Journey to the West: The Monkey King · chapter 20 of 25
The Stolen Pills
老君的金丹
The fairies stand frozen while Wukong finds the banquet laid and no guests yet. Then a wrong turn takes him somewhere far more dangerous.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 蟠桃园里，七个仙女站在那棵蟠桃树下边，眼睛大大的，一动也不动。
Pántáo Yuán li, qī gè xiānnǚ zhàn zài nà kē Pántáo shù xiàbian, yǎnjing dàdà de, yí dòng yě bú dòng.
In the Peach Garden, the seven fairies stood under that peach tree with their eyes wide open, not moving at all.
- Sun Wukong 瑶池到了！……客人还没来？桌子上都是好吃的！
Yáochí dào le! … Kèrén hái méi lái? Zhuōzi shang dōu shì hǎochī de!
Here's the Jade Pool! …None of the guests have come yet? The tables are covered with good things to eat!
- Sun Wukong 那边还有人在做酒……老孙有办法！
Nàbian hái yǒu rén zài zuò jiǔ… Lǎo Sūn yǒu bànfǎ!
And there are people over there making wine… Old Sun knows just what to do!
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- Narrator 他拔了一些毛，放在嘴里，吹了出去：“变！”
Tā bá le yìxiē máo, fàng zài zuǐ li, chuī le chūqu: “Biàn!”
He plucked a few hairs, put them in his mouth and blew them out: “Change!”
- Sun Wukong 让人睡觉的小东西，去吧！……哈哈，都睡了！
Ràng rén shuìjiào de xiǎo dōngxi, qù ba! … Hāhā, dōu shuì le!
Little sleep-makers, off you go! …Ha ha, they're all asleep!
- Sun Wukong 好酒！好菜！老孙先吃，先喝！
Hǎo jiǔ! Hǎo cài! Lǎo Sūn xiān chī, xiān hē!
Fine wine! Fine food! Old Sun eats first and drinks first!
- Sun Wukong 老孙……喝多了。客人快来了，快回家，快回家……
Lǎo Sūn… hē duō le. Kèrén kuài lái le, kuài huí jiā, kuài huí jiā…
Old Sun… has had too much. The guests will be here soon. Home, quick, home…
- Sun Wukong 这是哪儿？……走错了！这不是老孙的家，这是老君的家！
Zhè shì nǎr? … Zǒu cuò le! Zhè bú shì Lǎo Sūn de jiā, zhè shì Lǎojūn de jiā!
Where is this? …Wrong way! This isn't Old Sun's house. This is Laozi's house!
- Sun Wukong 老君不在家，去讲道了？……有火，有烟，烟这么大！
Lǎojūn bú zài jiā, qù jiǎngdào le? … Yǒu huǒ, yǒu yān, yān zhème dà!
Laozi's not home? Off giving a lecture? …There's a fire, and smoke, so much smoke!
- Sun Wukong 五个葫芦……里边都是金丹！这是神仙最好的宝贝！
Wǔ gè húlu… lǐbian dōu shì jīndān! Zhè shì shénxiān zuì hǎo de bǎobèi!
Five gourds… and they're full of golden pills! The immortals' greatest treasure!
- Sun Wukong 老孙吃几个看看。一个，两个，三个……好吃！
Lǎo Sūn chī jǐ gè kànkan. Yí gè, liǎng gè, sān gè… Hǎochī!
Old Sun will try a few. One, two, three… Delicious!
- Narrator 他一个一个吃，像吃果子一样，五个葫芦里的金丹，都吃完了。
Tā yí gè yí gè chī, xiàng chī guǒzi yíyàng, wǔ gè húlu li de jīndān, dōu chī wán le.
He ate them one after another, like fruit, until every pill in all five gourds was gone.
- Sun Wukong 不好！不好！这个麻烦，比天还大！
Bù hǎo! Bù hǎo! Zhège máfan, bǐ tiān hái dà!
Oh no! Oh no! This trouble is bigger than heaven!
- Sun Wukong 快走！谁也看不见老孙！回花果山去！
Kuài zǒu! Shéi yě kàn bu jiàn Lǎo Sūn! Huí Huāguǒ Shān qù!
