Once upon a time in the village there lived a boy named Jeremy. And everyday he went for a walk. One day Jeremy went for a walk in the village and he saw a big peach.

So he wanted to eat it so he cut it and heard, "Don’t do that!"

And he saw a very interesting boy.

So he told him, "Do you want to come on my journey?"

"Yes," he said.

And he was holding a really tiny boy named Inch Boy.

So Jeremy wanted them to come with him if they were strong. So they were walking until they saw a tengu. It had a really strong nose so Inch Boy got his needle out. The tengu was so scared that he fainted! So they were walking across the bridge and Inch Boy fell off but he landed safely down.

Then Peach Boy wanted to climb down and Jeremy wanted to climb down too. So they tried to climb down the big mountain but they saw the bottom of the mountain. They were near the bottom of the big mountain so they ran to the bottom. Finally they got to the bottom of the big mountain.

Then they saw Inch Boy so they ran up to him and picked him up and went on. Then they saw another tengu on a boat in the river and it had a much longer nose. It could touch the bottom of the deep river. A big lobster pinched the tengu's big nose and the big tengu fainted and fell in the very deep river. Then they went to the village to their homes.

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