Once upon a time, there was once
a guy who was very much in love
with this girl. This romantic guy
folded 1 ,000 pieces of paper
cranes as a gift to his girl.
Although, at that time he was just
a small executive in his company,
his future doesn't seemed too
bright, they were very happy
together. Until one day, his girl
told him she was going to Paris
and will never come back. She also
told him that she cannot visualize
any future for the both of them,
so let's go their own ways there
and then... heart broken, the guy
agreed.
When he regained his confidence,
he worked hard day and night,
slogging his body and mind just
to make something out of himself.
Finally with all these hard work
and with the help of friends, this
guy had set up his own
company...
"You never fail until you stop
trying." he always told himself. "I
must make it in life!"
One rainy day, while this guy was
driving, he saw an elderly couple
sharing an umbrella in the rain
walking to some destination. Even
with the umbrella, they were still
drenched. It didn't take him long
to realize those were his ex-
girlfriend's parents. With a heart
in getting back at them, he drove
slowly beside the couple, wanting
them to spot him in his luxury
sedan. He wanted them to know
that he wasn't the same
anymore. He had his own
company, car, condo, etc. He had
made it in life!
Before the guy can realize, the
couple was walking towards a
cemetery, and he got out of his
car and followed them...and he
saw his ex-girlfriend, a
photograph of her smiling
sweetly as ever at him from her
tombstone... and he saw his
precious paper cranes in a bottle
placed beside her tomb. Her
parents saw him. He walked over
and asked them why this had
happened. They explained, she did
not leave for France at all. She was
stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she
believed that he will make it
someday, but she did not want
her illness to be his obstacle...
therefore she had chosen to leave
him.
She had wanted her parents to
put his paper cranes beside her,
because, if the day comes when
fate brings him to her again he
can take some of those back with
him. The guy just wept...the worst
way to miss someone is to be
sitting right beside them but
knowing you can't have them
and will never see them again.
