Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 16 of 25
A Monkey in His Belly
肚子里的猴子
Unmasked in the bear's cave, Wukong needs a new plan, and Guanyin, cross with him at first, helps him get inside the thief in a very strange way.
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 是老孙，你想怎么样？
Shì Lǎo Sūn, nǐ xiǎng zěnmeyàng?
Yes, it's Old Sun. What are you going to do about it?
- the Black Bear Demon 弼马温！你敢到我的黑风洞来骗我？
Bìmǎwēn! Nǐ gǎn dào wǒ de Hēifēng Dòng lái piàn wǒ?
Bimawen! You dare come into my Black Wind Cave and trick me?
- Sun Wukong 黑熊，你偷了我师父的袈裟！师父还在等我呢，快拿出来！
Hēixióng, nǐ tōu le wǒ shīfu de jiāshā! Shīfu hái zài děng wǒ ne, kuài ná chūlai!
Black Bear, you stole my master's cassock! He's still waiting for me, so hand it over!
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- the Black Bear Demon 打到太阳都下山了，我饿了。明天再打！
Dǎ dào tàiyáng dōu xià shān le, wǒ è le. Míngtiān zài dǎ!
We've fought till sundown, and I'm hungry. We'll fight again tomorrow!
- Sun Wukong 又去吃饭！好，菩萨说过，最难的时候就叫她。老孙去南海！
Yòu qù chī fàn! Hǎo, Púsà shuō guo, zuì nán de shíhou jiù jiào tā. Lǎo Sūn qù Nán Hǎi!
Off to eat again! Fine. Guanyin said to call her when things were at their hardest. Old Sun is off to the Southern Sea!
- Guanyin 你这猴子！你拿宝贝给人看，又放火烧了我的院子！
Nǐ zhè hóuzi! Nǐ ná bǎobèi gěi rén kàn, yòu fànghuǒ shāo le wǒ de yuànzi!
You monkey! You showed off your treasure, and then you set my temple on fire!
- Sun Wukong 是老孙不好……可是菩萨，你的院子旁边，怎么住着一只熊？
Shì Lǎo Sūn bù hǎo… kěshì Púsà, nǐ de yuànzi pángbiān, zěnme zhù zhe yì zhī xióng?
Old Sun was wrong... but Bodhisattva, how come a bear lives right next to your temple?
- Guanyin 好吧，我跟你去。
Hǎo ba, wǒ gēn nǐ qù.
Very well. I'll come with you.
- Sun Wukong 菩萨，你看！前边那个道士，是熊的朋友！
Púsà, nǐ kàn! Qiánbian nàge dàoshi, shì xióng de péngyou!
Bodhisattva, look! That Taoist up ahead is the bear's friend!
- Guanyin 他拿着药，要给黑大王过生日。
Tā ná zhe yào, yào gěi Hēi Dàwáng guò shēngrì.
He's carrying pills for the Black King's birthday.
- Narrator 悟空一棒打过去，道士死了，原来是一只狼。
Wùkōng yí bàng dǎ guòqu, dàoshi sǐ le, yuánlái shì yì zhī láng.
Wukong struck once with his staff, and the man fell dead. He had been a wolf all along.
- Guanyin 悟空！你又打死了一个！
Wùkōng! Nǐ yòu dǎsǐ le yí gè!
Wukong! You've killed another one!
- Sun Wukong 他是狼，不是人！菩萨，你变成道士，老孙变成药！
Tā shì láng, bú shì rén! Púsà, nǐ biànchéng dàoshi, Lǎo Sūn biànchéng yào!
He was a wolf, not a man! Bodhisattva, you turn into him, and Old Sun will turn into a pill!
- Guanyin 熊吃了药，你就在他肚子里了……你这猴子，办法真多。
Xióng chī le yào, nǐ jiù zài tā dùzi lǐ le… nǐ zhè hóuzi, bànfǎ zhēn duō.
When the bear eats the pill, you'll be in his belly... You monkey, you're full of tricks.
- Narrator 菩萨变成了道士，来到黑风洞。小妖们开了门。
Púsà biànchéng le dàoshi, láidào Hēifēng Dòng. Xiǎoyāomen kāi le mén.
Guanyin turned into the Taoist and came to Black Wind Cave. The little demons opened the door.
