Journey to the West: The Flaming Mountains · chapter 4 of 6
The Fan That Fed the Fire
更大的火
Wukong waves the fan and the fire roars up bigger than ever. Then the cake seller shows who he really is, and Wukong goes looking for an old friend.
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 师父！八戒！沙师弟！扇子拿到了！
Shīfu! Bājiè! Shā shīdì! Shànzi ná dào le!
Master! Bajie! Brother Sha! I got the fan!
- Zhu Bajie 大师兄真行！快扇快扇！我要凉快！
Dàshīxiōng zhēn xíng! Kuài shān kuài shān! Wǒ yào liángkuai!
Big Brother is the best! Wave it, wave it! I want to cool off!
- Tang Seng 悟空，小心一点儿。
Wùkōng, xiǎoxīn yìdiǎnr.
Wukong, be a little careful.
Chapter 4 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.
- Sun Wukong 放心！这么大的火，我一扇就没有了！看我的！
Fàngxīn! Zhème dà de huǒ, wǒ yì shān jiù méiyǒu le! Kàn wǒ de!
Don't worry! A fire this big? One wave and it's gone! Watch me!
- Sun Wukong 看好了！一……二……
Kàn hǎo le! Yī… èr…
Watch closely! One… two…
- Sha Wujing 大师兄！火……火变大了！
Dàshīxiōng! Huǒ… huǒ biàn dà le!
Big Brother! The fire… the fire got bigger!
- Zhu Bajie 我的头发！我的衣服！着火了！着火了！
Wǒ de tóufa! Wǒ de yīfu! Zháohuǒ le! Zháohuǒ le!
My hair! My robe! I'm on fire! I'm on fire!
- Sun Wukong 怎么会这样？我再扇一下！
Zěnme huì zhèyàng? Wǒ zài shān yíxià!
How can this be? I'll wave it once more!
- Sun Wukong 更大了！快跑！快跑！
Gèng dà le! Kuài pǎo! Kuài pǎo!
Even bigger! Run! Run!
- Zhu Bajie 大师兄！你的扇子是想烧了我们吗？
Dàshīxiōng! Nǐ de shànzi shì xiǎng shāo le wǒmen ma?
Big Brother! Is your fan trying to cook us?
- Sha Wujing 二师兄，别跑了。你的衣服有火。
Èr shīxiōng, bié pǎo le. Nǐ de yīfu yǒu huǒ.
Second Brother, stop running. Your robe is on fire.
- Tang Seng 唉，悟空，这把扇子，不对吧？
Āi, Wùkōng, zhè bǎ shànzi, bú duì ba?
Oh dear, Wukong, something's wrong with this fan, isn't there?
- Sun Wukong 假的……她给我的是假扇子！
Jiǎ de… Tā gěi wǒ de shì jiǎ shànzi!
A fake… she gave me a fake fan!
- Sha Wujing 大师兄，你看。卖饼的老人又来了。
Dàshīxiōng, nǐ kàn. Mài bǐng de lǎorén yòu lái le.
Big Brother, look. The old cake seller is back.
- Old Cake Seller 大圣，公主给你的是假扇子。真的在她手里。
Dàshèng, gōngzhǔ gěi nǐ de shì jiǎ shànzi. Zhēn de zài tā shǒu lǐ.
Great Sage, the princess gave you a fake. She still has the real one.
- Sun Wukong 你早就知道？你到底是谁？
Nǐ zǎo jiù zhīdào? Nǐ dàodǐ shì shéi?
You knew all along? Who are you, really?
- Old Cake Seller 我是这里的土地公。火焰山的事，我都知道。
Wǒ shì zhèlǐ de Tǔdìgōng. Huǒyàn Shān de shì, wǒ dōu zhīdào.
I'm the local Earth God. I know everything about the Flaming Mountains.
- Zhu Bajie 你早点儿说不行吗？我的头发！
Nǐ zǎo diǎnr shuō bù xíng ma? Wǒ de tóufa!
