Journey to the West: The Flaming Mountains · chapter 5 of 6
Two Bull Kings
两个牛魔王
Wukong turns into the Bull Demon King and tricks the princess out of her real fan. But on the road home, someone else has a trick ready too.
Read what you hear
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 夫人！我回来了！快开门！
Fūrén! Wǒ huílái le! Kuài kāimén!
Dear wife! I'm home! Open the door!
- Princess Iron Fan 你还知道回来？好几个月不见人了！
Nǐ hái zhīdào huílái? Hǎo jǐ gè yuè bú jiàn rén le!
So you remember how to come home? Months without a sign of you!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 夫人，别生气。你看，我不是回来了吗？
Fūrén, bié shēngqì. Nǐ kàn, wǒ bú shì huílái le ma?
Don't be angry, dear. Look, I'm home, aren't I?
Chapter 5 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.
- Princess Iron Fan 你在别人家玩，我一个人在这儿等。进来吧！
Nǐ zài biérén jiā wán, wǒ yí gè rén zài zhèr děng. Jìnlái ba!
You play at someone else's house while I wait here alone. Come in!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 哈哈，她真的相信了！我是最好的牛魔王！
Hāhā, tā zhēn de xiāngxìn le! Wǒ shì zuì hǎo de Niú Mówáng!
Ha ha, she really believes it! I'm the best Bull Demon King ever!
- Princess Iron Fan 你知道吗？今天那只猴子又来了！
Nǐ zhīdào ma? Jīntiān nà zhī hóuzi yòu lái le!
Do you know? That monkey came again today!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 猴子？哪只猴子？他做了什么？
Hóuzi? Nǎ zhī hóuzi? Tā zuò le shénme?
A monkey? Which monkey? What did he do?
- Princess Iron Fan 孙悟空！他要借扇子，我给了他一把假的！
Sūn Wùkōng! Tā yào jiè shànzi, wǒ gěi le tā yì bǎ jiǎ de!
Sun Wukong! He wanted to borrow the fan, and I gave him a fake!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 哈哈哈！夫人，你想的办法真好！
Hā hā hā! Fūrén, nǐ xiǎng de bànfǎ zhēn hǎo!
Ha ha ha! Dear, what a fine plan you had!
- Princess Iron Fan 那当然。真的扇子，我放得好好的。
Nà dāngrán. Zhēn de shànzi, wǒ fàng de hǎohǎo de.
Of course. The real fan is put away safely.
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 那只猴子最会骗人。扇子给我拿着，更好。
Nà zhī hóuzi zuì huì piàn rén. Shànzi gěi wǒ názhe, gèng hǎo.
That monkey is the worst trickster. It's better if I keep the fan.
- Princess Iron Fan 你说得对。你是牛魔王，谁敢来拿你的东西？
Nǐ shuō de duì. Nǐ shì Niú Mówáng, shéi gǎn lái ná nǐ de dōngxi?
You're right. You're the Bull Demon King. Who would dare take your things?
- Princess Iron Fan 拿去吧。这次，你要拿好了！
Ná qù ba. Zhè cì, nǐ yào ná hǎo le!
Take it. This time, hold on to it!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 谢谢夫人！我走了！
Xièxie fūrén! Wǒ zǒu le!
Thank you, dear! I'm off!
- Princess Iron Fan 喝酒别喝得太多！
Hē jiǔ bié hē de tài duō!
Don't drink too much!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 好了！小扇子，变大！我看看你有多大！
Hǎo le! Xiǎo shànzi, biàn dà! Wǒ kànkan nǐ yǒu duō dà!
All set! Little fan, get big! Let's see how big you are!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 哇！这么大！变小！变小！听话！
Wā! Zhème dà! Biàn xiǎo! Biàn xiǎo! Tīnghuà!
Whoa! So big! Get small! Get small! Behave!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 不行！我只会让它变大，不会让它变小！
Bù xíng! Wǒ zhǐ huì ràng tā biàn dà, bú huì ràng tā biàn xiǎo!
It's no use! I only know how to make it big, not small!
- The Bull as Bajie 大师兄！大师兄！等等我！
Dàshīxiōng! Dàshīxiōng! Děngdeng wǒ!
Big Brother! Big Brother! Wait for me!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 八戒？你怎么在这儿？你还认得我？
Bājiè? Nǐ zěnme zài zhèr? Nǐ hái rènde wǒ?
Bajie? What are you doing here? You can still tell it's me?
- The Bull as Bajie 当然！你的尾巴在后面呢！
Dāngrán! Nǐ de wěiba zài hòumiàn ne!
Of course! Your tail is sticking out the back!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 哎呀，我忘了收起尾巴！
Āiyā, wǒ wàng le shōu qǐ wěiba!
Oops, I forgot to tuck in my tail!
- The Bull as Bajie 师父叫我来帮你。这么大的扇子，我来拿吧。
Shīfu jiào wǒ lái bāng nǐ. Zhème dà de shànzi, wǒ lái ná ba.
Master sent me to help. Such a big fan, let me carry it.
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 你来得真好！我不会让它变小，你会吗？
Nǐ lái de zhēn hǎo! Wǒ bú huì ràng tā biàn xiǎo, nǐ huì ma?
You came at the perfect time! I can't make it small. Can you?
- The Bull as Bajie 我会！你给我，我来试试。
Wǒ huì! Nǐ gěi wǒ, wǒ lái shìshi.
I can! Give it to me and I'll try.
- The Bull as Bajie 谢谢你，猴子！扇子，我拿走了！
Xièxie nǐ, hóuzi! Shànzi, wǒ názǒu le!
Thanks, monkey! I'll be taking the fan!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 你……你不是八戒！你是谁？！
Nǐ… nǐ bú shì Bājiè! Nǐ shì shéi?!
You… you're not Bajie! Who are you?!
- The Bull as Bajie 你的尾巴很长，可是你想得太少！再见，猴子弟弟！
Nǐ de wěiba hěn cháng, kěshì nǐ xiǎng de tài shǎo! Zàijiàn, hóuzi dìdi!
Your tail is long, but you don't think enough! Bye-bye, little monkey brother!
- Wukong as the Bull Demon King 牛大哥？！站住！还我扇子！
Niú dàgē?! Zhànzhù! Huán wǒ shànzi!
Big Brother Bull?! Stop! Give me back my fan!
- Zhu Bajie 大师兄！师父叫我来找你！扇子呢？
Dàshīxiōng! Shīfu jiào wǒ lái zhǎo nǐ! Shànzi ne?
Big Brother! Master sent me to find you! Where's the fan?
- Sun Wukong 牛魔王变成你的样子，把扇子拿走了！
Niú Mówáng biàn chéng nǐ de yàngzi, bǎ shànzi názǒu le!
The Bull Demon King turned into you and took the fan!
- Zhu Bajie 什么？他也要变成我？我要打他！
Shénme? Tā yě yào biàn chéng wǒ? Wǒ yào dǎ tā!
What? He dared to turn into me? I'm going to hit him!
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What changed in the story?
- How does Wukong get the princess to trust him?
“夫人！我回来了！快开门！”
- What does the princess proudly tell "her husband"?
“他要借扇子，我给了他一把假的！”
- What goes wrong after Wukong takes the real fan?
“我只会让它变大，不会让它变小！”
- How does the fake Bajie know it is Wukong?
“当然！你的尾巴在后面呢！”
- Who is the fake Bajie, really?
“谢谢你，猴子！扇子，我拿走了！”