When I was a child, my mother read a traditional Japanese fairytale to me. The title of the book is “MOMOTARO“(The Peach Boy). ★OUTLINE★ One day, an old man went into the woods to gather firewood and his wife (I presume), an old woman, went to the river to do laundry. When the old woman was washing clothes at the river, a giant peach came floating down the stream and she picked it up. She brought it back home so that she could eat it with the old man. They cut the peach. A healthy baby boy jumped out from the peach! Both the old man and woman were glad because they had no child. They named the boy “MOMOTARO” for he was born from a peach. They raised him with a lot of love. He heard that a group of ogres were causing trouble in the village, so he decided to defeat them and bring peace to his home. With the help of his animal friends, a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant, Momotaro defeated the ogres and everyone lived happily ever after.

When I was a child, my mother read Japanese traditional fairy stories to me. The title of the book is “MOMOTARO“(The Peach Boy). ★OUTLINE★ One day, the old man went into the woods to gather firewood, and the old woman went to the river to do laundry. When the old woman was washing clothes at the river, a giant peach came floating down the stream, and she picked it up. She brought it back home so that she could eat it with the old man. They cut the peach, and a healthy baby boy jumped out from the peach! Both the old man and woman were glad because they had no child. They named the boy “MOMOTARO” for he was born from a peach. They raised him with a lot of love. He heard that a group of ogres were causing trouble in the village, so he decided to defeat them and bring peace to his home. With the help of his animal friends, a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant, Momotaro defeated the ogres and everyone lived happily ever after.