Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 12 of 25
The White Dragon Horse
白龙马
Guanyin answers Wukong's angry questions, the dragon learns who he has been fighting, and in spring a very old monk comes out of a temple to greet the pilgrims.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 没多久，观音菩萨从南海来到了鹰愁涧。
Méi duō jiǔ, Guānyīn Púsà cóng Nán Hǎi lái dào le Yīngchóu Jiàn.
Before long, Guanyin came from the Southern Sea to Eagle Grief Ravine.
- Sun Wukong 观音！你为什么骗老孙戴那顶帽子？
Guānyīn! Nǐ wèishénme piàn Lǎo Sūn dài nà dǐng màozi?
Guanyin! Why did you trick me into wearing that cap?
- Guanyin 你这猴子，别这么大声。不戴帽子，你会听话吗？
Nǐ zhè hóuzi, bié zhème dàshēng. Bú dài màozi, nǐ huì tīnghuà ma?
You monkey, not so loud. Without the cap, would you ever listen?
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- Sun Wukong 好，好……那这条龙呢？他吞了我师父的马，还变成蛇躲起来了！
Hǎo, hǎo… Nà zhè tiáo lóng ne? Tā tūn le wǒ shīfu de mǎ, hái biànchéng shé duǒ qǐlai le!
Fine, fine... Then what about this dragon? He swallowed my master's horse, then turned into a snake and hid!
- Guanyin 小白龙，出来吧。
Xiǎo Báilóng, chūlai ba.
Little White Dragon, come out.
- Narrator 水里走出来一个穿白衣服的年轻人。
Shuǐ lǐ zǒu chūlai yí gè chuān bái yīfu de niánqīngrén.
Out of the water stepped a young man dressed in white.
- Little White Dragon 菩萨！我在这里等了很久。可是这个猴子，一来就打我！
Púsà! Wǒ zài zhèlǐ děng le hěn jiǔ. Kěshì zhège hóuzi, yì lái jiù dǎ wǒ!
Bodhisattva! I've waited here a long time. But this monkey started hitting me the moment he arrived!
- Guanyin 你要等的人，是他的师父，唐僧。
Nǐ yào děng de rén, shì tā de shīfu, Táng Sēng.
The one you were waiting for is his master, Tang Seng.
- Little White Dragon 他们是去取经的？他只说他是齐天大圣……怎么不早说？
Tāmen shì qù qǔjīng de? Tā zhǐ shuō tā shì Qítiān Dàshèng… Zěnme bù zǎo shuō?
They're going for the scriptures? He only said he was the Great Sage... Why didn't he say so sooner?
- Sun Wukong 老孙是齐天大圣，谁都知道！
Lǎo Sūn shì Qítiān Dàshèng, shéi dōu zhīdào!
Everybody knows Old Sun is the Great Sage!
- Little White Dragon 我就不知道！
Wǒ jiù bù zhīdào!
Well, I didn't!
- Guanyin 好了。悟空，以后见了人，先说“取经”两个字，别先打。
Hǎo le. Wùkōng, yǐhòu jiàn le rén, xiān shuō “qǔjīng” liǎng gè zì, bié xiān dǎ.
Enough. Wukong, from now on, when you meet someone, say the word “scriptures” first. Don't start with your fists.
- Sun Wukong 知道了，知道了……
Zhīdào le, zhīdào le…
All right, all right...
- Guanyin 小白龙，你吃了唐僧的马，现在你就做他的马吧。
Xiǎo Báilóng, nǐ chī le Táng Sēng de mǎ, xiànzài nǐ jiù zuò tā de mǎ ba.
Little White Dragon, you ate Tang Seng's horse, so now you will be his horse.
- Little White Dragon 做马就做马……我听菩萨的。
Zuò mǎ jiù zuò mǎ… wǒ tīng Púsà de.
A horse it is, then... I'll do as you say.
- Narrator 菩萨对着他吹了一下，说：“变！”他马上变成了白马，跟原来的一样。
Púsà duìzhe tā chuī le yíxià, shuō: “Biàn!” Tā mǎshàng biànchéng le báimǎ, gēn yuánlái de yíyàng.
