Heartfelt Story: Thousand paper cranes
When the boy and the girl first fell in love, the boy folded a thousand paper cranes and hung them in the girl’s room. The boy told the girl, “These thousand paper cranes represent my thousand heartfelt wishes.” At that time, both the boy and the girl were basking in the sweetness and happiness of their love every second.
Later, the girl gradually distanced herself from the boy. The girl got married and went to France, to Paris, which had appeared countless times in her dreams. When the girl broke up with the boy, she said, “We both need to face reality. It’s like a second life, and I must seize every opportunity. You are too poor, and I can’t imagine the days if we were together…”
After the girl went to France, the boy sold newspapers, worked temporary jobs, and ran small businesses. He worked hard at every job. Many years passed, and with the help of friends and his own efforts, he finally had his own company. He became wealthy, but he still missed the girl deeply.
One day, it was raining, and the boy saw an elderly couple walking slowly ahead of him as he sat in his black Audi. The boy recognized them as the girl’s parents, so he decided to follow them. He wanted to show them that he not only had a car but also owned a villa and a company, to prove that he was no longer a poor boy but a young boss. He followed them slowly in his car.
The rain continued to fall, and even though the elderly couple had umbrellas, they were still getting wet from the slanting rain. When they reached their destination, the boy was stunned. It was a cemetery. He saw the girl; her sweet smile looked back at him from the photo on the tombstone. Hanging from thin wires beside the small grave were strings of paper cranes, looking so vivid in the drizzle.
The girl’s parents told the boy that she had not gone to Paris; she had been suffering from cancer and had passed away. She hoped the boy would succeed and have a warm home, so she had acted as she did. She said she knew the boy well and was certain he would succeed. The girl said that if the boy ever came to visit her grave, he should bring a few paper cranes. The boy knelt in front of the girl’s grave, tears streaming down his face.
The rain on Qingming Festival showed no sign of stopping, soaking the boy completely. He remembered the girl’s innocent smile from many years ago, and his heart began to bleed with every drop of rain. When the elderly couple left the cemetery, they saw the boy standing not far away. The Audi’s door was already open for them. From the car’s stereo, a sorrowful song played: “My heart doesn’t regret, repeating endlessly just for you, thousand paper cranes, thousand pieces of love, flying in the wind.”
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