Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 25 of 25
Heading West Together
一起往西走
The river demon meets the pilgrim he has waited so long for, and a little red gourd still has one surprise left.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 红头发的妖怪走到河边，看着唐僧和他的两个徒弟。
Hóng tóufa de yāoguài zǒu dào hé biān, kànzhe Táng Sēng hé tā de liǎng gè túdì.
The red-haired demon came up onto the bank and looked at Tang Seng and his two disciples.
- Muzha 悟净，他是取经人。这两个，是他的徒弟。
Wùjìng, tā shì qǔjīngrén. Zhè liǎng gè, shì tā de túdì.
Wujing, he is the pilgrim. These two are his disciples.
- Sha Wujing 他们？两天了！他们就知道打，一句“取经”也没说！怎么不早说？
Tāmen? Liǎng tiān le! Tāmen jiù zhīdào dǎ, yí jù “qǔjīng” yě méi shuō! Zěnme bù zǎo shuō?
Them? Two days now! All they did was fight, and they never once said “scriptures”! Why didn't you say so before?
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- Sun Wukong 对，对，我们没说。老孙又忘了！
Duì, duì, wǒmen méi shuō. Lǎo Sūn yòu wàng le!
Right, right, we never said it. Old Sun forgot again!
- Zhu Bajie 别生气，老猪也是这样。哥哥跟我打了一夜，也没说“取经”！
Bié shēngqì, Lǎo Zhū yě shì zhèyàng. Gēge gēn wǒ dǎ le yí yè, yě méi shuō “qǔjīng”!
Don't be cross. It was the same for Old Zhu. Brother fought me all night and never said “scriptures” either!
- Sha Wujing 师父！菩萨叫我在这里等取经人，我等了很久很久……
Shīfu! Púsà jiào wǒ zài zhèlǐ děng qǔjīngrén, wǒ děng le hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ…
Master! The Bodhisattva told me to wait here for the pilgrim. I've waited so long, so very long...
- Tang Seng 快起来，快起来！你等了这么久……谢谢你。
Kuài qǐlai, kuài qǐlai! Nǐ děng le zhème jiǔ… xièxie nǐ.
Get up, get up! You've waited so long... thank you.
- Sun Wukong 要做和尚，就不能要头发！来，老孙帮你！
Yào zuò héshang, jiù bù néng yào tóufa! Lái, Lǎo Sūn bāng nǐ!
If you're going to be a monk, the hair has to go! Come here, Old Sun will help!
- Zhu Bajie 红头发都没了！现在你像个和尚了！
Hóng tóufa dōu méi le! Xiànzài nǐ xiàng gè héshang le!
All that red hair is gone! Now you look like a monk!
- Sha Wujing 头上……好冷。
Tóu shàng… hǎo lěng.
My head... is cold.
- Sun Wukong 冷？冷比疼好多了。老孙知道！
Lěng? Lěng bǐ téng hǎo duō le. Lǎo Sūn zhīdào!
Cold? Cold is a lot better than sore. Old Sun would know!
- Tang Seng 悟净，我给你起个名字，叫沙和尚，好吗？
Wùjìng, wǒ gěi nǐ qǐ gè míngzi, jiào Shā Héshang, hǎo ma?
Wujing, let me give you a name: Sha the monk. Will that do?
- Sha Wujing 好！谢谢师父！以后，我替哥哥们拿东西。
Hǎo! Xièxie shīfu! Yǐhòu, wǒ tì gēgemen ná dōngxi.
Yes! Thank you, Master! From now on, I'll carry the things for my brothers.
- Zhu Bajie 真的？太好了！老猪不用天天拿东西了！
Zhēn de? Tài hǎo le! Lǎo Zhū bú yòng tiāntiān ná dōngxi le!
Really? Wonderful! Old Zhu won't have to carry things every day anymore!
- Muzha 好了，我们得过河了。悟净，把你身上的九个骷髅和这个葫芦绑在一起。
Hǎo le, wǒmen děi guò hé le. Wùjìng, bǎ nǐ shēnshang de jiǔ gè kūlóu hé zhège húlu bǎng zài yìqǐ.
