Flight of a thousand cranes.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Japanese tradition holds that an ailing person who folds a thousand cranes Thousand Cranes is a novel by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. This was the first time any Japanese author won this prize. will regain their health. The Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, holds two paper cranes folded by a girl named Sadako Sasaki Sadako Sasaki (Japanese:佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who lived near Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. . Sadako suffered from leukemia leukemia (l  kē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature caused by radiation from an atom bomb dropped at the end of World War
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Today, Japanese kids still take thousands of cranes to the Peace Park as symbols of hope for our world. Follow the directions to make your own paper crane using this paper-folding art, called oriqami: Here are some general guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. . * Use a square sheet of paper, unless otherwise directed. * Fold on a flat surface, unless you are told to lift your model (the thing you are making). * Always crease crease (kres) a line or slight linear depression. flexion crease , palmar crease lines very firmly. * If you are having trouble, go back to the beginning of your task and check each step; reading the printed explanations aloud may help. * Use paper that is soft and easy to fold, such as typing paper or tablet paper. 1. Start with a square sheet of paper. Fold so A meets B. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Now fold so C meets D. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Fold and unfold unfold - inline on the dotted line. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 4. Pick up C and open slightly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 5. Bring C to meet A and B. This is a squash squash: see gourd; pumpkin. squash Any of various fruits of the genus Cucurbita in the gourd family, widely cultivated as vegetables and for livestock feed. The principal species are C. maxima and certain varieties of C. pepo. fold. Turn paper over. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 6. Fold and unfold on the dotted line. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 7. Open D. Fold so that D meets A, B, and C. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 8. Now fold and unfold along the three dotted lines. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 9. Lift D up and back along the topmost crease. As you do this, E and F will straighten out and meet at the center. (This is the hardest fold! Don't get discouraged.) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 10. Turn the paper over. Fold and unfold along the three dotted lines. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 11. Lift C up and repeat step 9. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 12. Fold and unfold along the dotted lines. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 13. Turn points A and B inside out. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 14. Bend point A down to make a beak beak or bill Stiff, projecting oral structure of birds and turtles (both of which lack teeth) and certain other animals (e.g., cephalopods and some insects, fishes, and mammals). . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 15. Fold C and D out to make wings. There is a tiny hole in the underside of your bird. Use a drinking straw to blow air into the bird, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now your crane is finished! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Illustrations by Fred Daunno |
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