One Piece Volume 32 : Love Song Chapter 305 Foxy the Silver Fox - Page 189 - Ace's Grand Blackbeard Search Final Vol. "In the Name of Piracy" - Page 190 - Chopper: A spirit? Luffy: Well, he appeared when I broke the bamboo. Usopp: ...hey... say something. Man: Of course I remember you, it's just been a while. How are you all doing? - Page 191 - Usopp: Huh? What... do you guys know him? Luffy: Not me! Chopper: Me neither. Man: Oh, no wonder you looked so unfamiliar. Usopp: Geez, that was random!! WHO ARE YOU?! [Nomad] [Tonjit] Tonjit: (sniff) My name is Tonjit. I must thank you. You were the ones who knocked me down from my stilts, weren't you? Guys: Stilts? AH!! They ARE!! (Note: Stilts are known as "bamboo horse" in Japanese.) - Page 192 - Luffy: But that bamboo was soooo high I couldn't see the top! Tonjit: Yes, that's exactly where I was!! Luffy: So you didn't appear out of the bamboo when I broke it, you fell because I broke your stilts. Why were you using such tall stilts? Tonjit: I've always been a big fan of stilts... so I used the very LONG bamboo of this island to attempt making the longest stilts in the world!!! But when I climbed up them... I was so scared, I couldn't get back down!!! Luffy: That's kinda dumb. Tonjit: And thus I spent 10 YEARS... Luffy: THAT'S REALLY FREAKIN' DUMB!!! Usopp: You were up on those stilts for 10 YEARS?! Tonjit: Yes... and in that time, the bamboo continued to grow... So with time, it became even harder to descend!! Ahhhhhhhhhh, that was SCARY! Usopp: That's all you have to say about 10 whole years?! - Page 193 - Tonjit: Of course, on this island there are trees as tall as the bamboo, so I managed to survive by eating fruit. Usopp: That sure is a quick explanation, given all the long time you spent up there... Luffy: Speaking of long stuff, why is everything on this island so LONG? All the trees and animals! Tonjit: That is a common reaction from outsiders. The reason is that, because of the great plains and praries of this island, everyone likes to STRETCH OUT and relax!! Luffy: What an explanation!! Tonjit: For instance, look at that... Daaaaaaaaaaachshund. Usopp: You just extended the sound!! Tonjit: Plaaaaaaaaaatypus. There are also more dangerous beasts. Such as that snoooooow leopard. Usopp: Leopard?! Tonjit: Don't get bitten. - Page 194 - Leopard: (grrrr) Usopp: HOW COME ONLY THAT ONE GOES SIDEWAYS?!! Tonjit: Come into my home. I must thank you for your help. Luffy: YIPPEE!! Chopper: Yay!! Tonjit: In this village, we typically drink the milk from our cattle. Luffy: Village? What village? Chopper: What cattle? Tonjit: Ohhh!! The village is gone... And so is the herd!! Usopp: Wait a minute... Would a village usually disappear after just ten years? Tonjit: Oh... let me explain that in a minute. Let me be a good host and serve you some of my milk stored away... Chopper: Mmmmm! Usopp: Milk...? But... you were on those stilts for ten years... - Page 195 - Tonjit: How would you like some cheese, instead? Usopp: Don't look away!! That's your 10-year old milk, isn't it?!! Tonjit: I see... just sit back and relax, then. Now, as I was saying, Luffy: Huh... you can eat this cheese? Usopp: Don't!! Tonjit: Don't be silly, it's just 10-year old cheese. Unlike you all, I've spent a relaxing life on this island, so my stomach is different from yours. Kids nowadays... can't take care of their bodies. CALL A DOCTOR. Usopp: SEE, I TOLD YOU!!! YOU DUMBASS!!! Chopper: DOCTORRRR!!! THAT'S ME!!! Indigestion. Usopp: HOW CAN YOU TELL?!! - Page 196 - Usopp: Nomads? Luffy: Oh man, you're so FUNNY!! Tonjit: Yes, we are a nomadic people, traveling from place to place and settling for only a short while before moving on. Chopper: So that's why the village is gone, after just ten years... Tonjit: This island is known as "Long Ring Long Land." Welcome. The land mass of this island is in a long ring shape. Normally, the ocean separates it into ten smaller islands. But, one day a year, the waves recede drastically, and for a few hours, the island resembles its actual, unbroken shape. We use that day to switch islands, once every three years. Usopp: Ahhh... and so you were left behind during the move. Luffy: I like how you're so dumb!! You're the best, man!! - Page 197 - Usopp: If they travel once every three years, then it should take thirty years for an entire cycle. After you subtract the years you spent on those stilts, you won't see your people for another twenty years. Tonjit: Indeed... if I only had one horrrrrrrse with me... I could switch islands every year, and catch up to the others in about five years. Chopper: Horrrrrse? Tonjit: Yes. It's the most beautiful animal on this island. It is such a regal sight, galloping across the plains... You can't get across to another island without one. If you tried to walk by yourself, carrying all your belongings, you wouldn't make it to the next island before the waters returned. Luffy: Why don't you just use ships? Tonjit: We don't know much about sailing. Plus... Even if you used a log pose, it wouldn't point to the nearest island. Because all ten are actually part of the same island. It's okay, I can wait twenty years. Luffy: Aren't you lonely...? - Page 198 - Chopper: Wait, is a horrrrrrrse actually a "horse"? Luffy: Huh? Oh yeah! There was a horse here, remember?! Tonjit: Ohh...!! Shelly!!! You... you've been waiting for me?!! Shelly: (neigh!!) Tonjit: Oh, my sweet, darling Shelly!! Oh, how I missed you so!! You sure have gotten longer since the last time I saw you...!! There, there. Shelly: (neigh) Tonjit: You must have been lonely by yourself, all those years...!! Thank you! Thank you. I'll never leave you again!! - Page 199 - Guys: I see... so that horse has been waiting for the stilts guy to come down this whole time. She's a good friend. She must really love that stilts guy. Tonjit: Wahahaha!! Shelly: (neigh) Luffy: Man, that horse is FAST! I wanna ride it too!! Usopp: She really does look regal, galloping that way. - Page 200 - Tonjit: Shelly... On the next low tide day, let's cross the sea together. It must have rained sometimes, right? It must have snowed sometimes, right? Thank you for waiting. <