Sadako Chan Sasaki

                   By Bill     
  Sadako Chan Sasaki, an 11 year old girl in Hiroshima, died last week in the hospital.  She died from the atom bomb’s horrible disease leukemia.  Her family members quote, “She was so excited to graduate to Jr. High School and run on the track team.”  Chizuko, her friend, tried to help her make one thousand paper cranes so the gods would grant her wish and make her better.  Unfortunately she did not finish the cranes and died.  She made 644. She only needed 356 cranes.                                  

         Sadako Sasaki

                 By Dylan
      Sadako was an eleven-year-old girl who loved to run.  Chizuko her best friend said,” If Sadako stopped running, the world would stop spinning.”  Sadako was born in 1943 with leukemia and lived in Hiroshima, the town in which the atom bomb was dropped.  Chizuko told us her dream was to run on the high school track team.
            Sadako’s family loved her very much.  She was the second oldest of four, Eiji, Mitsue, Masahiro.  Sadako is one example of what happened after the atom bomb was dropped on unsuspecting people.

Sadako Chan  Sasaki         By Chris         

    Sadako Chan Sasaki is an 11 year old girl who died on October 25, 1955. Her birth year was 1943. She lived in Hiroshima. Sadako had a disease called leukemia. She got leukemia from an atom bomb. One of Sadako’s talents was running real fast. Her family members were Mrs. Sasaki, Mr. Sasaki, Masahiro, Mitsue, and Eiji. Sadako’s friend was Chizuko. Two of Sadako’s dreams were folding 1,000 paper cranes and running in a race. She dreamed to fold 1,000 paper cranes because she would get a wish to get better from leukemia.

       Sadako Chan Sasaki
            By: Patrick                     Sadako Chan Sasaki was an 11 year old girl when she died of leukemia on October 25, 1955. Her talents were running. Sadako’s brother Masahiro said, “She could not stop thinking about running on the jr. high track team.”  Sadako kept a secret from her parents that she got dizzy every time she ran a long way.
  One day Sadako was running to school, she just got to the door, and she fell! She tried to get up but she could not. Luckily a teacher saw her and took her to the hospital. She woke up to the sounds of the new sounds of the hospital. Her family was around her to keep her company. 
     One day her friend Chizuko taught Sadako how to make paper Cranes. The legend is that if you fold 1000 paper cranes you can make a big wish. All her friends wanted to see her, but all of them were not allowed in. Soon she became very sick. 
    One day her parents came in to visit her. They brought her a kimono, and Chizuko came in to say “hi.” right on that visit Sadako died. Mrs. Sasiki said, “ I miss her so much now, she had the courage to try to stay alive, I am very proud of her!”

    Sadako Chan Sasaki died October 25, last Monday morning. She was born in 1944. She died of leukemia at the age of 11. She led a remarkable life. She had a five other family members that lived in Hiroshima. She had a mom, a dad, two brothers, and one sister. She attended a small school, where she got to race in the in the school relay race. Her ultimate goal in her life was to make Junior High track team. “She loved running. Why, she could run before she could walk.” Says Sadako’s   mother, a hard working mother of four. She was a very hard working girl, who never gave up hope. She proved it when she folded paper cranes. “I will never forget the look on her face when I told her about the legend and how to fold a paper crane.” Says Chizuko, Sadako’s best friend with tears in her eyes. “I remember it like yesterday. I told her that there was a Japanese legend that if you folded one thousand paper cranes that the gods would grant you one wish. So Sadako could wish to get better.” She said. Many people will remember Sadako Chan Sasaki, and will be remembered for years to come.   

                Sadako
           By Katie M.

           Sadako Sasaki died on October 25, 1955. She was only 11 and had leukemia. Sadako had many talents. She loved to run and dreamed of being on the high school track team, but she never got to. She never gave up hope. Sadako had gotten leukemia from the atom bomb. “The bomb hadn’t even touched her. Not a scratch was found on my two year old,” Mrs. Sasaki said. “Her grandmother died from the terrible bomb,” said Mr. Sasaki. “Sadako told me she saw a big flash and her eyes prickled like needles,” said Chizuko, Sadako’s best friend. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 when Sadako was only two. Chizuko told Sadako the story of the thousand paper cranes. If she folded 1,000 paper cranes her wish could come true. Sadako only folded 644, but was buried with 1,000. Her classmates folded356 to finish Sadako Sasaki’s dream. To fold 1,000 paper cranes. Sadako will live on in hearts of many people for a long time.