Now, we have to cross the river. Wujing, tie the nine skulls you wear to this gourd.
- Narrator 九个骷髅和红葫芦放在水里，没有沉，像一条小船。
Jiǔ gè kūlóu hé hóng húlu fàng zài shuǐ lǐ, méiyǒu chén, xiàng yì tiáo xiǎo chuán.
The nine skulls and the red gourd went into the water. They didn't sink. They floated like a little boat.
- Zhu Bajie 天哪！数一数，九个骷髅，一个都没沉！
Tiān na! Shǔ yi shǔ, jiǔ gè kūlóu, yí gè dōu méi chén!
Heavens! Count them: nine skulls, and not one has sunk!
- Tang Seng 我……我坐在上边，可以吗？
Wǒ… wǒ zuò zài shàngbian, kěyǐ ma?
Can I... can I really sit on it?
- Muzha 放心！这是我师父的办法。我在天上看着你们！
Fàngxīn! Zhè shì wǒ shīfu de bànfǎ. Wǒ zài tiānshàng kànzhe nǐmen!
Don't worry! This is my master's idea. I'll be watching over you from the sky!
- Narrator 唐僧放心地坐在小船上，八戒和沙和尚在他旁边。
Táng Sēng fàngxīn de zuò zài xiǎo chuán shàng, Bājiè hé Shā Héshang zài tā pángbiān.
Tang Seng sat down on the little boat, no longer afraid, with Bajie and Sha Wujing beside him.
- Sun Wukong 师父，你们坐船，老孙带着白马，从云上走！
Shīfu, nǐmen zuò chuán, Lǎo Sūn dàizhe báimǎ, cóng yún shàng zǒu!
Master, you all take the boat. Old Sun will bring the white horse over on the clouds!
- Zhu Bajie 过河原来这么容易！早知道，老猪就不游泳了！
Guò hé yuánlái zhème róngyì! Zǎo zhīdào, Lǎo Zhū jiù bù yóuyǒng le!
So crossing the river is this easy! If Old Zhu had known, he wouldn't have bothered swimming!
- Narrator 过了河，九个骷髅变成了风，一个一个飞走了。
Guò le hé, jiǔ gè kūlóu biànchéng le fēng, yí gè yí gè fēi zǒu le.
Once they were across, the nine skulls turned into wind and flew away, one by one.
- Sha Wujing 去吧……以后，我是和尚了。
Qù ba… Yǐhòu, wǒ shì héshang le.
Go on, then... From now on, I'm a monk.
- Muzha 葫芦，我带回南海了。我师父说：路还很长，你们好好地走！
Húlu, wǒ dài huí Nán Hǎi le. Wǒ shīfu shuō: lù hái hěn cháng, nǐmen hǎohǎo de zǒu!
I'll take the gourd back to the Southern Sea. My master says: the road is still long, so walk it well!
- Zhu Bajie 木叉，下次来，带点儿吃的！
Mùchā, xià cì lái, dài diǎnr chī de!
Muzha, next time you come, bring something to eat!
- Sun Wukong 师父，往西走！老孙在前边带路！
Shīfu, wǎng xī zǒu! Lǎo Sūn zài qiánbian dài lù!
Master, west we go! Old Sun will lead the way!
- Tang Seng 徒弟们，我们一起走吧。一步一步，走到西天！
Túdìmen, wǒmen yìqǐ zǒu ba. Yí bù yí bù, zǒu dào Xītiān!
My disciples, let's go together. Step by step, all the way to the Western Heaven!
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What changed in the story?
- Why is the river demon cross when he meets the pilgrims?
“两天了！他们就知道打……怎么不早说？”
- What does Tang Seng do for his new disciple?
“我给你起个名字，叫沙和尚”
- What does the new disciple offer to do from now on?
“以后，我替哥哥们拿东西。”
- What does Tang Seng cross the river on?
“九个骷髅和这个葫芦绑在一起……像一条小船”
- How do Wukong and the white horse cross?
“老孙带着白马，从云上走！”