Go, quick! Nobody can see Old Sun! Back to Flower Fruit Mountain!
- Little Monkey 大圣！大圣回来了！你走了一百多年了！
Dàshèng! Dàshèng huílai le! Nǐ zǒu le yìbǎi duō nián le!
Great Sage! The Great Sage is back! You've been gone more than a hundred years!
- Sun Wukong 一百年？老孙才走了半年！
Yìbǎi nián? Lǎo Sūn cái zǒu le bàn nián!
A hundred years? Old Sun has only been gone half a year!
- Little Monkey 大圣忘了？天上一天，地上一年啊！
Dàshèng wàng le? Tiānshàng yì tiān, dìshang yì nián a!
Did you forget, Great Sage? One day in heaven is a year on earth!
- Little Monkey 大圣，我的桃子呢？你说给我带一个的！
Dàshèng, wǒ de táozi ne? Nǐ shuō gěi wǒ dài yí gè de!
Great Sage, where's my peach? You said you'd bring me one!
- Sun Wukong 这个……老孙吃了很多蟠桃，忘了给你摘了！
Zhège… Lǎo Sūn chī le hěn duō Pántáo, wàng le gěi nǐ zhāi le!
Well… Old Sun ate plenty of Peaches of Immortality, and forgot to pick one for you!
- Little Monkey 那……大圣，来喝我们的果子酒！
Nà… Dàshèng, lái hē wǒmen de guǒzi jiǔ!
Then… Great Sage, come and drink our fruit wine!
- Sun Wukong 不好喝！天上的酒才好喝！孩儿们等着，老孙去偷四瓶来！
Bù hǎohē! Tiānshàng de jiǔ cái hǎohē! Hái'érmen děng zhe, Lǎo Sūn qù tōu sì píng lái!
That's no good! Heaven's wine is the good stuff! Wait here, children. Old Sun will go and steal four jars!
- Narrator 那天晚上，在大旗下边，花果山的猴子都喝了天上的酒。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, zài dàqí xiàbian, Huāguǒ Shān de hóuzi dōu hē le tiānshàng de jiǔ.
That night, under the great banner, every monkey on Flower Fruit Mountain drank heaven's wine.
- Narrator 天上，一天过去了。仙女们能动了，做酒的人也起来了。
Tiānshàng, yì tiān guòqu le. Xiānnǚmen néng dòng le, zuò jiǔ de rén yě qǐlai le.
Up in heaven, a day went by. The fairies could move again, and the wine-makers got up.
- Laozi, the Supreme Old Lord 我的金丹……我的五个葫芦，里边什么都没有了！
Wǒ de jīndān… wǒ de wǔ gè húlu, lǐbian shénme dōu méiyǒu le!
My golden pills… my five gourds, there's nothing left in them!
- Laozi, the Supreme Old Lord 陛下，有麻烦了。蟠桃会的酒菜没了，我的金丹也没了。
Bìxià, yǒu máfan le. Pántáo Huì de jiǔcài méi le, wǒ de jīndān yě méi le.
Your Majesty, there is trouble. The Peach Banquet's food and wine are gone, and so are my golden pills.
- the Jade Emperor 又是那只猴子！派十万天兵，去花果山把他抓来！
Yòu shì nà zhī hóuzi! Pài shíwàn tiānbīng, qù Huāguǒ Shān bǎ tā zhuā lái!
That monkey again! Send a hundred thousand soldiers to Flower Fruit Mountain and bring him here!
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What changed in the story?
- How does Wukong put the wine-makers to sleep?
“他拔了一些毛”……“让人睡觉的小东西”
- Where does Wukong end up when he tries to go home?
“走错了……这是老君的家”
- What does Wukong do with Laozi's golden pills?
“他一个一个吃”……“五个葫芦里的金丹，都吃完了”
- What did Wukong forget to bring Little Monkey?
“我的桃子呢？你说给我带一个的”
- What does the Jade Emperor order at the end?
“派十万天兵，去花果山把他抓来”