Journey to the West: The Spider Cave · chapter 1 of 4
Master Goes Alone
师父自己去
Hungry Tang Seng insists on begging for his own dinner. The seven kind sisters in the big house have one strange thing in common: they love silk.
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- Zhu Bajie 猴哥！你听，老猪的肚子，叫了一路了！
Hóugē! Nǐ tīng, Lǎo Zhū de dùzi, jiàole yílù le!
Monkey Brother! Listen! Old Pig's belly has been growling the whole way!
- Sun Wukong 呆子，你的肚子在叫，你的嘴也没停过。那么多水果，都去哪儿了？
Dāizi, nǐ de dùzi zài jiào, nǐ de zuǐ yě méi tíngguo. Nàme duō shuǐguǒ, dōu qù nǎr le?
Dummy, your belly is growling, but your mouth hasn't stopped either. All that fruit, where did it go?
- Zhu Bajie 水果？什么水果？老猪没吃！是……是白龙马吃的！
Shuǐguǒ? Shénme shuǐguǒ? Lǎo Zhū méi chī! Shì… shì Báilóngmǎ chī de!
Fruit? What fruit? Old Pig didn't eat any! The, um, the white horse ate it!
- Sun Wukong 是吗？那你嘴上的果汁，也是马给你的吗？
Shì ma? Nà nǐ zuǐ shàng de guǒzhī, yě shì mǎ gěi nǐ de ma?
Oh, really? Then did the horse put that juice on your mouth for you, too?
- Tang Seng 好了好了，别吵了。悟空，天快黑了，前面有人家吗？
Hǎo le hǎo le, bié chǎo le. Wùkōng, tiān kuài hēi le, qiánmiàn yǒu rénjiā ma?
All right, all right, stop bickering. Wukong, it's getting dark. Is there a house ahead?
- Sun Wukong 老孙看看……山下有一座大房子。可是房子上面，有一层黑气。
Lǎo Sūn kànkan… shān xià yǒu yí zuò dà fángzi. Kěshì fángzi shàngmiàn, yǒu yì céng hēiqì.
Let Old Sun take a look... There's a big house at the foot of the mountain. But there's a layer of dark mist over it.
- Tang Seng 你们每天都为我找饭，太累了。今天，我自己去吧。
Nǐmen měitiān dōu wèi wǒ zhǎo fàn, tài lèi le. Jīntiān, wǒ zìjǐ qù ba.
You look for my meals every day, and you must be worn out. Today I'll go myself.
- Sun Wukong 师父，不行！那黑气不对。上次的白骨精，也是好人的样子！
Shīfu, bù xíng! Nà hēiqì bú duì. Shàngcì de Báigǔjīng, yě shì hǎorén de yàngzi!
Master, no! That mist is wrong. Last time, the White Bone Demon looked like a nice person, too!
- Tang Seng 那次是我错了。可是悟空，我是和尚，去要一碗饭，不会有事的。
Nà cì shì wǒ cuò le. Kěshì Wùkōng, wǒ shì héshang, qù yào yì wǎn fàn, bú huì yǒu shì de.
That time I was wrong. But Wukong, I'm a monk. Asking for one bowl of rice, what could go wrong?
- Sun Wukong 好吧。可是师父，有事就大声叫老孙，老孙一定听得见！
Hǎo ba. Kěshì shīfu, yǒu shì jiù dàshēng jiào Lǎo Sūn, Lǎo Sūn yídìng tīng de jiàn!
Fine. But Master, if anything happens, shout for Old Sun. Old Sun will hear you, I promise!
- Zhu Bajie 师父，多要一点儿！老猪要吃三碗！
Shīfu, duō yào yìdiǎnr! Lǎo Zhū yào chī sān wǎn!
Master, ask for lots! Old Pig wants three bowls!
- Narrator 唐僧拿着碗，一个人下了山。山下的房子，又大又漂亮。
Táng Sēng názhe wǎn, yí gè rén xiàle shān. Shān xià de fángzi, yòu dà yòu piàoliang.
Tang Seng took his bowl and walked down the mountain alone. The house at the bottom was big and lovely.
