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About a month after the sports day, Sadako suddenly
became sick. At first she thought that she just had a cold.
However, her sickness got worse, so she went to the
hospital with her family. A doctor told her parents, "She
has a kind of cancer caused by the bomb. I doubt she'll
survive for more than one year."
In the hospital, Sadako received some paper cranes.
In Asia, cranes are a symbol of long life. Sadako began to
fold paper cranes and wished for good health. She wanted
10 to go back to school. She never lost hope. Sadako made
over 1,000 cranes. However, she never left the hospital.
Her life ended when she was only twelve.