Journey to the West: The Spider Cave · chapter 3 of 4
The Golden Light
金光
Master is free, but the sisters have a big brother with a hundred glowing eyes. Even the Monkey King cannot fight what he cannot see.
Read what you hear
- Tang Seng 啊……我掉下来了！谢谢你们，小猴子！
Ā… wǒ diào xiàlái le! Xièxie nǐmen, xiǎo hóuzi!
Ah... I'm down! Thank you, little monkeys!
- Sha Wujing 师父！我们来了！你没有受伤吧？
Shīfu! Wǒmen lái le! Nǐ méiyǒu shòushāng ba?
Master! We're here! You aren't hurt, are you?
- Zhu Bajie 师父！老猪也来了！跑得好累啊！
Shīfu! Lǎo Zhū yě lái le! Pǎo de hǎo lèi a!
Master! Old Pig is here too! I'm so tired from running!
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- Tang Seng 八戒，你身上怎么湿了？还有一股鱼的味道。
Bājiè, nǐ shēnshang zěnme shī le? Hái yǒu yì gǔ yú de wèidao.
Bajie, why are you all wet? And why do you smell like fish?
- Zhu Bajie 这个……说来话长。老猪只是去温泉洗了个热水澡，什么都没做！
Zhège… shuō lái huà cháng. Lǎo Zhū zhǐshì qù wēnquán xǐ le gè rè shuǐzǎo, shénme dōu méi zuò!
Well... it's a long story. Old Pig only took a hot bath at the hot spring. I didn't do anything!
- Sha Wujing 别说了。大师兄呢？我们快走吧！
Bié shuō le. Dà shīxiong ne? Wǒmen kuài zǒu ba!
Enough talk. Where's Big Brother? Let's hurry!
- Sun Wukong 师父，你没事吧？好，快走！那七个姐妹，马上就来了！
Shīfu, nǐ méi shì ba? Hǎo, kuài zǒu! Nà qī gè jiěmèi, mǎshàng jiù lái le!
Master, are you all right? Good, let's go! Those seven sisters will be here any moment!
- The Eldest Sister 想走？和尚，你们走不了！
Xiǎng zǒu? Héshang, nǐmen zǒu bù liǎo!
Leaving already? Monks, you're not going anywhere!
- Sun Wukong 七位姐姐，你们的丝衣，还在老孙这里呢！
Qī wèi jiějie, nǐmen de sī yī, hái zài Lǎo Sūn zhèlǐ ne!
Seven ladies, your silk coats are still with Old Sun!
- The Eldest Sister 那种旧衣服，我们不要了。新的丝衣，一会儿就织好了。
Nà zhǒng jiù yīfu, wǒmen bú yào le. Xīn de sī yī, yíhuìr jiù zhī hǎo le.
We don't want those old things. We can weave new silk coats in no time at all.
- Sun Wukong 什么？那老孙不是白拿了吗？
Shénme? Nà Lǎo Sūn bú shì bái ná le ma?
What? Then Old Sun took them for nothing?
- The Eldest Sister 哥哥！哥哥，他们在这里！
Gēge! Gēge, tāmen zài zhèlǐ!
Brother! Brother, they're here!
- The Hundred-Eyes Demon Lord 谁敢欺负我的妹妹们？
Shéi gǎn qīfu wǒ de mèimeimen?
Who dares to bully my little sisters?
- Sun Wukong 老孙敢！你是哪一位？
Lǎo Sūn gǎn! Nǐ shì nǎ yí wèi?
Old Sun dares! And who are you?
- The Hundred-Eyes Demon Lord 我是百眼魔君！我身上有一百只眼睛，看你怎么打！
Wǒ shì Bǎiyǎn Mójūn! Wǒ shēnshang yǒu yì bǎi zhī yǎnjing, kàn nǐ zěnme dǎ!
I am the Hundred-Eyes Demon Lord! I have a hundred eyes on my body. Let's see you fight that!