                                                   Sadako Sasaki                              By: Nick   

Sadako Sasaki died last Monday, that sad day of October 25, of that deadly year of 1955. An eleven year old with a huge heart, Sadako was always a good runner. “She was always pushing the limits in running,” says Sadako’s best fiend Chizuko. She died from the deadly disease of leukemia. “She was thinking of differently by making a thousand paper cranes,” says her brother Masahiro, who promised to hang all the cranes for her. Her family mourns the loss of their dear Sadako. We will never forget this girl or any people that died of leukemia.

 Sadako Chan Sasaki                    By:Noah                                        1943-1955
        Sadako Chan Sasaki died last week.  The disease known as leukemia killed her.  She lived in Hiroshima, Japan. She was two years old when the Americans dropped the first Atom bomb.  She was then diagnosed with the disease.  She loved to run and her dream was to run on the junior high track team.  When she was staying at the hospital.  Her friend Chizuko told the story of the thousand paper cranes.  If you folded one thousand paper cranes you will get one wish.  She had two brothers Masahiro and Eiji, she also had a sister named Mitsue.  They all loved her very very much.

     Sadako Chan Sasaki
               By: Jenna                          Sadako Chan Sasaki was an eleven-year-old girl who died on October 25^th ,1995, of leukemia. She was born in 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. “She really liked to run,” said Chizuko, Sadako’s best friend.  “She almost learned to run before walking,” said Mrs.Sasaki, Sadako’s mother. Her family was very proud because Sadako was determined to be on the high school track team. When she was on the track team she won lots of the races for her team. In one of the relay races Sadako was feeling weird at the end. Everything was whirling around her. She won the race except she was too tired to celebrate. Then one day in the schoolyard she fell down. She tried to get back up but she fell back down again. A teacher came to help and told Mitsue to get her dad. Her dad took her to the Red Cross Hospital. The doctor told her she had leukemia. When she was in the hospital, prior to her death, she learned how to make paper cranes. She tried to make one thousand to follow a legend. In the legend if you make one thousand you get a wish. Her wish was going to be to get well. ”I was hanging all of the paper cranes on the ceiling as she made them. She tried very hard,” said Masahiro. Sadako didn’t reach her dream. She made six- hundred-forty-four cranes. Her classmates learned to make paper cranes and made the rest for her. They buried all of them with her in her grave. “That way she will get her wish. She will live in the hearts of people for a long time,” her classmates said. She always looked out for good luck signs (like a spider or a nice blue sky) She is survived by a mom (Mrs.Sasaki), a dad (Mr.Sasaki), two brothers (Masahiro and Eiji), and a sister (Mitsue). Sadako was very important to her family because she was the best runner, she was very kind, obedient, and very determined. Sadako was a very brave girl that never gave up hope.

           The Best Runner
               By Katie
         Sadako chan Sasaki, “One of the best 11 year old runners in Hiroshima died in 1955. She was born in 1943. She was always happy, loved running, and had 3 siblings. They are Mitsue, Eije, and Masahiro. Her best friend was Chuzico.  Sadako’s dream was to be on the Junior High Track team. Unfortunately she never achieved her goal. Instead she developed Leukemia and was placed in hospital. After a long spell in the hospital her friend Chuzuko told her about an old saying. “If you fold 1000 paper cranes you are granted one wish.” Sadako started folding paper cranes. Unfortunately Sadako was only able to fold 644 paper cranes. 

