if the little girl would have finished she would not have died. I dont know.
But i beleive it is possible.

[VladFal]

Found this on the net~ thought you might want to know

"Paper Crane, I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world."



Sadako Sasaki

Some dates and incidents live forever in infamy. While Aug. 6, 1945 may not ring with the same somber bell-toll in the hearts and minds of most Americans as Dec. 7, 1941 or Sept. 11, 2001, the date marks one of the deadliest incidents ever involving the United States, with physical, psychological and ideological effects lasting ever since.

Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.

An athletic child, she was 11 years old when she became dizzy while preparing for a race. Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia, one of the many victims of the bomb's blast long after the fact.

Reminded of an old Japanese legend that anyone who folded 1,000 paper cranes would have their deepest wish granted, Sadako began folding the paper birds in the hopes of regaining her health.

In time her wish changed. She folded her cranes so that people would live in peace.

Sadako died at the age of 12 in 1955. She had completed 644 cranes. Inspired by her courage, her friends folded the rest.

In 1956, a monument topped with a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was erected in Hiroshima Park, with the inscription, "This is our cry, This is our prayer, Peace in the world."

Since then, people from around the world continue to send paper cranes to Sadako's memorial. This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the 50th anniversary of Sadako Sasaki's death.

Great story

[hapasaparaz]

The other half of the story...



Martine MacDonald, director of the Downriver Council for the Arts, wants to send 1,000 origami cranes to Hiroshima to be placed at the Sadako memorial in time for the anniversary.

"Because I'm just that kind of person, I thought, 'Hmm. 60th anniversary, 50th anniversary, 1,000 cranes. I could do that,'" MacDonald said.

"My daughter made six in 20 minutes. Once you know how to do it, it doesn't take that long."

It's easily feasible she and her daughter could make them all themselves, but MacDonald wants to invite more people to be a part of the experience, since the making of the cranes is more than an end in itself; it's the statement the project will make.

"It's not political," she said. "Who's not for peace?"

Figuring if she had 100 people involved, that would only be a commitment of 10 cranes apiece.

Getting those 100 volunteers isn't as lofty a goal as it may sound. MacDonald and her daughter made 140 cranes in order to beget more cranes.

She explained the project on the back of her Christmas cards this year, attaching an example of an origami peace crane to each, inviting everyone she knows to participate.

Responses have come back from all over Downriver, including two teachers who plan to involve their entire fourth-grade classes in making the cranes.

There's always room for more, though, and MacDonald is extending the invitation to everyone.

One needn't be experienced at origami. MacDonald will hold a drop-by workshop Saturday at the DCA Home Gallery, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor.

Even if someone is afraid they're all thumbs, there is still are still ways to participate.

The cranes must be sent in strings of 100. Volunteers are needed to string the finished paper birds.

Once the cranes are strung, someone will have to pack them for shipment to Hiroshima.

Anyone who wants to be a part of the project should e-mail MacDonald at martimacart@aol.com. Those who don't have access to e-mail can call 1-313-928-7367.



I don't know where this is happening so i guess you'll have to email to find out

[jinnamys]

Quite a number of years ago at primary school one of my childhood friend-schoolmate died at 12. Their class made loads of paper cranes. I think I contributed 10 mins at his funeral to make a few more... But now I wish I had used that 10 mins better. All these stuff were going to be burnt anyway. What a waste of paper. Also it is useless to fold 1,000 in such a ceremonial way. Quality not quantity, right?

[Adollobdeb]

Quality not quantity, right?

It's the gesture that counts neither the quality nor the quantity.

[Sipewrio]

Jenny you heartless soul. What ever happened to sentiment and emotion? Waste of paper indeed.

[LindaSmithIV]

It's all crap. I really made 1000 paper cranes and it did jack . Took me about three months too. I wished for a twelve inch and all I got was a one-foot-tall piano player.

Ba dum bump.

[CitsMoise17]

But also I think tht it only works when you wish for certain things. I dont know about yours nanbanjin. I dont know what i will wish for but it wont be that.

Maybe if the little would have finished she would not have died. I dont know.
But i beleive it is possible.

It doesn't work. I don't want to burst your bubble but Santa ain't real, the Tooth Fairy doesn't exist, finding four-leaf clovers doesn't bring good luck... wishing on a star and blowing out birthday candles doesn't do jack...

[gniewkoit]

Senzaburu.... I would wish for 1000 cranes


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