Once there lived an old man and an old woman.
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.
She picked it up. It was a really huge peach.
She brought it back home so that she could eat it with the old man.
They cut the peach, and surprise! 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.
When Momotaro turned fifteen years old, he was the strongest in the village.
Meanwhile, demons attacked many villages and stole their treasures.
All the villagers were in trouble.
Momotaro was now old enough and decided to slay the demons.
The old woman made delicious dumplings for him.
He left for Demon Island taking the dumplings with him.
On the way to Demon Island,
a dog spoke to Momotaro sayingng "Hello, hello, Momotaro.
Could you give me one of your dumplings? If you give me one, I will accompany you! Woof! Woof!"
After the dog, a pheasant came flying.
"Hello, hello, Momotaro. Could you give me one of your dumplings?
If you give me one, I will accompany you! Squawk! Squawk!"
Next, Momotaro ran into a monkey.
The monkey said, "Hello, hello, Momotaro.
Could you give me one of your dumplings? If you give me one, I will accompany you! Ooo! Ooo!"
The dog, the pheasant and the monkey joined Momotaro.
They headed to Demon Island by boat.
When they arrived to the island, the demons were having a drinking bout.
This was a great chance! They started attacking.
The dog sank his teeth into them,
the monkey scratched them and the pheasant pecked at the demons.
Momotaro was fighting the demon leader.
The demon had a great steel rod!
But Momotaro drew his sword and defeated him.
The demons surrendered to Momotaro and his party.
"Will you promise to stop making people suffer?" asked Momotaro to the demons.
They swore, "We promise! We won't hurt anyone, anymore."
The demons were grateful and gave all the treasures to Momotaro.
Momotaro and his party put all the treasures in a cart, went back home, and they lived happily ever after.