Guanyin blew on him and said, “Transform!” At once he became a white horse, just like the old one.
- Tang Seng 看！我的白马又回来了！谢谢菩萨！
Kàn! Wǒ de báimǎ yòu huílai le! Xièxie Púsà!
Look! My white horse is back! Thank you, Bodhisattva!
- Sun Wukong 师父，别忘了，这匹马吃过马！
Shīfu, bié wàng le, zhè pǐ mǎ chī guo mǎ!
Master, don't forget: this horse has eaten a horse!
- Tang Seng 可是……没有马鞍，我怎么骑？
Kěshì… méiyǒu mǎ'ān, wǒ zěnme qí?
But... without a saddle, how do I ride?
- Sun Wukong 马鞍？也让那条龙吞了！菩萨，这条路太难了，老孙不去了！
Mǎ'ān? Yě ràng nà tiáo lóng tūn le! Púsà, zhè tiáo lù tài nán le, Lǎo Sūn bú qù le!
The saddle? The dragon swallowed that too! Bodhisattva, this road is too hard. Old Sun quits!
- Guanyin 别怕。我在你头后边，放了三个能救你的宝贝。最难的时候，叫我，我就来。
Bié pà. Wǒ zài nǐ tóu hòubian, fàng le sān gè néng jiù nǐ de bǎobèi. Zuì nán de shíhou, jiào wǒ, wǒ jiù lái.
Don't be afraid. I've put three life-saving treasures on the back of your head. When things are at their hardest, call me and I'll come.
- Sun Wukong 宝贝？在老孙头上？……好吧，老孙去！
Bǎobèi? Zài Lǎo Sūn tóu shàng?… Hǎo ba, Lǎo Sūn qù!
Treasures? On Old Sun's head? ...All right, Old Sun will go!
- Narrator 菩萨回南海去了。他们没走多远，路边一个老人送来了一个马鞍。
Púsà huí Nán Hǎi qù le. Tāmen méi zǒu duō yuǎn, lùbiān yí gè lǎorén sònglai le yí gè mǎ'ān.
Guanyin went back to the Southern Sea. They hadn't gone far when an old man by the road brought them a saddle.
- Tang Seng 谢谢老人家……啊？人呢？怎么不见了？
Xièxie lǎorénjia… A? Rén ne? Zěnme bú jiàn le?
Thank you, sir... Oh? Where did he go? How did he just vanish?
- Sun Wukong 师父，他也是菩萨叫来的神！
Shīfu, tā yě shì Púsà jiào lái de shén!
Master, he's another god Guanyin sent!
- Tang Seng 春天来了！悟空你看，前边是观音院，菩萨的地方！我们进去看看。
Chūntiān lái le! Wùkōng nǐ kàn, qiánbian shì Guānyīn Yuàn, Púsà de dìfang! Wǒmen jìnqu kànkan.
Spring is here! Wukong, look, the Guanyin Temple is just ahead, Guanyin's own place! Let's go in and see.
- Narrator 一个很老很老的和尚走出来，笑着问：“东边来的老爷，有什么宝贝，给我看看？”
Yí gè hěn lǎo hěn lǎo de héshang zǒu chūlai, xiàozhe wèn: “Dōngbian lái de lǎoye, yǒu shénme bǎobèi, gěi wǒ kànkan?”
A very, very old monk came out and asked with a smile, “Good sir from the east, what treasures have you brought? Let me have a look!”
- Sun Wukong 宝贝？我们有啊！
Bǎobèi? Wǒmen yǒu a!
Treasures? Oh, we've got one!
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What changed in the story?
- Why did Guanyin trick Wukong into wearing the cap?
“不戴帽子，你会听话吗？”
- Why did the dragon fight Wukong instead of helping him?
“他只说他是齐天大圣……怎么不早说？”
- What does the dragon become?
“他马上变成了白马，跟原来的一样。”
- What does Guanyin give Wukong when he wants to quit?
“我在你头后边，放了三个能救你的宝贝。”
- Who brings Tang Seng a saddle?
“路边一个老人送来了一个马鞍”……“怎么不见了？”