The story of paper stars:

Paper stars are meant to be given to loved ones with best wishes and good luck. 

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Hoshi who lived in Japan. She loved to lie in the grass and look up at the stars. One night, the stars fell out of heaven, and Hoshi was sad that so many had fallen, so she ran home, grabbed a glass jar, and folded an origami paper star for each one that had fallen. The stars kept falling, and Hoshi was worried that they wouldn’t return, so she gathered all the children, and they folded over 2,000 stars. The next night, they all watched and cheered as the stars reappeared. Hoshi then said, “These stars are lucky because of us. From now on, these paper stars will be called lucky stars… Whenever a lucky star is made, a falling star is saved.”

Donations:

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