Erlang Shen, the God with Three Eyes · chapter 3 of 4
Whatever Beats You
变，变，变
A snake, a centipede and a dog monster each get a surprise from Erlang's changes. Then someone knocks at the tent, and it sounds exactly like Jiang Taigong.
Read what you hear
- Chang Hao 杨戬，我是常昊。我要把你缠起来，你哪儿也去不了！
Yáng Jiǎn, wǒ shì Cháng Hào. Wǒ yào bǎ nǐ chán qǐlái, nǐ nǎr yě qù bu liǎo!
Yang Jian, I'm Chang Hao! I'm going to wrap you up, and you won't be able to go anywhere!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 蛇？好，你先等一等，让我想一想。
Shé? Hǎo, nǐ xiān děng yi děng, ràng wǒ xiǎng yi xiǎng.
A snake? Good. Wait a moment and let me think.
- Chang Hao 想什么？我要变成一条大蛇，你怕了吧？
Xiǎng shénme? Wǒ yào biànchéng yì tiáo dàshé, nǐ pà le ba?
Think about what? I'm turning into a huge snake. Scared now?
Chapter 3 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of Erlang Shen, the God with Three Eyes is free, and so are The Second Cup of Tea, Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Journey to the West: The Monkey King, Cinderella, The Night of the Nian, Chang'e and the Moon, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, Aesop's Fables, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Pangu and Nüwa: How the World Began, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Zhong Kui the Demon Queller, The Odyssey, Robin Hood and Jiang Ziya Goes Fishing from start to finish.
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 蛇最怕什么？我知道了，是天上的鹰！
Shé zuìpà shénme? Wǒ zhīdào le, shì tiānshàng de yīng!
What are snakes most afraid of? I know, an eagle in the sky!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 我变，看我的！
Wǒ biàn, kàn wǒ de!
Change! Watch this!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 鹰来了，蛇，你跑不掉了！
Yīng lái le, shé, nǐ pǎo bu diào le!
The eagle is here, snake. You can't get away!
- Chang Hao 啊，鹰，别抓我，别抓我的尾巴！
Ā, yīng, bié zhuā wǒ, bié zhuā wǒ de wěiba!
Ah, an eagle! Don't grab me, don't grab my tail!
- Wu Long 常昊没有用，让我来，我是吴龙，我有一百只脚！
Cháng Hào méiyǒu yòng, ràng wǒ lái, wǒ shì Wú Lóng, wǒ yǒu yìbǎi zhī jiǎo!
Chang Hao is useless. Let me do it. I'm Wu Long, and I have a hundred legs!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 一百只脚？哈哈，那我变成一只大公鸡！
Yìbǎi zhī jiǎo? Hāhā, nà wǒ biànchéng yì zhī dàgōngjī!
A hundred legs? Ha ha, then I'll turn into a big rooster!
- Wu Long 公鸡？我最怕公鸡了，快走，快走！
Gōngjī? Wǒ zuìpà gōngjī le, kuài zǒu, kuài zǒu!
A rooster? I'm most afraid of roosters! Run, run!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 喔喔喔，我来了，你的一百只脚，跑得过我吗？
Wō wō wō, wǒ lái le, nǐ de yìbǎi zhī jiǎo, pǎo de guò wǒ ma?
Cock-a-doodle-doo, here I come! Can your hundred legs outrun me?
- Wu Long 一百只脚也跑不快，妈呀，我要回家！
Yìbǎi zhī jiǎo yě pǎo bu kuài, mā ya, wǒ yào huíjiā!
A hundred legs and I still can't run fast! Mommy, I want to go home!
- Dai Li 都让开，我是戴礼，我的牙齿最大，汪汪汪！
Dōu ràngkāi, wǒ shì Dài Lǐ, wǒ de yáchǐ zuìdà, wāngwāng wāng!
Everybody move! I'm Dai Li, I have the biggest teeth, woof woof woof!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 你也是狗？我也有一只，哮天犬，去！
Nǐ yě shì gǒu? Wǒ yě yǒu yì zhī, Xiàotiānquǎn, qù!
You're a dog too? I have one as well. Xiaotian, go!
