Literature
Cranes
A thousand paper cranes
lie scatter'd 'cross th' world.
They're symbols of peace,
paper wings all unfurled.
Every one these tired hands
folds brings peace throughout the land.
That is my goal:
a thousand origami cranes.
I've lost count of how many I've made.
Guess I'll just keep folding paper cranes
'till the day I die.
I never keep them,
I just give them away,
for peace should be shared
with the world.
If the legend comes true
and the cranes grant me a
wish,
I'd just give the wish to the people I gave the cranes to,
divide it among the people I've helped.
My only wish,
my one true purpose,
is to make the world happy.
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