A LONG TIKE AGO,IN SMALL VILLAGE IN JAPAN,THERE LIVED AN ELDERLY CHIDLESS COUPLE.ONE DAY,WHILE THE OLD WOMAN WAS WASHING CLOTHES,A GIANT PEACH FLOATED DOWN THE RIVER.SHE TOOK THE PEACH HOME.THE OLD WOMAN SHOWED THE PEACH TO HER HUSBAND AND PLACED IT AGAINST THE WALL.SUDDENLY,THE PEACH STARTED MOVING.THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE A BABY COMING OUT OF THE PEACH.THEY DECIDED TO NAME HIM 'MOMOTARO' WHICH MEANT 'PEACH BOY'.MOMOTARO GREW UP TO BE A VERY STRONG AND BRAVE BOY.ONE EVENING,AN EVIL OGRE STOLE THE VILLAGE'S BELONGINGS AND DESTROYED MOST HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE.NOBODY DARED TO STOP THE OGRE.AFTER IT LEFT,MOMOTARO ASKED FOR PERMISSION FROM HIS PARENTS TO FIGHT THE OGRE.MOMOTARO'S MOTHER WAS WORRIED FOR HIM,BUT SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO LET HIM GO.FOR THE LONG JOURNEY,SHE PREPARED HIM DANGO TO GIVE HIM STRENGTH.MOMOTARO MADE HIS WAY TOWARDS THE OGRE'S ISLAND WITH IS DANGO.HE WAS DETERMINED TO DEFEAT THE OGRE.ON THE WAY,MOMOTARO MET A DOG,A MONKEY,AND A PHEASANT.THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEY WANTED TO HELP HIM FIGHT THE OGRE.SO MOMOTARO GAVE THEM A DANGO EACH.THEY GOT ON A BOAT AND SAILED TOWARDS THE ISLAND.WHEN THEY LANDED,MOMOTARO AND HIS FRIENDS SAW THE OGRE SLEEPING.THEY FOUGHT THE OGRE.
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