Journey to the West: The Monkey King · chapter 13 of 25
The Monkey King Comes Home
美猴王回家
The Dragon King swears he has no clothes to spare. Then Wukong carries his new staff home, and the whole mountain sees what it can do.
Read what you hear
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 上仙要衣服？我的龙宫里……没有衣服！
Shàngxiān yào yīfu? Wǒ de lónggōng li… méiyǒu yīfu!
Immortal, you want clothes? There… there are no clothes in my palace!
- Sun Wukong 没有？那老孙就用这块铁，在你身上试一试！
Méiyǒu? Nà Lǎo Sūn jiù yòng zhè kuài tiě, zài nǐ shēnshang shì yi shì!
You don't? Then Old Sun will try out this iron bar on you!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 别！别！我有三个弟弟，在南海、北海、西海。我叫他们来！
Bié! Bié! Wǒ yǒu sān gè dìdi, zài Nán Hǎi, Běi Hǎi, Xī Hǎi. Wǒ jiào tāmen lái!
No! Don't! I have three younger brothers, in the Southern Sea, the Northern Sea and the Western Sea. I'll call them here!
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- Narrator 很快，三个龙王都来了。
Hěn kuài, sān gè Lóngwáng dōu lái le.
Soon the three Dragon Kings had arrived.
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 弟弟们，别跟他打！那块铁，打到谁，谁就完了！
Dìdimen, bié gēn tā dǎ! Nà kuài tiě, dǎ dào shéi, shéi jiù wán le!
Brothers, don't fight him! Whoever that iron bar hits is finished!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 上仙请看：这是北海的鞋，穿上能在云上走！
Shàngxiān qǐng kàn: zhè shì Běi Hǎi de xié, chuānshang néng zài yún shang zǒu!
Immortal, look. These shoes are from the Northern Sea. Wear them, and you can walk on clouds!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 这是西海的金衣服，这是南海的金帽子！
Zhè shì Xī Hǎi de jīn yīfu, zhè shì Nán Hǎi de jīn màozi!
This suit of gold is from the Western Sea, and this golden cap from the Southern Sea!
- Sun Wukong 好！穿上这一身，老孙像不像大王？
Hǎo! Chuānshang zhè yì shēn, Lǎo Sūn xiàng bu xiàng dàwáng?
Good! Dressed like this, doesn't Old Sun look like a real king?
- Sun Wukong 谢谢四位邻居！老孙走了！
Xièxie sì wèi línjū! Lǎo Sūn zǒu le!
Thank you, my four neighbors! Old Sun is off!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 这只猴子！拿了宝贝，又拿衣服！我们去天上，告诉玉帝！
Zhè zhī hóuzi! Ná le bǎobèi, yòu ná yīfu! Wǒmen qù tiānshàng, gàosu Yùdì!
That monkey! First our treasure, now our clothes! We're going up to heaven to tell the Jade Emperor!
- Little Monkey 爷爷，你看！大王从水里出来了！身上一点儿水也没有！
Yéye, nǐ kàn! Dàwáng cóng shuǐ li chūlai le! Shēnshang yìdiǎnr shuǐ yě méiyǒu!
Grandpa, look! Your Majesty came up out of the water, and he isn't even wet!
- Old Monkey 大王这一身真漂亮！还有金帽子！你手上拿的是什么？
Dàwáng zhè yì shēn zhēn piàoliang! Hái yǒu jīn màozi! Nǐ shǒu shang ná de shì shénme?
Your Majesty, what a splendid outfit! And a golden cap too! What's that in your hand?
- Sun Wukong 龙王送老孙的武器！来，你们试试！
Lóngwáng sòng Lǎo Sūn de wǔqì! Lái, nǐmen shìshi!
A weapon the Dragon King gave Old Sun! Here, you try it!
- Little Monkey 一、二、三……拿不动！一点儿也拿不动！
Yī, èr, sān… ná bu dòng! Yìdiǎnr yě ná bu dòng!
One, two, three… I can't lift it! I can't budge it at all!
- Old Monkey 两丈多长，一万三千五百斤……一百个猴子也拿不动啊！
Liǎng zhàng duō cháng, yíwàn sānqiān wǔbǎi jīn… yìbǎi gè hóuzi yě ná bu dòng a!
