It's a legend in two parts. The base legend is if you fold a thousand paper cranes, you'll be granted a wish. Or blessed with good luck, depends on the story. It's a crane because in Japanese culture, a crane is seen as a holy or mythical creature and can live for a thousand years. That's why you fold a thousand, one for each year.
[Ginia peers at her middling pile of cranes in the box.]
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It's a legend in two parts. The base legend is if you fold a thousand paper cranes, you'll be granted a wish. Or blessed with good luck, depends on the story. It's a crane because in Japanese culture, a crane is seen as a holy or mythical creature and can live for a thousand years. That's why you fold a thousand, one for each year.
[Ginia peers at her middling pile of cranes in the box.]
I have a long way to go.