I think you've told incomplete truths often enough to guess the answer to that...

[holds out a crane to her on the palm of her hand]

Instead of telling that if you make a thousand of these, your wish will come true, I'll simply say that that's a legend. . . but I beg you accept it anyway. It's a pleasant symbol to recieve earnestly from someone else, perhaps, even if you see no value in it. There's no harm in accepting it; that's a truth.