- the Black Bear Demon 老朋友，你来了！这是给我过生日的药吗？
Lǎo péngyou, nǐ lái le! Zhè shì gěi wǒ guò shēngrì de yào ma?
Old friend, you've come! Are these the pills for my birthday?
- Guanyin 是。大的那个，给大王先吃。
Shì. Dà de nàge, gěi dàwáng xiān chī.
They are. Sire, the big one is for you. Eat it first.
- Sun Wukong 黑熊！老孙在你的肚子里呢！
Hēixióng! Lǎo Sūn zài nǐ de dùzi lǐ ne!
Hey, Black Bear! Old Sun is inside your belly!
- the Black Bear Demon 我的肚子！孙行者，你在里边干什么？
Wǒ de dùzi! Sūn Xíngzhě, nǐ zài lǐbian gàn shénme?
My belly! Sun Wukong, what are you doing in there?
- Sun Wukong 打筋斗啊！一个，两个，三个……
Dǎ jīndǒu a! Yí gè, liǎng gè, sān gè…
Turning somersaults! One, two, three...
- the Black Bear Demon 别打了！袈裟给你！快出来吧！
Bié dǎ le! Jiāshā gěi nǐ! Kuài chūlai ba!
Stop! You can have the cassock! Just come out!
- Sun Wukong 好，老孙从你的鼻子出来！
Hǎo, Lǎo Sūn cóng nǐ de bízi chūlai!
All right, Old Sun will come out through your nose!
- Narrator 悟空从熊的鼻子里跳了出来。菩萨拿出一个金箍，给熊戴上，念了几句。
Wùkōng cóng xióng de bízi lǐ tiào le chūlai. Púsà ná chū yí gè jīn gū, gěi xióng dài shàng, niàn le jǐ jù.
Wukong jumped out of the bear's nose. Guanyin took out a golden hoop, put it on the bear's head and said a few words.
- the Black Bear Demon 头好疼！头好疼！
Tóu hǎo téng! Tóu hǎo téng!
My head hurts! My head hurts!
- Sun Wukong 现在你知道老孙的头有多疼了吧！
Xiànzài nǐ zhīdào Lǎo Sūn de tóu yǒu duō téng le ba!
Now you know how much Old Sun's head hurts!
- Guanyin 黑熊，以后你跟我去南海，保护我的山。
Hēixióng, yǐhòu nǐ gēn wǒ qù Nán Hǎi, bǎohù wǒ de shān.
Black Bear, from now on you'll come with me to the Southern Sea and guard my mountain.
- the Black Bear Demon 是，是……以后我不偷东西了。
Shì, shì… yǐhòu wǒ bù tōu dōngxi le.
Yes, yes... I'll never steal anything again.
- Tang Seng 袈裟回来了！悟空，你说到做到！
Jiāshā huílai le! Wùkōng, nǐ shuō dào zuò dào!
The cassock is back! Wukong, you kept your word!
- Narrator 几天以后，天快黑了，一个年轻人从他们身边跑了过去。
Jǐ tiān yǐhòu, tiān kuài hēi le, yí gè niánqīngrén cóng tāmen shēnbiān pǎo le guòqu.
A few days later, as night was falling, a young man came running past them.
- Sun Wukong 站住！你跑什么？
Zhànzhù! Nǐ pǎo shénme?
Stop right there! What are you running for?
- Narrator 年轻人大叫：“我家的女婿……是个妖怪！”
Niánqīngrén dà jiào: “Wǒ jiā de nǚxu… shì gè yāoguài!”
The young man cried, “Our son-in-law... is a monster!”
- Sun Wukong 妖怪女婿？好！师父，今天晚上，我们就住他家！
Yāoguài nǚxu? Hǎo! Shīfu, jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒmen jiù zhù tā jiā!
A monster son-in-law? Great! Master, tonight we're staying at his house!
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What changed in the story?
- Why does the Black Bear stop fighting at sunset?
“我饿了。明天再打！”
- Why is Guanyin cross with Wukong at first?
“你拿宝贝给人看，又放火烧了我的院子！”
- What was the bear's friend really?
“原来是一只狼”
- How does Wukong get inside the bear's belly?
“你变成道士，老孙变成药……熊吃了药，你就在他肚子里了”
- What does the young man say is wrong at his home?
“我家的女婿……是个妖怪！”