Haiku :)

I believe in dreams! 

Do you believe in them too?

May they all come true!

The History of the 1000 Cranes fable and haiku :)

In nu works we have been talking about dreams. I think is a great subject for us to study coming close to the Christmas season. They told us about  an ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years. In Japan, it is commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person's wish come true. So we were told to fold 10 paper cranes each and write our wishes in them to see if our wishes will come true.

Next they taught us about Haikus. Haikus are poems that consist of three lines. The first and last lines have 5 syllables and the second has 7 syllables. most Haikus talk about dreams, peace on earth, and wishes. We did this along with the cranes to help broaden our minds about dreams and it really helped.