      Sadako Chan Sasaki
             By Tracy
   Sadako Chan Sasaki was an eleven-year old girl who lived in Hiroshima. She was born in 1945,and died of leukemia on October 25,1955. Leukemia is a disease that went on when the United States dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. Sadako has five people in her family. The people in her family are Masahiro, who is fourteen year old boy, Eiji who is a six year old boy, Mitsue who is a nine year old girl, and Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki. Her family loves her very much. Sadako’s talent was running. Sadako could run very fast. Her dream was to be on the junior high relay team. When Sadako got leukemia, she had to go to the hospital. When she was in the hospital her friend Chizuko showed her to make paper cranes because there was a saying that if you made one thousand paper cranes you could get one wish, but Sadako only made 644 paper cranes. Then she died. 

     The life and death of           Sadako
            By Chelsea 2
Sadako Chan Sasaki, an athletic eleven-year-old girl, died of leukemia. “She was so wonderful. She tried to build 1,000 paper cranes. So my little girl will make a wish to kill this dreadful disease”, said Mrs. Sasaki. “ She never lost hope”, Mr. Sasaki said. “ When the atom bomb had landed on Hiroshima, Sadako’s grandmother had also died. Sadako was two -years-old when she had caught the disease”, Chizuko remembered. Sadako dreamed to be an athlete. She was born in the 1940’s and died in the 1950’s. She had 3 siblings, Masahiro, Eigi, and Mitsue. Sadako dreamed to be an athlete because she loved to run, Skip, and jump. Sadako would do these movements whenever she could. Sadako was a very nice athletic, caring girl. Sadako had two best friends. One of her friend’s was Chizuko. Chizuko was Sadako’s best friend in the neighborhood and at school. She had another friend at the hospital. His name was Kenji. They had a very short relationship because, the next morning, Kenji died. Sadako was even too weak to eat. Now, Sadako rests in the ruffles of the wind because Sadako died.

  USadako Chan SasakiU
           MBy: Chelsea 1M           

                Sadako Chan Sasaki was an eleven-year-old girl.  Sadako lived in a town called Hiroshima, Japan.  She died on October 25, 1955.  Sadako was born in 1943.  She was a very excellent at running and was always willing o run.  Sadako never gave up her hope.  Her family members, Mr. Sasaki, Mrs. Sasaki, Masahiro, Mitsue, and Eiji all cared for her.  They encouraged her every minute to do anything.  Sadako was running in a track meet and was in the middle of a relay race, when suddenly she felt dizzy.  She knew if she told someone she would be taken out of the relay. She ended up winning the relay for her team.  Now her team would be able to try out for the high-school track team.
       Sadako was filled with excitement, until she was running in the schoolyard one day.  Everything seemed to whirl around her and she fell to the ground.  One of the teachers rushed over to help her. “I…I guess I’m just tired,” said to the teacher in a week voice.  When Sadako tried to stand up she just plopped right back down to the ground.  The teacher sent Mitsue home to tell Mr. Sasaki. Mr. Sasaki rushed out of the barbershop and rushed Sadako to the Red Cross Hospital. 
                In a few minutes Sadako was at the hospital in the examining room.  Her whole family was in the room.  Her mother said, “Sadako Chan, you have Leukemia.”  Sadako covered her ears.  The doctors knew Sadako had leukemia too.  Her family was sad but you could tell that Sadako was even sadder.  She wouldn’t be able to make the high-school track team unless she got better before the tri-outs.  Sadako’s family gave her many kind visits in the hospital, which made Sadako a little bit better.
                One day Sadako’s best friend, Chizuko, came to visit.  She bought Sadako paper to fold cranes.  Sadako remembered the story of 1000 paper cranes.  Sadako was hoping to make 1000 because if you made 1000 you could make a wish.  Sadako began folding cranes right away.  Some of her cranes were a bit lopsided but soon they became perfect. Masahiro hung all of the cranes she made on the ceiling. Sadako admired that very much. Sadako began feeling worse than she had ever felt. She was even to weak to make a paper crane. When she tried it only made it worse. Sadako’s family had come for a visit to bring Sadako a kimono. After Sadako saw it she went to sleep. Her family Sadako to wake up, but Sadako Chan Sasaki never woke up again.
                Sadako folded only 644 cranes. Her dream to be on the high school track team never came true. No one will ever forget Sadako Chan Sasaki.      

