YOU SAID:
the old lady threw a dancing potato into a pot of boiling lava.
INTO JAPANESE
おばあさんは踊るジャガイモを沸騰した溶岩の鍋に投げ込みました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The old woman threw the dancing potatoes into a pot of boiling lava.
INTO JAPANESE
老婦人は踊るジャガイモを沸騰した溶岩の鍋に投げ込みました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The old woman threw the dancing potatoes into a pot of boiling lava.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.