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Japanese folk tales in japanese4/3/2024 But just then there was the sound of a human voice from inside the peach. So the old woman brought a big knife from the kitchen and was getting ready to cut the peach in half. He was so hungry that he said: “Let’s divide it and eat it.” Late in the afternoon the old man came home, and the old woman said to him: “Look what a wonderful peach I found for your supper.” The old man said it was truly a beautiful peach. She pulled the peach out of the river and took it home to give her husband for supper. No sooner had the old woman begun her washing than she was very surprised to see a big peach floating down the river. One day the old man went into the mountains to cut firewood and his wife went to the river to wash clothes. They were very lonely because they had no children. ONCE upon a time in Japan, there lived in the country an old man and his wife. Its theme of the unification of a people separated by hostility into an effective force for change resonates throughout history and applies to many different cultures. ![]() The story is one of the most popular from Japanese folklore. This is the story of young Momotaro, whose name literally means Peach Boy. In honor of the great people of Japan during a terrible crisis, I re-post this beautiful tale.
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