            Sadako Chan Sasaki
                   By Connor

      Sadako Sasaki was born in a town called  “Hiroshima”. She had many dreams. Her favorite one was to be on the Junior High running team. She did not get her dream because she died. She died on October 25, 1955 when she was only 11 years old. She was a bright young girl who never gave up at anything. She had five family members in her family. She had two brothers Masahiro, and Eiji, a sister Mitsue, and a mom and dad. She loved her family very much. Sadako had a friend named Chizuko. One day she found out that she had leukemia. She was mad and sad because had to stay in the hospital for a long time. She made a friend at the hospital named Kenji. Kenji taught Sadako how to make a paper crane. Sadako sat and listened to the story of the 1000 paper cranes. Sadako tried so hard to make the 1000 paper cranes, but that didn’t happen because she died. Her classmates made the rest of the cranes. Her classmates dreamed that there would be a memorial of her in the Peace Park. Finally, that happened. They made a memorial of her in the Peace Park. Now, there is 1000s of paper cranes under her. In one of her hands she is holding the gold paper crane that Kenji made her.

              A Remembrance
                  by Elizabeth

“The best friend a girl could ever have!” said Chizuko, Sadako’s best friend. Sadako Chan Sasaki was born in 1943 and died last week on October 25, 1955. Sadako was a fun loving, adventure seeking, and eleven-year-old girl from Hiroshima. She was very proud of her wonderful running skills and had the dream to be on the Jr. High School track team next year. She tried her best in running races and tournaments.
      Her kind, loving family encouraged her to do her best in everything she did and to follow her dreams, even if they seemed impossible to accomplish. Her parents did everything they could for their four children, Masahiro (14), Sadako (11), Mitsue (9), and Ejji (6). The whole family was dreadfully sorry and sad when their dear Sadako passed away.
     It all started when Sadako was but two years of age. The Americans dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima. Sadako had always said that she remembered a flash of a million suns and that the heat prickled her eyes like needles. 9 years later, when Sadako was in a school race, she began to get dizzy. After she shook her head the dizziness went away. “She did not tell us or Chizuko about her dizzy spells.” Said Mr. Sasaki, Sadako’s father ”If she did we would have helped her for sure!” 
        Later when Sadako was running in the school yard and became dizzy and fell down and she couldn’t get back up. Mitsue went for Mr.Sasaki and they took her to the hospital. The doctors diagnosed her with the blood disease of Leukemia. Many people in Hiroshima died of the disease. Sadako was worried when she caught the disease but she fought through with courage!  One day, Sadako’s best friend Chizuko brought her a golden paper crane. Chizuko told her about the cranes and if you make one thousand, you will get to make a wish and have a long happy life. Sadako learned to make the paper cranes and Masahiro hung them from the Red Cross hospital ceiling. 
     One fine day Sadako met a young boy named Kenji. Kenji also had Leukemia and was giving up on hope. Months later, Kenji died. Sadako then began to ponder about life and death.
          Later in the crisp fall, Sadako’s family gave her the best present ever, a cherry blossom kimono! She had always wanted one and was happy to finally have one of her own, which she cherished.
           Later that October, Sadako Chan Sasaki died. “I never thought the atom bomb would effect her!” said Mrs. Sasaki weeping with tears. “We will never forget her!” said Mitsue. “No we won’t!” sobbed Eiji. Sadako only lived to fold 644 paper cranes but her class folded the rest up to 1,000 to be buried with her. Chizuko then said, “When I think of a crane, Sadako will come to my mind!”
                          A Few Kind Words 
                       “The best little girl ever”            

