Page 105 - 2019 SK T5 English
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                                             Momotaro - The Peach Boy


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                  A long time ago, in a small village                 One day, while the old woman
                  in Japan, there lived an elderly               was washing clothes, a giant
                  childless couple.                              peach floated down the river. She
                                                                 took the peach home.

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                       The old woman showed the                       They decided to name him
                  peach to her husband and placed                ‘Momotaro’ which meant ‘Peach
                  it against the wall. Suddenly, the             Boy’. Momotaro grew up to be a
                  peach started moving. They were                very strong and brave boy.
                  surprised to see a baby coming out
                  of the peach.


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                       One evening, an evil ogre stole the
                  villagers’ belongings and destroyed                 Momotaro’s mother was
                  most houses in the village. Nobody             worried for him, but she knew she
                  dared to stop the ogre. After it left,         had to let him go. For the long
                  Momotaro asked for permission from             journey, she prepared him dango
                  his parents to fight the ogre.                 to give him strength.

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