More than two zhang long, thirteen thousand five hundred jin… a hundred monkeys couldn't lift that!
- Sun Wukong 哈哈！你们看：小！小！小！
Hāhā! Nǐmen kàn: xiǎo! Xiǎo! Xiǎo!
Ha ha! Watch this. Smaller! Smaller! Smaller!
- Narrator 金箍棒越来越小，最后像针一样小。悟空把它放在了耳朵里。
Jīn gū bàng yuè lái yuè xiǎo, zuìhòu xiàng zhēn yíyàng xiǎo. Wùkōng bǎ tā fàng zài le ěrduo li.
The Golden-Hoop Staff grew smaller and smaller, until it was as small as a needle. Wukong tucked it into his ear.
- Little Monkey 针呢？在哪儿？在哪儿？
Zhēn ne? Zài nǎr? Zài nǎr?
Where's the needle? Where did it go?
- Sun Wukong 在老孙的耳朵里！再看：大！大！大！
Zài Lǎo Sūn de ěrduo li! Zài kàn: dà! Dà! Dà!
In Old Sun's ear! Now watch again. Bigger! Bigger! Bigger!
- Little Monkey 又变回来了！两丈多长！
Yòu biàn huílai le! Liǎng zhàng duō cháng!
It's back! More than two zhang long!
- Sun Wukong 还没完！看我长高！
Hái méi wán! Kàn wǒ zhǎnggāo!
That's not all! Watch me grow!
- Narrator 悟空一下长得比山还高，头到了云里。金箍棒上到天上，下到地府。
Wùkōng yíxià zhǎng de bǐ shān hái gāo, tóu dào le yún li. Jīn gū bàng shàng dào tiānshàng, xià dào dìfǔ.
All at once, Wukong grew taller than the mountains, with his head in the clouds. The staff reached up to the sky and down to the Underworld.
- Little Monkey 天哪！七十二个洞的妖怪，都来拜大王了！
Tiān na! Qīshí'èr gè dòng de yāoguài, dōu lái bài dàwáng le!
Oh my! The demons of seventy-two caves have all come to bow to Your Majesty!
- Sun Wukong 老猴，你们四个最老的猴子，以后都是老孙的大官！
Lǎo Hóu, nǐmen sì gè zuì lǎo de hóuzi, yǐhòu dōu shì Lǎo Sūn de dà guān!
Old Monkey, from now on you four oldest monkeys are Old Sun's top officers!
- Narrator 悟空还和六个大妖怪做了朋友，有一个叫牛魔王。
Wùkōng hái hé liù gè dà yāoguài zuò le péngyou, yǒu yí gè jiào Niú Mówáng.
Wukong also made friends with six mighty demons. One of them was called the Bull Demon King.
- Sun Wukong 好酒！老孙喝多了……就在铁桥边的松树下边，睡一会儿……
Hǎo jiǔ! Lǎo Sūn hē duō le… jiù zài tiěqiáo biān de sōngshù xiàbian, shuì yíhuìr…
Good wine! Old Sun has had too much… I'll just take a little nap under the pine by the iron bridge…
- Narrator 悟空睡了。两个人走了过来，拿着绳子和纸。纸上写着：孙悟空。
Wùkōng shuì le. Liǎng gè rén zǒu le guòlai, názhe shéngzi hé zhǐ. Zhǐ shang xiězhe: Sūn Wùkōng.
Wukong fell asleep. Two men came walking toward him, carrying a rope and a paper. On the paper was written: Sun Wukong.
- Sun Wukong 你们是谁？拿着绳子做什么？
Nǐmen shì shéi? Názhe shéngzi zuò shénme?
Who are you? What's that rope for?
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What changed in the story?
- Why does the Dragon King call his three brothers?
“那老孙就用这块铁，在你身上试一试”……“我叫他们来”
- Which sea's shoes let Wukong walk on clouds?
“这是北海的鞋，穿上能在云上走”
- What happens when the monkeys try to lift the staff?
“拿不动！一点儿也拿不动”
- Where does Wukong keep the staff when it is tiny?
“悟空把它放在了耳朵里”
- What are the two men carrying when they come to the sleeping Wukong?
“拿着绳子和纸。纸上写着：孙悟空”