She neatly creased the paper.
“What are you doing?” her granddaughter gaped at the intricate piece by the grandmother’s hands.
“Origami… I’m making a crane.”
“Aw…” the five-year-old frowned.
“You fold paper like this and like this, open it like this, and voilà!”
She produced a crane made of a green square sheet of paper.
“Wow…”
“Do you want to try?”
She placed a sheet of paper in front of the girl and another in front of herself. The child watched and tried to imitate the grandmother.
“This is hard,” the granddaughter pouted her lips.
“It is, at first, but gets easier. If you make a thousand cranes, someone’s illness would be cured.”
“A thousand!?” the child stopped her hands and gasped.
“Yes. It takes patience,” she popped another crane on her wrinkled palm.
“It is a love that abides.”
What does nelkumi think? 
A very unique and lovely story! I like the idea of curing someone’s illness by making 1,000 cranes!
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It takes lots of paper and patience, for sure! 😊
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I can imagine that it would take a lot of paper!
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😆
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I loved that,I tried origami once as a child but was hopeless Lucky I didn’t know about the crane’s curative power, I’d still be on my first sick person ☺ Anton
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Hehehe… 😉
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Lovely ! I love to do origami, because it is relaxing. And I love to do origami with children, because it is fun. 🙂
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It sure is. 😊
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Origami can be a great pastime just like writing.
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It sure can be…😊
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Nelkumi what an awesome idea for this picture. When I was little we loved origami, especially my younger brother. You can create such beautiful things folding paper. Also when I was in elementary school there was a book called “A Thousand Paper Cranes.” I’m not sure if the girl actually making all the paper cranes healed someone or not but it be great if it worked that way. Loved your story!
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I’m glad you liked the story. I think the book is about the girl who started the thousand-crane phenomenon after she was affected by the A-bomb. The shape of the photo prompt reminded me of an origami crane.
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I’ve always loved the belief that a thousand paper cranes would grant the folder a wish, or cure an illness. It’s always seem pure and beautiful to me. I love that you took the photo prompt and decided to go this heartwarming route. Just lovely Nelkumi!
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Aww, thank you for your kind words and gorgeous photo that inspired our stories.
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Beautiful story nelkumi – I have goose-bumps 🙂 thanks for sharing
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Appreciate you dropping by. 😉
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A lovely story. A wonderful way to cure illnesses. ….we would have a lot of crane makers if that were possible and I would be there with them helping out.
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so lovely!
I’ve been making colourful cranes for my bird-themed colourful wedding. I wanted to have 1000 and luckily choose to tell my class…. the boys are now addicted to folding cranes and each day have brought in 40+ each from home! In only a few days, my stash of 15 has become 468!! I’m so stunned by their enthusiasm. I will add there’s to my blog soon…but this is a link to the start of my origami crane idea: https://confettiheelsblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/origami-colourful-paper-cranes-my-wedding-planner-friends/
Please let me know what you think of my wedding planning blog!
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So sweet and special because they are made with love. Heartfelt congrats!
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