                   Sadako Sasaki
                        by Sam

Sadako Sasaki was a bright, happy, 11 year old girl who never gave up hope. She was born in 1943, and died on October 25^th, 1955, as a result of the blood disease, leukemia. She lived in Hiroshima when the United States dropped an atom bomb on Japan. 
       She was a very good, fast runner, and dreamed of running on her high school’s track team. Her mother, father, her two brothers (Masahiro and Ejji), her sister (Mitsue), and especially her best friend (Chizuko) all encouraged her dream, even though she never achieved it.
       Sadako ended up in the hospital after falling to the pavement at recess, as a result of a “dizzy spell”. She wasn’t able to get back up. She was rushed to the hospital, and sadly diagnosed with leukemia.
     Sadako’s friend Chizuko tried to cheer her up. She reminded her of the legend of the paper cranes to boost her self-esteem. The legend goes that if a sick person folds 1000 paper cranes, he/she will get better. “As soon as I taught her how to make the first paper crane,” Chizuko commented, “She seemed determined to achieve her goal.” 
       Alone, weak, and scared in the hospital, Sadako was afraid that she would die soon. Her friends and family tried to cheer her up during visiting hours, but there was always that feeling of death lurking inside her. She folded cranes to give her faith.
           One day, Sadako felt strong – strong enough to go home. “Maybe folding cranes has worked,” she thought, “Maybe I’m finally better.” The doctor also said that she was better, and let her go home to her family to celebrate O Ban. After a couple of days, she felt weak and tired. She had to go back to the hospital. The next day she felt weaker than she ever had felt before. She could not fold a single paper crane. Every part of her body was swollen and aching. Feeble and slow, she knew that death would come soon.
              She died peacefully in her sleep the following day, ending her life full of running, playing, caring, and loving. She only lived to fold 644 cranes, out of her dream, 1000. “We will never forget her,” Her mother and father said with tears in her eyes, “She will always be in our hearts.” Chizuko also commented, “I will always remember her,” Chizuko said. Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes is an inspirational story to everyone.
           The visitation is at Kenjarna Funeral Home from 3:00pm - 5:00pm on November 1^st. The service will be at Narenga Church from 5:00pm – 7:00 pm.  Please pay your kindness, respect, and good wishes to the Sasaki family.

                 Remember Sadako
                      by Haley   

      “Sadako was the best friend a girl could ever have,” said Chizuko, Sadako’s best friend. Sadako was born in 1943 and died on October 25, 1955. She was affected by the atom bomb disease, leukemia when the bomb was dropped on the small town Hiroshima. “ Sadako was free spirited, loving, and the best daughter in the world,” says Mr. And Mrs. Sasaki. 
     Sadako was on her school’s running team. She was such an amazing runner. After falling on pavement as a result of a dizzy spell she was quickly rushed to the hospital. Sadako’s mother, father, two brothers (Eiji, and Masashiro.), her sister (Mitsue), and her friend Chizuko tried to cheer her up. While she was in the in the hospital she tried to make 1,000 paper cranes. Sadako’s greatest fear was death. Sadako became too weak to make more cranes, so before she died Sadako made only 644. Her dreams might not have true, but Sadako lived a happy life. “ When Sadako died Hiroshima seemed to be the most unhappy and dull place on earth.” Sadako’s caring classmates finished the rest of the cranes for her. They placed them beside her beautiful memorial. When people think of Sadako they fell a spark of hope.  Everyone will always remember the courage of Sadako Sasaki.
        The funeral will be held at The Japanese Remembrance Saturday next week. 

Sadako Chan Sasaki
 By Austen

            When the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Sadako Chan Sasaki was two years old. Sadako grew up with great determination, to be a runner on the Junior High track team. One day she was running to school when, suddenly she fell, and blacked out. When she woke up she was in the Red Cross Hospital, and all of her family was there. Her parents were talking to the Doctor. He said she had Leukemia. Leukemia is a disease gotten from the Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. There was no cure for Leukemia. So Sadako was worried. When Sadako woke the next morning, she listened for sound of her mom making breakfast, but there were only hospital sounds. She was bored in the hospital. Her friend Chizuko came in that day looking very suspicious. She told Sadako to close her eyes so she did. When she opened them there was some paper on the bed. Chizuko taught Sadako how to fold paper cranes. From then on, everybody brought her paper. She folded a lot of cranes and Masahiro her brother hang them. About a week later she was on the porch when she met a boy named Kenji he too had Leukemia. They talked for while, then they were pushed back inside by there wheelchairs. A week later Kenji died. Sadako was sad. Sadako grew weaker and weaker. Soon she could not fold any more paper cranes. Sadako Chan Sasaki died October 25,1955.