Journey to the West: The Flaming Mountains · chapter 6 of 6
Forty-Nine Waves
扇四十九下
The Monkey King and his brothers fight the Bull Demon King in a storm of changing shapes, until heaven steps in. Then forty-nine waves of one great fan change the mountain.
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 牛魔王！还我扇子！你太坏了！
Niú Mówáng! Huán wǒ shànzi! Nǐ tài huài le!
Bull Demon King! Give back my fan! You're terrible!
- Bull Demon King 不还！你有本事，就自己来拿！
Bù huán! Nǐ yǒu běnshi, jiù zìjǐ lái ná!
No! If you're so good, come and take it yourself!
- Zhu Bajie 你变成我的样子，还骗了大师兄！我打你！
Nǐ biàn chéng wǒ de yàngzi, hái piàn le dàshīxiōng! Wǒ dǎ nǐ!
You turned into me and tricked Big Brother! I'll hit you!
Chapter 6 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of Journey to the West: The Flaming Mountains 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.
- Sha Wujing 二师兄，小心他的剑。
Èr shīxiōng, xiǎoxīn tā de jiàn.
Second Brother, watch his sword.
- Bull Demon King 三个打我一个？好，看我变！我是大老虎！
Sān gè dǎ wǒ yí gè? Hǎo, kàn wǒ biàn! Wǒ shì dà lǎohǔ!
Three against one? Fine, watch this! I'm a big tiger!
- Sun Wukong 老虎？我变成一只大鸟，飞在你上面！
Lǎohǔ? Wǒ biàn chéng yì zhī dà niǎo, fēi zài nǐ shàngmiàn!
A tiger? I'll be a big bird and fly right over you!
- Bull Demon King 那我变成大马！我跑得比风还快！
Nà wǒ biàn chéng dà mǎ! Wǒ pǎo de bǐ fēng hái kuài!
Then I'll be a big horse! I run faster than the wind!
- Sun Wukong 我变得比山还大！我一只手就能拿起你！
Wǒ biàn de bǐ shān hái dà! Wǒ yì zhī shǒu jiù néng ná qǐ nǐ!
I'll be bigger than a mountain! I can pick you up with one hand!
- Bull Demon King 不好！他太大了！我跑！
Bù hǎo! Tā tài dà le! Wǒ pǎo!
Uh-oh! He's too big! I'm running!
- Zhu Bajie 大师兄，他跑到天上去了！快追！
Dàshīxiōng, tā pǎo dào tiānshang qù le! Kuài zhuī!
Big Brother, he's run off into the sky! Chase him!
- Sun Wukong 别让他跑！追！
Bié ràng tā pǎo! Zhuī!
Don't let him get away! Chase him!
- Sha Wujing 大师兄，你看，天上有人来了！
Dàshīxiōng, nǐ kàn, tiānshang yǒu rén lái le!
Big Brother, look, someone is coming from the sky!
- Heavenly General 牛魔王！你为了一把扇子，不让唐僧过山？太不对了！下来！
Niú Mówáng! Nǐ wèile yì bǎ shànzi, bú ràng Táng Sēng guò shān? Tài bú duì le! Xiàlái!
Bull Demon King! You'd block Tang Seng over one fan? That's wrong! Come down!
- Heavenly General 你走不了了。天上地下，到处都有人等着你。
Nǐ zǒu bù liǎo le. Tiānshang dìxia, dàochù dōu yǒu rén děngzhe nǐ.
You can't leave. There are people waiting for you everywhere, in the sky and on the ground.
- Bull Demon King 我……我不想再打了。我累了，也饿了。
Wǒ… wǒ bù xiǎng zài dǎ le. Wǒ lèi le, yě è le.
I… I don't want to fight anymore. I'm tired and hungry.
- Bull Demon King 夫人不怕我，你们也不怕我。好吧，扇子给你们！
Fūrén bú pà wǒ, nǐmen yě bú pà wǒ. Hǎo ba, shànzi gěi nǐmen!
My wife isn't afraid of me, and neither are you. Fine, take the fan!
- Sun Wukong 牛大哥……谢谢你。你还是我的好兄弟！
Niú dàgē… xièxie nǐ. Nǐ háishi wǒ de hǎo xiōngdì!
Big Brother Bull… thank you. You're still my good brother!
- Bull Demon King 告诉善财，他爸爸很想他。让他好好学，快快乐乐的。
Gàosu Shàncái, tā bàba hěn xiǎng tā. Ràng tā hǎohǎo xué, kuàikuài lèlè de.
Tell Shancai his father misses him. Tell him to study hard and be happy.
- Sun Wukong 我一定告诉他。扇子，我也会还给嫂子。
Wǒ yídìng gàosu tā. Shànzi, wǒ yě huì huán gěi sǎozi.
I will tell him. And I'll return the fan to Sister-in-law.
- Heavenly General 好。快去吧，火焰山还在烧呢。
Hǎo. Kuài qù ba, Huǒyàn Shān hái zài shāo ne.
Good. Hurry, the Flaming Mountains are still burning.
- Tang Seng 悟空，火还是那么大，我的脸都红了。你快扇吧！
Wùkōng, huǒ háishi nàme dà, wǒ de liǎn dōu hóng le. Nǐ kuài shān ba!
Wukong, the fire is still so big my face is red. Hurry and wave it!
- Sun Wukong 师父，看我的！一……二……三……
Shīfu, kàn wǒ de! Yī… èr… sān…
Watch me, Master! One… two… three…
- Sha Wujing 风来了！火变小了！
Fēng lái le! Huǒ biàn xiǎo le!
The wind is here! The fire is getting smaller!
- Zhu Bajie 我的脚不热了！我的头发也不烧了！
Wǒ de jiǎo bú rè le! Wǒ de tóufa yě bù shāo le!
My feet aren't hot anymore! My hair isn't burning either!
- Sun Wukong 三十……四十……四十九！
Sānshí… sìshí… sìshíjiǔ!
Thirty… forty… forty-nine!
- Tang Seng 你们听！下雨了！
Nǐmen tīng! Xiàyǔ le!
Listen, everyone! It's raining!
- Zhu Bajie 好凉快！大师兄，你是最好的大师兄！
Hǎo liángkuai! Dàshīxiōng, nǐ shì zuì hǎo de dàshīxiōng!
So cool! Big Brother, you're the best Big Brother!
- Sun Wukong 现在才知道啊？我早就知道了！
Xiànzài cái zhīdào a? Wǒ zǎo jiù zhīdào le!
You're only finding that out now? I've known all along!
- Sha Wujing 路开了，火也小了。我们可以走了。
Lù kāi le, huǒ yě xiǎo le. Wǒmen kěyǐ zǒu le.
The road is open and the fire is small. We can go.
- Tang Seng 走吧。前面一定还有新的山，新的河，新的朋友。
Zǒu ba. Qiánmiàn yídìng hái yǒu xīn de shān, xīn de hé, xīn de péngyou.
Let's go. There must be new mountains, new rivers and new friends ahead.
- Sun Wukong 师父，不管前面有什么，老孙都在！
Shīfu, bùguǎn qiánmiàn yǒu shénme, Lǎo Sūn dōu zài!
Master, whatever is ahead, Old Sun will be there!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Bull Demon King do in the fight?
“看我变！我是大老虎！”
- Who arrives from the sky to stop the Bull?
“天上有人来了！”…“太不对了！下来！”
- What message does the Bull send to his son?
“告诉善财，他爸爸很想他。”
- How many times does Wukong wave the fan?
“三十……四十……四十九！”
- What happens after the last wave?
“你们听！下雨了！”