Journey to the West: Golden Horn and Silver Horn · chapter 2 of 5
Under Three Mountains
三座大山
Wukong is stuck under three mountains. Can the mountain god set him free before the demons harm his master?
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 好重啊！这三座山，比我的金箍棒还重！
Hǎo zhòng a! Zhè sān zuò shān, bǐ wǒ de Jīn Gū Bàng hái zhòng!
So heavy! These three mountains are heavier than my golden staff!
- Sun Wukong 山神！快出来！老孙叫你呢！
Shānshén! Kuài chūlái! Lǎo Sūn jiào nǐ ne!
Mountain God! Come out! Old Sun is calling you!
- Mountain God 大圣！我在这儿！
Dàshèng! Wǒ zài zhèr!
Great Sage! I'm here!
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- Sun Wukong 这是你的山吗？你为什么不来帮我？
Zhè shì nǐ de shān ma? Nǐ wèishénme bù lái bāng wǒ?
Are these your mountains? Why didn't you come help me?
- Mountain God 大圣，这不是我们的山。有一个妖怪，用法术让三座山飞来了。
Dàshèng, zhè bú shì wǒmen de shān. Yǒu yí gè yāoguài, yòng fǎshù ràng sān zuò shān fēi lái le.
Great Sage, these aren't our mountains. A demon used magic to make three mountains fly here.
- Sun Wukong 快让它们飞走！我要去找师父！
Kuài ràng tāmen fēi zǒu! Wǒ yào qù zhǎo shīfu!
Make them fly away, quick! I have to find Master!
- Mountain God 好，好！一，二，三……走！
Hǎo, hǎo! Yī, èr, sān… zǒu!
Yes, yes! One, two, three... go!
- Sun Wukong 太好了！我出来了！山神，妖怪住在哪儿？
Tài hǎo le! Wǒ chūlái le! Shānshén, yāoguài zhù zài nǎr?
Great! I'm out! Mountain God, where do the demons live?
- Mountain God 就在前面的莲花洞。那里有两个大王：金角大王和银角大王。
Jiù zài qiánmiàn de Liánhuā Dòng. Nàlǐ yǒu liǎng gè dàwáng: Jīnjiǎo Dàwáng hé Yínjiǎo Dàwáng.
Just ahead, in Lotus Cave. Two kings live there: King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn.
- Sun Wukong 金角？银角？老孙这就去找他们！
Jīnjiǎo? Yínjiǎo? Lǎo Sūn zhè jiù qù zhǎo tāmen!
Golden Horn? Silver Horn? Old Sun is on his way!
- Narrator 莲花洞里，唐僧坐在地上，没有说话。
Liánhuā Dòng lǐ, Táng Sēng zuò zài dìshang, méiyǒu shuōhuà.
In Lotus Cave, Tang Seng sat on the floor without a word.
- King Golden Horn 银角，你真行！唐僧在这儿了！
Yínjiǎo, nǐ zhēn xíng! Táng Sēng zài zhèr le!
Silver Horn, you're great! Tang Seng is here!
- King Silver Horn 大哥，他的两个徒弟，也在这儿。
Dàgē, tā de liǎng gè túdì, yě zài zhèr.
Big Brother, his two disciples are here too.
- Tang Seng 两位大王，我们是去西天的人。请让我们走吧！
Liǎng wèi dàwáng, wǒmen shì qù Xītiān de rén. Qǐng ràng wǒmen zǒu ba!
Your Majesties, we are only travelers on the road to the Western Heaven. Please let us go!
- King Golden Horn 吃了唐僧的肉，就不会老！你们哪儿也不能去！
Chī le Táng Sēng de ròu, jiù bú huì lǎo! Nǐmen nǎr yě bù néng qù!
Eat Tang Seng's flesh and you never grow old! None of you are going anywhere!
- Zhu Bajie 师父！猴哥在哪儿？猴哥快来帮我们！
Shīfu! Hóugē zài nǎr? Hóugē kuài lái bāng wǒmen!
Master! Where is Brother Monkey? Brother Monkey, come help us!
- Sun Wukong 别怕，老孙变成了一只小虫，已经在这儿了。
Bié pà, Lǎo Sūn biànchéng le yì zhī xiǎo chóng, yǐjīng zài zhèr le.
Don't be afraid. Old Sun turned into a little bug and is already here.
- King Silver Horn 大哥，我有一个红葫芦，是大宝贝！
Dàgē, wǒ yǒu yí gè hóng húlu, shì dà bǎobèi!
Big Brother, I have a red gourd. It's a great treasure!
- King Golden Horn 它有什么用？
Tā yǒu shénme yòng?
What does it do?
- King Silver Horn 我叫一个人的名字。他一答应，就进葫芦里了！
Wǒ jiào yí gè rén de míngzi. Tā yì dāying, jiù jìn húlu lǐ le!
I call out someone's name. The moment he answers, he goes inside the gourd!
- King Golden Horn 好！孙悟空来了，你就叫他！
Hǎo! Sūn Wùkōng lái le, nǐ jiù jiào tā!
Good! When Sun Wukong comes, you call him!
- King Silver Horn 对！他一答应，三天以后，就变成水！
Duì! Tā yì dāying, sān tiān yǐhòu, jiù biànchéng shuǐ!
Yes! Once he answers, in three days he turns into water!
- Sha Wujing 二师兄，别怕。大师兄一定会来的。
Èr shīxiōng, bié pà. Dàshīxiōng yídìng huì lái de.
Second Brother, don't be afraid. Big Brother will come.
- Sun Wukong 一叫名字，一答应……老孙有办法了！
Yí jiào míngzi, yì dāying… Lǎo Sūn yǒu bànfǎ le!
Call a name, answer, and you're in... Old Sun has an idea!
- Sun Wukong 老孙就换一个名字！
Lǎo Sūn jiù huàn yí gè míngzi!
Old Sun will just change his name!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the mountain god say about the three mountains?
“有一个妖怪，用法术让三座山飞来了。”
- Where do the demon kings live?
“就在前面的莲花洞。”
- Why does Golden Horn want Tang Seng?
“吃了唐僧的肉，就不会老！”
- What does the red gourd do?
“我叫一个人的名字。他一答应，就进葫芦里了！”
- What does Wukong decide at the end?
“老孙就换一个名字！”
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