Journey to the West: Golden Horn and Silver Horn · chapter 4 of 5
The Gourd That Holds the Sky
能装天的葫芦
Wukong sells a little gourd that holds the sky. Even Heaven helps him with the trick.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 悟空拿着一个小葫芦，又来到了莲花洞。
Wùkōng ná zhe yí gè xiǎo húlu, yòu láidào le Liánhuā Dòng.
Wukong came back to Lotus Cave with a little gourd.
- Sun Wukong 大王！快出来看宝贝！
Dàwáng! Kuài chūlái kàn bǎobèi!
Your Majesty! Come out and see a treasure!
- King Silver Horn 你是谁？你来做什么？
Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ lái zuò shénme?
Who are you? What do you want?
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- Sun Wukong 我卖葫芦。我的葫芦最大最大！
Wǒ mài húlu. Wǒ de húlu zuì dà zuì dà!
I sell gourds. Mine is the biggest gourd there is!
- King Silver Horn 这么小的葫芦，还大？
Zhème xiǎo de húlu, hái dà?
Such a tiny gourd, and it's big?
- Sun Wukong 别看它小。它能装天！
Bié kàn tā xiǎo. Tā néng zhuāng tiān!
Don't let its size fool you. It can hold the sky!
- King Silver Horn 装天？天那么大，怎么装？哈哈哈！
Zhuāng tiān? Tiān nàme dà, zěnme zhuāng? Hāhāhā!
Hold the sky? The sky is huge. How could it fit? Ha ha ha!
- Sun Wukong 你不信？等一下，老孙给你看！
Nǐ bú xìn? Děng yíxià, Lǎo Sūn gěi nǐ kàn!
You don't believe me? Wait a moment. Old Sun will show you!
- Sun Wukong 天上的朋友，请帮我一下！让天黑一会儿！
Tiān shàng de péngyou, qǐng bāng wǒ yíxià! Ràng tiān hēi yíhuìr!
Friends up in heaven, please help me out! Make the sky dark for a little while!
- Sky God 大圣，这样不太好……好，好，就一会儿！
Dàshèng, zhèyàng bú tài hǎo… Hǎo, hǎo, jiù yíhuìr!
Great Sage, this isn't quite right... Fine, fine, just for a moment!
- King Silver Horn 天……天怎么黑了？
Tiān… tiān zěnme hēi le?
The sky... why did the sky go dark?
- Sun Wukong 你看！我的葫芦，装了天。
Nǐ kàn! Wǒ de húlu, zhuāng le tiān.
Look! My gourd put the sky inside.
- King Silver Horn 太好了！我也要一个！
Tài hǎo le! Wǒ yě yào yí gè!
Wonderful! I want one too!
- Sun Wukong 你要？可是，这个宝贝很贵。
Nǐ yào? Kěshì, zhège bǎobèi hěn guì.
You want it? But this treasure is very expensive.
- King Silver Horn 我用我的红葫芦，和你换！
Wǒ yòng wǒ de hóng húlu, hé nǐ huàn!
I'll trade you my red gourd!
- Sun Wukong 你的红葫芦？只能装人，不好玩……好吧，换！
Nǐ de hóng húlu? Zhǐ néng zhuāng rén, bù hǎowán… Hǎo ba, huàn!
Your red gourd? It only holds people, how boring... Oh, all right, trade!
- King Silver Horn 太好了！一个装人，一个装天。我的宝贝最多！
Tài hǎo le! Yí gè zhuāng rén, yí gè zhuāng tiān. Wǒ de bǎobèi zuì duō!
Great! One holds people, one holds the sky. I have the most treasures!
- Sun Wukong 好，好。你自己用吧。老孙先走了！
Hǎo, hǎo. Nǐ zìjǐ yòng ba. Lǎo Sūn xiān zǒu le!
Good, good. You use it yourself. Old Sun is off!
- Sky God 大圣，天可以亮了吗？
Dàshèng, tiān kěyǐ liàng le ma?
Great Sage, can the sky get bright again now?
- Sun Wukong 再等一下！等老孙跑远！
Zài děng yíxià! Děng Lǎo Sūn pǎo yuǎn!
Wait a bit more! Let Old Sun run far away first!
- King Silver Horn 什么？天亮了！我的葫芦，快装天！
Shénme? Tiān liàng le! Wǒ de húlu, kuài zhuāng tiān!
What? It's bright again! Gourd, hurry up and hold the sky!
- King Silver Horn 装啊！你怎么不装？这个葫芦是假的！
Zhuāng a! Nǐ zěnme bù zhuāng? Zhège húlu shì jiǎ de!
Do it! Why won't you? This gourd is fake!
- King Silver Horn 大哥！大哥！孙悟空来过了！他拿了我的红葫芦！
Dàgē! Dàgē! Sūn Wùkōng lái guo le! Tā ná le wǒ de hóng húlu!
Big Brother! Big Brother! Sun Wukong was here! He took my red gourd!
- King Golden Horn 谁拿了我弟弟的葫芦？给我出来！
Shéi ná le wǒ dìdi de húlu? Gěi wǒ chūlái!
Who took my little brother's gourd? Come out here!
- Sun Wukong 老孙在这儿！大王，你叫什么名字？
Lǎo Sūn zài zhèr! Dàwáng, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Old Sun is right here! Your Majesty, what's your name?
- King Golden Horn 我是金角大王。你想怎么样？
Wǒ shì Jīnjiǎo Dàwáng. Nǐ xiǎng zěnmeyàng?
I'm King Golden Horn. What do you want?
- Sun Wukong 好名字！大王，你会答应吗？
Hǎo míngzi! Dàwáng, nǐ huì dāying ma?
What a fine name! Your Majesty, will you answer to it?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Wukong say his little gourd can do?
“它能装天！”
- Who helps Wukong make the sky dark?
“大圣，这样不太好……好，好，就一会儿！”
- What does Silver Horn trade for the small gourd?
“我用我的红葫芦，和你换！”
- Why is Silver Horn furious at the end?
“这个葫芦是假的！”
- What does Wukong ask Golden Horn?
“大王，你会答应吗？”
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