“Nature can be inspiring and can help people to deal with
personal difficulties. Cranes are large birds that feature in the legends of
many cultures. In China and Japan they symbolise long life and good luck. There
is a story that if you fold a thousand paper cranes your wish will come true.
Sadako Sasalki was a young girl when an atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, in
1945. She became ill because of the radiation from the bomb. Sadako wanted to
be healthy again so she tried to fold a thousand paper cranes. There is a story
that Sadako’s friends and classmates helped her fold the paper cranes. Sadako
said of the cranes “I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over
the world”. Today, paper cranes are the international symbol of peace”.
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