Journey to the West: The Monkey King · chapter 6 of 8
One Somersault
一个筋斗云
Sent away by his master, Wukong must keep one promise forever. Then he leaps onto his cloud and heads for home.
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- Sun Wukong 师父，别让我走！我还想跟您学本领！
Shīfu, bié ràng wǒ zǒu! Wǒ hái xiǎng gēn nín xué běnlǐng!
Master, don't send me away! I still want to learn from you!
- Master Subodhi 你学得够多了。回花果山去吧，那里是你的家。
Nǐ xué de gòu duō le. Huí Huāguǒ Shān qù ba, nàlǐ shì nǐ de jiā.
You've learned enough. Go back to Flower Fruit Mountain. That's your home.
- Sun Wukong 花果山……我的家。我很久没有回家了。
Huāguǒ Shān… wǒ de jiā. Wǒ hěn jiǔ méiyǒu huí jiā le.
Flower Fruit Mountain… my home. I haven't been home in so long.
- Master Subodhi 可是，你要记住一件事。
Kěshì, nǐ yào jìzhù yí jiàn shì.
But there's one thing you must remember.
- Sun Wukong 师父，您说，我听着。
Shīfu, nín shuō, wǒ tīngzhe.
Tell me, Master. I'm listening.
- Master Subodhi 以后，不要跟别人说，我是你的师父。一个字也不能说！
Yǐhòu, bú yào gēn biérén shuō, wǒ shì nǐ de shīfu. Yí gè zì yě bù néng shuō!
From now on, never tell anyone that I was your teacher. Not one word!
- Sun Wukong 为什么？
Wèi shénme?
Why?
- Master Subodhi 你这只猴子，以后会有大麻烦的。
Nǐ zhè zhī hóuzi, yǐhòu huì yǒu dà máfan de.
A monkey like you is going to get into big trouble one day.
- Sun Wukong 好！我不说！我就说，这些本领都是我自己的！
Hǎo! Wǒ bù shuō! Wǒ jiù shuō, zhèxiē běnlǐng dōu shì wǒ zìjǐ de!
All right! I won't! I'll say my skills are all my own!
- Sun Wukong 师父，谢谢您教我。悟空……走了！
Shīfu, xièxie nín jiào wǒ. Wùkōng… zǒu le!
Master, thank you for teaching me. Wukong… is leaving now!
- Narrator 悟空一跳，就跳上了筋斗云。
Wùkōng yí tiào, jiù tiào shàng le jīndǒuyún.
With one leap, Wukong was up on his somersault cloud.
- Master Subodhi 走吧！记住你说的话！
Zǒu ba! Jìzhù nǐ shuō de huà!
Go! Remember your promise!
- Sun Wukong 再见了，师父……
Zàijiàn le, shīfu…
Goodbye, Master…
- Sun Wukong 好快啊！大山，大河，都在我的下边！
Hǎo kuài a! Dàshān, dàhé, dōu zài wǒ de xiàbian!
So fast! Great mountains, great rivers, all below me!
- Sun Wukong 一个筋斗云，十万八千里！前边是……花果山！
Yí gè jīndǒuyún, shíwàn bāqiān lǐ! Qiánbian shì… Huāguǒ Shān!
One somersault on my cloud: a hundred and eight thousand li! And up ahead is… Flower Fruit Mountain!
- Narrator 一会儿，悟空就回到了花果山的水帘洞。
Yíhuìr, Wùkōng jiù huídào le Huāguǒ Shān de Shuǐlián Dòng.
In no time at all, Wukong was back at the Water Curtain Cave on Flower Fruit Mountain.
- Sun Wukong 孩子们！我回来了！
Háizimen! Wǒ huílái le!
Children! I'm home!
- Little Monkey 大王！大王回来了！大王，你怎么才回来啊！
Dàwáng! Dàwáng huílái le! Dàwáng, nǐ zěnme cái huílái a!
Your Majesty! The king is back! Oh, Your Majesty, what took you so long?
- Sun Wukong 怎么了？你们为什么哭？
Zěnme le? Nǐmen wèi shénme kū?
What's wrong? Why are you crying?
- Old Monkey 大王，你走了以后，来了一个坏人，叫混世魔王。
Dàwáng, nǐ zǒu le yǐhòu, lái le yí gè huàirén, jiào Hùnshì Mówáng.
Your Majesty, after you left, a villain came here. He calls himself the Demon King of Chaos.
- Little Monkey 他打我们，还带走了很多小猴子！
Tā dǎ wǒmen, hái dàizǒu le hěn duō xiǎo hóuzi!
He beat us, and he carried off lots of little monkeys!
- Sun Wukong 什么？他在哪儿？
Shénme? Tā zài nǎr?
What? Where is he?
What changed in the story?
- Where does the master tell Wukong to go?
“回花果山去吧，那里是你的家。”
- What must Wukong never tell anyone?
“不要跟别人说，我是你的师父。”
- What does Wukong promise to say about his skills?
“我就说，这些本领都是我自己的！”
- How far does one somersault on his cloud take him?
“一个筋斗云，十万八千里！”
- What bad news do the monkeys give Wukong?
“来了一个坏人，叫混世魔王……他打我们，还带走了很多小猴子！”