Couldn't you have said so sooner? My hair!
- Old Cake Seller 我怕公主生气，也怕大圣的棍子……
Wǒ pà gōngzhǔ shēngqì, yě pà Dàshèng de gùnzi…
I was afraid of the princess, and of the Great Sage's staff…
- Old Cake Seller 公主只相信一个人：她的丈夫，牛魔王。
Gōngzhǔ zhǐ xiāngxìn yí gè rén: tā de zhàngfu, Niú Mówáng.
The princess trusts only one person: her husband, the Bull Demon King.
- Sun Wukong 牛魔王……很久以前，我们是好兄弟！
Niú Mówáng… Hěn jiǔ yǐqián, wǒmen shì hǎo xiōngdì!
The Bull Demon King… Long ago, we were sworn brothers!
- Sun Wukong 好，我去找牛大哥。他是我的好兄弟，他会借我的！
Hǎo, wǒ qù zhǎo Niú dàgē. Tā shì wǒ de hǎo xiōngdì, tā huì jiè wǒ de!
Good, I'll go find Big Brother Bull. He's my good brother. He'll lend it to me!
- Old Cake Seller 往南走，云山上有一个洞。他现在住在那里。
Wǎng nán zǒu, Yún Shān shàng yǒu yí gè dòng. Tā xiànzài zhù zài nàlǐ.
Go south. There's a cave on Cloud Mountain. He lives there now.
- Zhu Bajie 老人家，你的饼还有吗？我想再吃一个。
Lǎorénjia, nǐ de bǐng hái yǒu ma? Wǒ xiǎng zài chī yí gè.
Elder, do you have any cakes left? I'd like another one.
- Tang Seng 悟空，去吧。请你快点儿回来。
Wùkōng, qù ba. Qǐng nǐ kuài diǎnr huílái.
Go, Wukong. Please come back quickly.
- Sun Wukong 牛大哥！老孙来看你了！
Niú dàgē! Lǎo Sūn lái kàn nǐ le!
Big Brother Bull! Old Sun has come to see you!
- Bull Demon King 猴子！你还敢来？你让我的儿子做了小和尚！
Hóuzi! Nǐ hái gǎn lái? Nǐ ràng wǒ de érzi zuò le xiǎo héshang!
Monkey! You dare show your face? You made my son a little monk!
- Sun Wukong 牛大哥，他现在很好。他叫善财……
Niú dàgē, tā xiànzài hěn hǎo. Tā jiào Shàncái…
Big Brother Bull, he's doing well now. His name is Shancai…
- Bull Demon King 不要说了！看剑！
Búyào shuō le! Kàn jiàn!
Enough talk! Look out for my sword!
- Sun Wukong 好！打就打！我的棍子也想动一动！
Hǎo! Dǎ jiù dǎ! Wǒ de gùnzi yě xiǎng dòng yi dòng!
Fine! Let's fight! My staff wants some exercise too!
- Bull Demon King 不打了！我要回去喝酒了。你不要跟来！
Bù dǎ le! Wǒ yào huíqù hē jiǔ le. Nǐ búyào gēn lái!
I'm done fighting! I'm going back to drink. Don't follow me!
- Sun Wukong 好！牛大哥去喝酒，我就变成牛大哥！公主一定给我真扇子！
Hǎo! Niú dàgē qù hē jiǔ, wǒ jiù biàn chéng Niú dàgē! Gōngzhǔ yídìng gěi wǒ zhēn shànzi!
Good! While Big Brother Bull goes drinking, I'll become Big Brother Bull! The princess will give me the real fan for sure!
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What changed in the story?
- What happens when Wukong waves the fan at the fire?
“大师兄！火……火变大了！”
- What does Wukong realize?
“她给我的是假扇子！”
- Who is the old cake seller, really?
“我是这里的土地公。”
- Who does the princess trust most?
“公主只相信一个人：她的丈夫，牛魔王。”
- Why is the Bull Demon King angry at Wukong?
“你让我的儿子做了小和尚！”