[ SECRET POST #2558 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2558 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Frozen]


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[Cabin in the Woods]


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[Trailer Park Boys]


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08. [SPOILERS for Elementary]



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09. [SPOILERS for Zelda comic]



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11. [SPOILERS for Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]
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Secret 2 - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (non-fiction book)

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is a display showing orange folded paper cranes and a sign that says in Japanese and English:

"Sadako's paper cranes distributed at her funeral
Donated by Hitomi Sharada? and Masako [unreadable]
Paper cranes folded by Sadako were distributed as keepsakes to those who attended her funeral. These cranes conveyed to all how much Sadako had wanted to live."]

I want fix-it fic.





[Notes (warning for real life tragedy)]


From Wikipedia:

Based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima at the time of the atomic bombing by the United States, Sadako was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home by Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. She was at home when the explosion occurred, about one mile from Ground Zero. In November 1954, Sadako developed swellings on her neck and behind her ears. In January 1955, purple spots had formed on her legs. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with leukemia (her mother referred to it as "an atom bomb disease"). She was hospitalized on February 21, 1955, and given, at the most, a year to live.

After being diagnosed with leukemia from the radiation, Sadako spent her time in a nursing home folding origami paper cranes in hope of making a thousand of them. She was inspired to do so by the Japanese legend that one who created a thousand origami cranes would be cured by the gods. Her wish was simply to live. However, she managed to fold only 644 cranes before she became too weak to fold any more, and died on 25 October 1955 in the morning. Her friends and family helped finish her dream by folding the rest of the cranes, which were buried with Sadako.

After her death, Sadako's friends and schoolmates published a collection of letters in order to raise funds to build a memorial to her and all of the children who had died from the effects of the atomic bomb. In 1958, a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was unveiled in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also called the Genbaku Dome, and installed in the Hiroshima Peace Park.

At the foot of the statue is a plaque that reads: "This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth." Every year on Obon Day, which is a holiday in Japan to remember the departed spirits of one's ancestors, thousands of people leave paper cranes near the statue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_and_the_Thousand_Paper_Cranes

Re: Secret 2 - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (non-fiction book)

[sootyowl]

Thanks for all the extra info. It clarifies the secret.

Re: Secret 2 - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (non-fiction book)

[transcriptanon]

No problem!

Re: Secret 2 - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (non-fiction book)

[tabaqui]

What a gorgeous and heartbreaking story.

Re: Secret 2 - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (non-fiction book)

[transcriptanon]

It is. :(

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Every year for Remembrance Day assemblies at school, we did this. It's really honestly affected me more than any other WWII recounting. I have folded a thousand cranes at various points of my life as well, though not for the same reasons (now the saying is, you fold a thousand cranes for peace).