NPR-Inspired Homework Leads Teen to Find Hidden Message a Decade After a Stranger's Kindness
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A 7-year-old girl injured in a bicycle accident in Japan was helped by a kind stranger who folded an origami crane with a hidden message inside. A decade later, as a teenager doing an NPR-inspired homework assignment, she discovered the message the stranger had written.
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