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Aug 2022
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Momotaro or The Story of the Son of a Pe...

Bedtime Stories with Taesha Glasgow
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Tonight's bedtime story is Momotaro or The Story of the Son of a Peach. A Japanese fairy tale compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki. In this story, an old couple finds a giant peach, and inside it, a little boy. Some years later, their son decides to fight demons on an island and meets some friends along the way to help him with his mission.


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