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Th e St o r y o f M o m o t a r o th e P ea ch B o y

Th e St o r y o f M o m o t a r o th e P ea ch B o y.

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Th e St o r y o f M o m o t a r o th e P ea ch B o y

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  1. The Story of Momotaro the Peach Boy

  2. Onceupon a time there was an old man and his old wife living in a villagein Japan. Theold man, called Ojiisan, was a woodcutterand his wife, Obaasan, a washerwoman. They lived aloneas they had nochildren.

  3. One day theold woman went to the riverand had just begun washing the clothes when, to her surprise, agiant peach camefloating down the river. It was the biggest peachshe had ever seen and she coaxedit out of the riverand took it home for supper.

  4. As she was getting ready to cut the peachin half, the sound ofa human voice camefrom inside the peach. “Wait! Don’t cut me!” said the voice. Suddenly the peach split open and a beautiful baby boy jumpedout of the peach.

  5. Theold people wereastounded. But the baby said, “Don’t beafraid. Heaven saw how lonely you were without anychildren and sent me to you.”

  6. So theold people happily took the baby to be their son. Since he was born from a peach, they named him Momotaro, which means Peach Boy. They loved him very muchand raised him to beafine boy.

  7. Years went byand Momotaro grewintoafine young man, making his parents even happier. But times werechanging and people were having a very hard time because moreand moreoni (ogres) were ravaging their coasts and nobodyknew what to do.

  8. When Momotaro was about 15 years old, he went to his parents and said, “In a distant part of the sea thereis an island named Onigashima (ogreisland.) Theonioften come toour land and do bad things like carrying peopleawayand stealing their things. SoI’m going to go toOnigashimaand fight theoniand free the prisoners thereand bring back the stolen treasure.”

  9. Theold people were surprised, but proud of Momotarofor wanting to help other people. Obaasan fixed him his favouritefood of millet dumplings called kibidango whichshewrappedup in afuroshiki cloth and he went on his journey.

  10. On the way, Momotaro met a spotted dog (inu), a monkey (saru) and apheasant (kiji) and gave them eacha kibidango whichencouraged them tojoin him. Being a good leader, Momotaro relied on the special talents ofeachanimal and encouraged them to work togetherand becomefriends.

  11. When they reached the sea Momotaro had tofind a boat in order to sail to theOnigashima where theoni had built afortified castle. The companions had tofind a wayinto the castlein secret to surprise theoni. The pheasant flewover the walls, the monkey climbed up and opened the gateand Momotaroand the dog rushed in and overpowered the gatekeeper.

  12. Finally, Momotaroforced theoni leader to surrenderand to promise never to do wicked things again. Then Momotaroand his friends took homeall the prisoners and the treasure they’d found lockedup in theOnigashima.

  13. Ojiisan and Obaasan rejoiced to see Momotaro return home safely.

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