8/15/11

ももたろう_new version??

here is a old Japanese tale to share.
long long time ago, there was old couple living by the river.
One day, when old lady was doing laundry by the river,
huge peach was floating coming from upstream  toward the lady. She picked it up and brought it home. She tried   to eat the peach with her old man,
 when they tried to cut the peach,a small baby boy came out of the peach and they decided to raise, take care as their boy.  They  named the boy "peach boy"
One day, the boy grow up big and told them that he is going to punish the demon in the demon island who was causing many trouble to good people in the village.
   The old lady was surprised,but made a cake bread like thing he could take on his journey to get  there.
as the boy walked on, he met a Pheasant, dog,monkey who wanted the piece of the cake he had.  they followed him around for it.
 and he explained them what he was going to do,and said if they come join his journey,help punishing the demons,he would share the rice cake bread thing the old lady made

So they shared the treat and headed to demon islands, and beat them, and took back all the goods and treasures demon accumulated,and they  shared all they confiscated and shared it with the old couple, and others in the village.

 but there was modern version of the story  just made, lately.
the boy did not explain in the language pheasant, dog, monkey speak,  in the language they can understand, so those dog,monkey and dog just ate the treat before even get to the island becoming so full and heavy and started taking a nap on the ground.  They tried to wake up by eating vegetable and  herb, but that put them even deeper sleep, and decided to give up beating the demons since the cake bread they had was already digested and gone, so when he look back, they are all sleeping on the ground and eventually they got out of sites,and the boy ended up beating the demon all by himself.

And the people in the village are wondering what caused this?,is that because cake bread they ate? or herb? or beef?or pork?that put them into sleep,into deeper dream?,or was it just the fact that the demon were so powerful and pheasant,dog ,monkey,were spy sent from demon's island to begin with?.  But at the end, they all found way to own home.
Yes,the boy went back to his house and each went  back to where it belong.
(there was more episode behind,it,but they decide to keep the story pretty and cute because his name was "peach boy")