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Once upon a time... 

...there was an old man and woman who lived in a 

small village near the edge of a forest. They were 

a very kind couple, but were sad because they had 

no children of their own. 

One day, the old man went out to the forest to cut some 

trees, while his wife carried their laundry to the river for 

washing. While the woman was scrubbing her clothes, 

she was surprised to see a giant peach floating towards 

her down the river. 

    "Wow, that's a huge peach," she said. "It looks as 

large as the moon!”

    "Come here you big peach!" shouted the woman. 

Slowly, as if by magic, the peach bobbed over to where 

she was on the river bank. 

    "This sure is a mysterious peach," she said, 

hoisting the giant fruit out of the water.

The old woman strained to lift the peach, and had great 

trouble carrying it back to the house. That night the old 

man returned from the forest, hungry and ready for 

dinner. 

    "Whoa," he said, seeing the peach. "That's the biggest 

peach I've ever seen. It looks delicious!"

The old woman began to cut open the peach, when she 

heard a cry from inside. Suddenly, the pit cracked 

open and out popped a beautiful baby boy. The two 

were so surprised, but also so happy as finally they had 

a son they could call their own. Because he came from 

a peach, they decided to name him "Momotaro," or 

"Little Peachling."

Momotaro's new mother and father fed him well and 

he began to grow. Momotaro especially liked his 

mother's spinach dumplings, which gave him 

incredible strength. 

One day, Momotaro travelled to the village with his father.  

While they were buying rice for their dinner, he overheard 

a man talking about three demons that were troubling the 

land. They lived on Devil's Island, he said, and would come 

across the sea to wreck the villagers’ homes and steal their 

food and money. 

Momotaro was a very brave boy, and decided at once to go 

to Devil's Island and fight these demons.

His parents were worried but Momotaro was a 

stubborn boy and there was no changing his mind. His 

mother packed him a big bag of her special spinach 

dumplings. 

"Eat these when you need strength," she told him, as 

she kissed him on the cheek.   Momotaro took the 

dumplings from his mother and waved goodbye. 

As Momotaro was walking along the path towards 

the sea, he came across a dog. The dog could smell 

that Momotaro had some delicious food.

    "Won't you please share some of your spinach 

dumplings with me?” asked the dog.

    Momotaro was a generous boy and gave the dog a 

dumpling, which the dog gulped down happily.  

The dog offered to carry Momotaro's bag for a 

while, and so the two walked along with him 

towards the sea.

On the way, Momotaro and the dog had to climb a 

mountain pass on their way. As they neared the top of 

the mountain, they met a monkey.   The very clever 

monkey knew there was food in the bag that the dog 

was carrying. 

    "Won't you please share some of your food with me?” 

asked the monkey.

    Momotaro gave the monkey a dumpling, which the he 

gladly chewed on. The monkey decided to join 

Momotaro and the dog on their journey to Devil’s 

Island.

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