Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 24 of 25
The Third Disciple
第三个徒弟
Bajie has a clever idea for crossing the river, and Wukong says no. When the demon won't come out, Wukong flies to Guanyin, who guesses what went wrong.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天晚上，唐僧和两个徒弟坐在河边，肚子都饿了。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, Táng Sēng hé liǎng gè túdì zuò zài hé biān, dùzi dōu è le.
That night Tang Seng and his two disciples sat by the river, all of them hungry.
- Zhu Bajie 老猪饿了！哥哥，有吃的吗？
Lǎo Zhū è le! Gēge, yǒu chī de ma?
Old Zhu is starving! Brother, is there anything to eat?
- Sun Wukong 你们在这里等着，老孙去去就来！
Nǐmen zài zhèlǐ děngzhe, Lǎo Sūn qù qù jiù lái!
Wait here, all of you. Old Sun will be right back!
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- Zhu Bajie 这么快？包子还是热的！哥哥，你去了哪里？
Zhème kuài? Bāozi háishi rè de! Gēge, nǐ qù le nǎlǐ?
That fast? The buns are still hot! Brother, where did you go?
- Sun Wukong 不远，北边五千里！老孙的筋斗，你还不知道吗？
Bù yuǎn, běibian wǔqiān lǐ! Lǎo Sūn de jīndǒu, nǐ hái bù zhīdào ma?
Not far. Five thousand li north! Don't you know Old Sun's somersault by now?
- Zhu Bajie 哥哥，你一个筋斗十万八千里，带师父飞过去，不就行了？
Gēge, nǐ yí gè jīndǒu shíwàn bāqiān lǐ, dài shīfu fēi guòqu, bú jiù xíng le?
Brother, one somersault of yours goes a hundred and eight thousand li. Why not just fly Master across?
- Sun Wukong 不行。师父要自己一步一步走过去。我们只能保护他，不能替他走。
Bù xíng. Shīfu yào zìjǐ yí bù yí bù zǒu guòqu. Wǒmen zhǐ néng bǎohù tā, bù néng tì tā zǒu.
No. Master has to walk it himself, step by step. We can only protect him. We can't walk it for him.
- Tang Seng 悟空说得对。西天的路真长，也不容易，可是我要自己走。
Wùkōng shuō de duì. Xītiān de lù zhēn cháng, yě bù róngyì, kěshì wǒ yào zìjǐ zǒu.
Wukong is right. The road to the Western Heaven is very long, and it isn't easy, but I must walk it myself.
- Zhu Bajie 不容易……老猪天天替师父拿东西，也不容易啊！
Bù róngyì… Lǎo Zhū tiāntiān tì shīfu ná dōngxi, yě bù róngyì a!
Not easy... Old Zhu carries Master's things every single day. That isn't easy either!
- Sun Wukong 呆子，又来了！吃你的包子吧！
Dāizi, yòu lái le! Chī nǐ de bāozi ba!
Here we go again, idiot! Eat your buns!
- Narrator 第二天，八戒在河边大声地叫了很久，妖怪还是不出来。
Dì èr tiān, Bājiè zài hé biān dàshēng de jiào le hěn jiǔ, yāoguài háishi bù chūlai.
The next day Bajie shouted at the river for a long time, but the demon still wouldn't come out.
- Sha Wujing 那个丑和尚又在上边叫……我得在这里等取经人，没时间跟他打！
Nàge chǒu héshang yòu zài shàngbian jiào… Wǒ děi zài zhèlǐ děng qǔjīngrén, méi shíjiān gēn tā dǎ!
That ugly monk is shouting up there again... I have to wait here for the pilgrim. I've no time to fight him!
- Zhu Bajie 过不了河，老猪就回高老庄，还去做女婿！
Guò bu liǎo hé, Lǎo Zhū jiù huí Gāolǎo Zhuāng, hái qù zuò nǚxu!
If we can't cross this river, Old Zhu is going back to Gao Village to be a son-in-law again!
- Sun Wukong 呆子，又在胡说！老孙去南海找菩萨！
Dāizi, yòu zài húshuō! Lǎo Sūn qù Nán Hǎi zhǎo Púsà!
Talking nonsense again, idiot! Old Sun is off to the Southern Sea to find the Bodhisattva!
- Tang Seng 悟空，快去快回！
Wùkōng, kuài qù kuài huí!
Wukong, hurry there and hurry back!
- Guanyin 悟空，你又来了。你们又没说取经吧？
Wùkōng, nǐ yòu lái le. Nǐmen yòu méi shuō qǔjīng ba?
Wukong, here you are again. You didn't mention the scriptures again, did you?
- Sun Wukong 啊？菩萨怎么知道？我们……真的没说。
A? Púsà zěnme zhīdào? Wǒmen… zhēn de méi shuō.
Huh? How did you know, Bodhisattva? We... really didn't.
- Guanyin 你这猴子！说一句“取经”，有那么难吗？
Nǐ zhè hóuzi! Shuō yí jù “qǔjīng”, yǒu nàme nán ma?
You monkey! Is saying one word, “scriptures”, really so hard?
- Sun Wukong 老孙下次一定说！
Lǎo Sūn xià cì yídìng shuō!
Old Sun will say it next time, for sure!
- Guanyin 河里的妖怪是悟净，我叫他在那里等你们。木叉，你带着这个红葫芦，跟悟空去。
Hé lǐ de yāoguài shì Wùjìng, wǒ jiào tā zài nàlǐ děng nǐmen. Mùchā, nǐ dàizhe zhège hóng húlu, gēn Wùkōng qù.
The demon in the river is Wujing. I told him to wait there for you. Muzha, take this red gourd and go with Wukong.
- Muzha 是，师父！木叉马上就去！
Shì, shīfu! Mùchā mǎshàng jiù qù!
Yes, Master! Muzha is on his way!
- Narrator 木叉拿着小小的红葫芦，跟着悟空飞到了流沙河。
Mùchā názhe xiǎoxiǎo de hóng húlu, gēnzhe Wùkōng fēi dào le Liúshā Hé.
Holding the little red gourd, Muzha flew with Wukong to the Flowing Sand River.
- Zhu Bajie 葫芦？葫芦里有吃的吗？
Húlu? Húlu lǐ yǒu chī de ma?
A gourd? Is there anything to eat in it?
- Muzha 没有！这是我师父的宝贝。
Méiyǒu! Zhè shì wǒ shīfu de bǎobèi.
No! This is my master's treasure.
- Tang Seng 这个妖怪，他会听您的吗？
Zhège yāoguài, tā huì tīng nín de ma?
This demon... will he listen to you?
- Muzha 悟净！悟净！快出来！取经人在这里！
Wùjìng! Wùjìng! Kuài chūlai! Qǔjīngrén zài zhèlǐ!
Wujing! Wujing! Come out! The pilgrim is here!
- Narrator 河水动了，水里出来了一个头，头发红红的。
Héshuǐ dòng le, shuǐ lǐ chūlai le yí gè tóu, tóufa hónghóng de.
The water stirred, and up out of it came a head, with bright red hair.
- Sha Wujing 取经人在哪里？
Qǔjīngrén zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the pilgrim?
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What changed in the story?
- Why won't Wukong fly Tang Seng across the river?
“师父要自己一步一步走过去。”
- Why won't the river demon come out the next day?
“我得在这里等取经人，没时间跟他打！”
- What does Guanyin guess as soon as she sees Wukong?
“你们又没说取经吧？”
- What does Guanyin send with Muzha?
“你带着这个红葫芦”
- What does Bajie hope is inside the gourd?
“葫芦里有吃的吗？”