- Sun Wukong 一百只眼睛？那怎么没看见老孙的棒子来了？
Yì bǎi zhī yǎnjing? Nà zěnme méi kànjiàn Lǎo Sūn de bàngzi lái le?
A hundred eyes? Then how come you didn't see Old Sun's staff coming?
- Tang Seng 悟空，小心！他的眼睛，好像在发光……
Wùkōng, xiǎoxīn! Tā de yǎnjing, hǎoxiàng zài fāguāng…
Wukong, careful! His eyes seem to be glowing...
- The Hundred-Eyes Demon Lord 看我的金光！
Kàn wǒ de jīnguāng!
Behold my golden light!
- Sun Wukong 啊！好亮！老孙的眼睛！
Ā! Hǎo liàng! Lǎo Sūn de yǎnjing!
Ah! So bright! My eyes!
- Tang Seng 悟空！我的眼睛也好疼……
Wùkōng! Wǒ de yǎnjing yě hǎo téng…
Wukong! My eyes hurt too...
- Zhu Bajie 什么都看不见！沙师弟，你在哪儿？
Shénme dōu kàn bú jiàn! Shā shīdì, nǐ zài nǎr?
I can't see anything! Brother Sha, where are you?
- Sha Wujing 二师兄，别动！师父，你在哪儿？我什么都看不见！
Èr shīxiōng, bié dòng! Shīfu, nǐ zài nǎr? Wǒ shénme dōu kàn bú jiàn!
Second Brother, don't move! Master, where are you? I can't see anything!
- The Hundred-Eyes Demon Lord 哈哈！你们都在我的金光里，一步也走不了！
Hāhā! Nǐmen dōu zài wǒ de jīnguāng lǐ, yí bù yě zǒu bù liǎo!
Ha ha! You're all inside my golden light, and not one of you can take a step!
- Sun Wukong 师父！八戒！沙师弟！老孙什么都看不见！
Shīfu! Bājiè! Shā shīdì! Lǎo Sūn shénme dōu kàn bú jiàn!
Master! Bajie! Brother Sha! Old Sun can't see a thing!
- The Eldest Sister 哥哥，把他们带回洞里吧。今晚，我们有好饭吃了。
Gēge, bǎ tāmen dài huí dòng lǐ ba. Jīnwǎn, wǒmen yǒu hǎo fàn chī le.
Brother, take them back to the cave. Tonight we'll have a fine dinner.
- The Hundred-Eyes Demon Lord 猴子，你的师父，我带走了。你有本事，就来救他！
Hóuzi, nǐ de shīfu, wǒ dàizǒu le. Nǐ yǒu běnshi, jiù lái jiù tā!
Monkey, I'm taking your master. If you're so good, come and save him!
- Sun Wukong 别走……老孙的眼睛好疼。可是老孙不会认输！师父，等着老孙！
Bié zǒu… Lǎo Sūn de yǎnjing hǎo téng. Kěshì Lǎo Sūn bú huì rènshū! Shīfu, děngzhe Lǎo Sūn!
Don't go... my eyes hurt so much. But I will not give up! Master, wait for me!
- Sun Wukong 谁能破这金光？天上，地上，一定有人能！
Shéi néng pò zhè jīnguāng? Tiān shàng, dì shàng, yídìng yǒu rén néng!
Who can break this golden light? In heaven or on earth, somebody must be able to!
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Tang Seng notice something odd about Bajie?
“八戒，你身上怎么湿了？还有一股鱼的味道。”
- What does the eldest sister say about the stolen silk coats?
“新的丝衣，一会儿就织好了。”
- Who is the sisters' brother?
“我是百眼魔君！我身上有一百只眼睛……”
- What does the golden light do?
“你们都在我的金光里，一步也走不了！”
- What does Wukong decide at the end?
“谁能破这金光？天上，地上，一定有人能！”