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Tonight we'll read the classic Japanese folk tale Momotaro or the story of the

sun of a peach. The story is about a boy who comes from heaven inside a giant peach

to be the son of an old childless couple. This English translation is from Yea Theodora Ozaki, who included it in her

1911 compilation Japanese Fairy tales.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Close your eyes.

eyes. body into the softness of your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. Long, long ago, there lived an old man and an old woman, they were peasants, and

had to work hard to earn their daily rice.

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