- Tang Seng 有人吗？我是路过的和尚，想要一碗饭。
Yǒu rén ma? Wǒ shì lùguò de héshang, xiǎng yào yì wǎn fàn.
Is anyone home? I'm a monk passing through, and I'd like a bowl of rice.
- The Youngest Sister 姐姐，姐姐！你看，来了一个和尚！
Jiějie, jiějie! Nǐ kàn, láile yí gè héshang!
Sister, sister! Look, a monk has come!
- The Eldest Sister 哎呀，师父快请进！我们姐妹七个，最喜欢请客了。
Āiyā, shīfu kuài qǐng jìn! Wǒmen jiěmèi qī gè, zuì xǐhuan qǐngkè le.
Oh my, Master, please come in! We seven sisters just love having guests.
- Tang Seng 谢谢你们。我只要一碗白饭，就很好了。
Xièxie nǐmen. Wǒ zhǐ yào yì wǎn báifàn, jiù hěn hǎo le.
Thank you. Just a bowl of plain rice will be plenty.
- The Eldest Sister 白饭？哪能这么简单。小妹，快去拿好吃的来！
Báifàn? Nǎ néng zhème jiǎndān. Xiǎomèi, kuài qù ná hǎochī de lái!
Plain rice? Never so simple! Little sister, go and bring something delicious!
- The Youngest Sister 姐姐，他闻起来好香啊……
Jiějie, tā wén qǐlái hǎo xiāng a…
Sister, he smells so good...
- The Eldest Sister 小声点儿！别把他吓跑了。
Xiǎoshēng diǎnr! Bié bǎ tā xiàpǎo le.
Quiet! You'll scare him off.
- Tang Seng 咦？你们说什么？这房子里，怎么到处都是白丝？
Yí? Nǐmen shuō shénme? Zhè fángzi lǐ, zěnme dàochù dōu shì bái sī?
Hm? What did you say? Why is there white thread everywhere in this house?
- The Eldest Sister 那是我们织的布。我们姐妹，最爱织东西。
Nà shì wǒmen zhī de bù. Wǒmen jiěmèi, zuì ài zhī dōngxi.
That's cloth we wove. We sisters love weaving more than anything.
- Tang Seng 原来是这样。……可是，饭怎么还没有来？
Yuánlái shì zhèyàng. …Kěshì, fàn zěnme hái méiyǒu lái?
I see. ...But why hasn't the rice come yet?
- The Eldest Sister 饭？师父，今天要吃饭的，不是你，是我们！小妹，放丝！
Fàn? Shīfu, jīntiān yào chīfàn de, bú shì nǐ, shì wǒmen! Xiǎomèi, fàng sī!
Rice? Master, the one who will eat today isn't you. It's us! Little sister, let the silk fly!
- Tang Seng 啊！这丝是从你们的肚子里出来的？我的手，我的脚，都动不了了！
Ā! Zhè sī shì cóng nǐmen de dùzi lǐ chūlái de? Wǒ de shǒu, wǒ de jiǎo, dōu dòng bù liǎo le!
Ah! This silk is coming out of your bellies? My hands, my feet, I can't move any of them!
- The Youngest Sister 嘿嘿，小和尚，你飞起来啦！
Hēihēi, xiǎo héshang, nǐ fēi qǐlái la!
Hee hee, little monk, you're flying now!
- The Eldest Sister 别叫了。山这么大，你的徒弟们听不见的。
Bié jiào le. Shān zhème dà, nǐ de túdìmen tīng bú jiàn de.
Stop shouting. The mountain is so big, your disciples won't hear a thing.
- Tang Seng 悟空！悟空！救命啊！
Wùkōng! Wùkōng! Jiùmìng a!
Wukong! Wukong! Help!
What changed in the story?
- What does Wukong notice when he looks at the house?
“山下有一座大房子。可是房子上面，有一层黑气。”
- How does Wukong catch Bajie in a fib?
“那你嘴上的果汁，也是马给你的吗？”
- Why does Wukong say no when Master wants to go alone?
“上次的白骨精，也是好人的样子！”
- Why does the youngest sister whisper, “He smells so good”?
“他闻起来好香啊……”
- What happens when the eldest sister says, “Let the silk fly”?
“小妹，放丝！”……“我的手，我的脚，都动不了了！”