- Dai Li 汪……这只狗比我大，我不咬了，我不咬了！
Wāng…… Zhè zhī gǒu bǐ wǒ dà, wǒ bù yǎo le, wǒ bù yǎo le!
Woof... that dog is bigger than me. I won't bite, I won't bite!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 好狗，哮天犬，今天你吃两个馒头！
Hǎo gǒu, Xiàotiānquǎn, jīntiān nǐ chī liǎng gè mántou!
Good dog, Xiaotian! Today you get two steamed buns!
- Narrator 天黑了，杨戬回到了军营，老人在灯下等他。
Tiānhēi le, Yáng Jiǎn huídào le jūnyíng, lǎorén zài dēng xià děng tā.
Night fell, and Yang Jian went back to the camp. The old man was waiting for him under the lamp.
- Jiang Ziya 杨戬，你今天变了三次，一次比一次好！
Yáng Jiǎn, nǐ jīntiān biàn le sān cì, yí cì bǐ yí cì hǎo!
Yang Jian, you changed three times today, and each one was better than the last!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 谢谢太公。可是我饿了，这里有吃的吗？
Xièxiè tàigōng. Kěshì wǒ è le, zhèlǐ yǒu chī de ma?
Thank you, Taigong, but I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat here?
- Jiang Ziya 我的鱼钩是直的，所以今天没有鱼，可是我有馒头。
Wǒ de yúgōu shì zhí de, suǒyǐ jīntiān méiyǒu yú, kěshì wǒ yǒu mántou.
My hook is straight, so there is no fish today, but I do have steamed buns.
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 馒头也很好吃，太公，您也吃一个吧。
Mántou yě hěn hǎochī, tàigōng, nín yě chī yí gè ba.
Steamed buns are delicious too. Taigong, have one yourself.
- Jiang Ziya 听着。还有四个妖怪，牛和羊不难，最难的是袁洪。
Tīng zhe. Háiyǒu sì gè yāoguài, niú hé yáng bù nán, zuìnán de shì Yuán Hóng.
Listen, there are four monsters left. The ox and the goat are not hard, but Yuan Hong is the hardest.
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 他也只会变成动物吗？
Tā yě zhǐ huì biànchéng dòngwù ma?
Does he only turn into animals?
- Jiang Ziya 不只动物。他会变成人，还会变成你最相信的人。
Bù zhǐ dòngwù. Tā huì biànchéng rén, háihuì biànchéng nǐ zuì xiāngxìn de rén.
Not only animals. He can turn into people, even the person you trust the most.
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 最相信的人？我师父也这样说过，我会小心的。
Zuì xiāngxìn de rén? Wǒ shīfù yě zhèyàng shuō guò, wǒ huì xiǎoxīn de.
The person I trust the most? My master said the same thing. I'll be careful.
- Yuan Hong 杨戬，快开门。我是姜太公，我有话对你说。
Yáng Jiǎn, kuài kāimén. Wǒ shì Jiāng Tàigōng, wǒ yǒu huà duì nǐ shuō.
Yang Jian, open the door quickly. I'm Jiang Taigong, and I have something to tell you.
- Jiang Ziya 那是我的声音，可是我在这儿，我没有出去。
Nà shì wǒ de shēngyīn, kěshì wǒ zài zhèr, wǒ méiyǒu chūqù.
That is my voice, but I'm right here. I haven't gone out.
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 外面有一个姜太公，里面也有一个……谁是真的？
Wàimiàn yǒu yí gè Jiāng Tàigōng, lǐmiàn yě yǒu yí gè…… Shuí shì zhēn de?
There's a Jiang Taigong outside, and one in here too... which one is real?
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What changed in the story?
- How does Erlang beat the snake Chang Hao?
“蛇最怕什么？我知道了，是天上的鹰！”
- Why does Erlang turn into a rooster?
“公鸡？我最怕公鸡了，快走，快走！”
- What beats the dog monster Dai Li?
“这只狗比我大，我不咬了”
- Why is Yuan Hong the hardest monster?
“他会变成人，还会变成你最相信的人。”
- What surprises Erlang at the end of the chapter?
“快开门，我是姜太公”…“那是我的声音，可是我在这儿”