Bird Crane Origami

Ah Bah and a Ah Nya had been married for half a century. They had shared almost everything together. They talked about everything to each other with no secrets between them. Except that Ah Nya has a milo tin underneath the bed. She has warned Ah Bah never to open nor ask her about it.

Through the years, Ah Bah has never thought about that milo tin. Until one day, when Ah Nya gotten very sick and the doctor says that she would never recover.

In trying to sort things out, Ah Bah took out the milo tin and took it to his wife's bed.

When it was opened, he saw two bird origami and a stack of money totalling of RM50,000.

Ah Bah enquires about the contents.

"When we're about to get married, my grandmother told me the secret to a happy marriage is never to argue. ". And whenever I got angry with you, I should keep quiet and try to fold an origami bird. It symbolized freedom and happiness.

Ah Bah was so moved and fought back tears. Only two crane bird origami....she had only been angry with him twice over the fifty years of togetherness. He leaped with joy.

Darling,...that explains about the origami...how about the money, where did it come from?"

"Oh..that;s the money I earned from selling the paper birds." she replied.