Journey to the West: Red Boy · chapter 5 of 5
The New Helper
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Red Boy is stuck on the lotus and must choose what kind of child to be. Then the travelers hit a hot road that Wukong does not want to walk.
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- Red Boy 快放我出来！我不玩了！我的腿动不了！
Kuài fàng wǒ chūlái! Wǒ bù wán le! Wǒ de tuǐ dòng bùliǎo!
Let me out! I'm done playing! My legs won't move!
- Guanyin 孩子，你的腿没有事。只是这朵莲花不想让你走。
Háizi, nǐ de tuǐ méiyǒu shì. Zhǐshì zhè duǒ liánhuā bùxiǎng ràng nǐ zǒu.
Child, your legs are fine. This lotus just doesn't want you to leave.
- Sun Wukong 侄子，你现在怎么不烧我了？
Zhízi, nǐ xiànzài zěnme bù shāo wǒ le?
Nephew, why aren't you burning me now?
Chapter 5 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of Journey to the West: Red Boy is free, and so are The Second Cup of Tea, Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Journey to the West: The Monkey King, Cinderella, The Night of the Nian, Chang'e and the Moon, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, Aesop's Fables, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Pangu and Nüwa: How the World Began, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Zhong Kui the Demon Queller, The Odyssey, Robin Hood and Jiang Ziya Goes Fishing from start to finish.
- Red Boy 你别笑！我爸爸会来救我的！
Nǐ bié xiào! Wǒ bàbà huì lái jiù wǒ de!
Don't laugh! My father will come save me!
- Guanyin 你爸爸不在这里。你想一想，你抓了一个好人。你做得对吗？
Nǐ bàbà bù zài zhèlǐ. Nǐ xiǎng yì xiǎng, nǐ zhuā le yí gè hǎorén. Nǐ zuò de duì ma?
Your father isn't here. Think: you took a good man. Was that right?
- Red Boy ……不对。我只是想让大家都怕我。悟空，对不起，我烧了你。
… Bù duì. Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng ràng dàjiā dōu pà wǒ. Wùkōng, duìbùqǐ, wǒ shāo le nǐ.
...No. I just wanted everyone to be afraid of me. Wukong, I'm sorry I burned you.
- Guanyin 大家怕你，你就有朋友了吗？
Dàjiā pà nǐ, nǐ jiù yǒu péngyǒu le ma?
If everyone fears you, do you have friends?
- Red Boy 没有……我一个朋友也没有。
Méiyǒu… Wǒ yí gè péngyǒu yě méiyǒu.
No... I don't have a single friend.
- Guanyin 如果你听我的话，我教你做一个好孩子。你愿意吗？
Rúguǒ nǐ tīng wǒ de huà, wǒ jiào nǐ zuò yí gè hǎo háizi. Nǐ yuànyì ma?
If you listen to me, I will teach you to be a good child. Will you?
- Red Boy 我愿意！我以后不做坏事了！
Wǒ yuànyì! Wǒ yǐhòu bù zuò huài shì le!
I will! I won't do bad things anymore!
- Guanyin 好。从今天起，你叫善财。你跟着我。
Hǎo. Cóng jīntiān qǐ, nǐ jiào Shàncái. Nǐ gēn zhe wǒ.
Good. From today, your name is Shancai. You will follow me.
- Sun Wukong 善财？这个名字比红孩儿好听多了！
Shàncái? Zhège míngzì bǐ Hóng Hái'ér hǎotīng duō le!
Shancai? That's a much better name than Red Boy!
- Tang Seng 悟空！你终于来了！我一直在想你。
Wùkōng! Nǐ zhōngyú lái le! Wǒ yìzhí zài xiǎng nǐ.
Wukong! You've finally come! I've been thinking of you all this time.
- Zhu Bajie 大师兄！我还以为你把我忘了！
Dàshīxiōng! Wǒ hái yǐwéi nǐ bǎ wǒ wàng le!
Big Brother! I thought you had forgotten me!
- Shancai 大师，对不起。我做错了事。
Dàshī, duìbùqǐ. Wǒ zuò cuò le shì.
Master, I'm sorry. I did something wrong.
- Tang Seng 孩子，你知道自己错了，就是好孩子。
Háizi, nǐ zhīdào zìjǐ cuò le, jiùshì hǎo háizi.
Child, if you know you were wrong, you are a good child.
- Zhu Bajie 我的肚子饿了三天！这个洞里有没有好吃的？
Wǒ de dùzi è le sān tiān! Zhège dòng lǐ yǒu méiyǒu hǎochī de?
My belly has been hungry for three days! Is there anything good to eat in this cave?
- Shancai 有。我请您吃饭，猪大哥。这一次，没有绳子。
Yǒu. Wǒ qǐng nín chīfàn, Zhū dàgē. Zhè yícì, méiyǒu shéngzi.
Yes. I'll treat you to a meal, Big Brother Pig. This time, no ropes.
- Zhu Bajie 这一次没有绳子？太好了！
Zhè yícì méiyǒu shéngzi? Tài hǎo le!
No ropes this time? Wonderful!
- Tang Seng 好了，好了。吃了饭，我们就要上路了。
Hǎo le, hǎo le. Chī le fàn, wǒmen jiùyào shàng lù le.
All right, all right. After we eat, we must be on our way.
- Shancai 我来带路。我知道一条近路，可以走到山下。
Wǒ lái dài lù. Wǒ zhīdào yìtiáo jìn lù, kěyǐ zǒu dào shān xià.
I'll lead the way. I know a short road down the mountain.
- Sun Wukong 咦？路上怎么这么热？现在是秋天啊！
Yí? Lùshàng zěnme zhème rè? Xiànzài shì qiūtiān a!
Huh? Why is the road so hot? It's autumn!
- Zhu Bajie 我的鞋都要烧起来了！大师兄，前面是什么地方？
Wǒ de xié dōu yào shāo qǐlái le! Dàshīxiōng, qiánmiàn shì shénme dìfāng?
My shoes are about to burn up! Big Brother, what place is ahead?
- Sun Wukong 不好……前面是火焰山。
Bù hǎo… Qiánmiàn shì Huǒyàn Shān.
Uh-oh... Ahead is the Flaming Mountain.
- Tang Seng 火焰山？那里有什么人吗？
Huǒyàn Shān? Nàlǐ yǒu shénme rén ma?
The Flaming Mountain? Does anyone live there?
- Sun Wukong 有……那里有一位铁扇公主。她是善财的妈妈。
Yǒu… Nàlǐ yǒu yíwèi Tiěshàn Gōngzhǔ. Tā shì Shàncái de māmā.
Yes... a lady called Princess Iron Fan lives there. She is Shancai's mother.
- Zhu Bajie 太好了！他是她的儿子，她一定会帮我们！
Tài hǎo le! Tā shì tā de érzi, tā yídìng huì bāng wǒmen!
Great! He's her son, so she'll surely help us!
- Sun Wukong 八戒，师父，你们不知道……她最不喜欢我！
Bājiè, shīfu, nǐmen bù zhīdào… Tā zuì bù xǐhuān wǒ!
Bajie, Master, you don't know... She hates me the most!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Red Boy admit he wanted?
“我只是想让大家都怕我”
- What does Guanyin give Red Boy?
“你叫善财。你跟着我”
- What does Shancai promise Bajie?
“这一次，没有绳子”
- What is wrong with the road ahead?
“路上怎么这么热”
- Why is Wukong worried about the Flaming Mountain?
“她最不喜欢我”