Letter to 2C, Canada - Peace - Japan


Hi friends of 2C,�@

Thanks for your message. We read the message and Jessee's poem.
We saw the photos of you with Peace cranes and war veterans. 
Here are our message to you.

* The poem is very appealing!!  --- Sota (8th grade)

* I love peace. --- Yuki (8th grade)

* The poem is very nice. I think wars are bad. We should know wars more.
   --- Asuka (7th grade)

* It is incredible that a 2nd grade student wrote the poem. It is wonderful
   that Canadian children also fold Peace cranes. --- Maiko (6th grade)

* I felt scared to hear the soldier touched "blood"! After listening to the 
   poem, I became to hate wars much more! However, I was glad and 
   relieved to know that there are lots of people in the world who hate wars.
   I feel sorry for Sadako because an innocent girl was killed in the war.
   --- Natsuki (5th grade) 

* I was impressed by the phrase,
   " Brave soldier, brave soldier,
     What do you touch?
     I touch blood and injuries all around me."
   We have a peace meeting at school on August 6 every year and learn
   that Sadako wished she would get well by folding paper cranes
   every day. All the students fold peace cranes before 6th graders
   go on a school trip to Hiroshima. They offer the cranes to the monument
   in the Peace Park in Hiroshima. --- Chie (4th grade)

We wish we will be friends forever and the world is peaceful!!

LABO Torigoe Party
(translated by TORIGOE Yuko)
Okayama, Japan
November 12, '99