Another 100 word story. Sorry that I posted it late, I had a morning shift at work (usually evening) and got swamped by a mountain of work. I've been up hunting down a story, and I thought I'd do something about Origami, and an old story about a thousand paper cranes granting one wish.
Enjoy.
*picture is originally from http://artpunctuate.typepad.com/art_punctuate/2011/03/artists-help-japan.html
11/08/2013 (Friday)- Paper Wishes
I retrace the
folds and creases on the paper, recreating an old boyhood memory—something my
Grandfather taught me.
He folded paper
tigers that leapt and roared across the kitchen table. He made folded dogs to keep me safe at night
from the monsters underneath my bed.
Corner
flap. Tuck. Crimp.
We sailed
red-paper dragons in the sky, watched green-paper frogs hop about, flew
yellow-paper butterflies in the night.
I sit by his
bed, his breathing shallow and labored.
It’s my turn to
fold animals for him.
Folding a
thousand paper cranes…
…waiting for a
crane to grant one wish.
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