"all you devils listen to me! the great japanese general momotaro has come to fight you and to take your stronghold from you. if you wish to save your lives surrender at once, and in token of your submission you must break off the horns that grow on your forehead. if you do not surrender at once, but make up your mind to fight, we, the pheasant, the dog and the monkey, will kill you all by biting and tearing you to death!"