Journey to the West: The White Bone Demon · chapter 5 of 6
Bajie Goes to Flower Fruit Mountain
八戒请猴哥
The demon's pot is on the fire and Tang Seng is tied up. Someone has to fetch Wukong, and the only one left is the pig who got him sent away.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 白骨精把唐僧带回了山洞，绑在一根石柱子上。山洞里的大锅，已经在烧水了。
Báigǔjīng bǎ Táng Sēng dài huí le shāndòng, bǎng zài yì gēn shí zhùzi shang. Shāndòng lǐ de dà guō, yǐjīng zài shāo shuǐ le.
The White Bone Demon carried Tang Seng back to her cave and tied him to a stone pillar. In the cave, a big pot of water was already heating up.
- The White Bone Demon 唐僧，看见这个大锅了吗？明天早上，我就把你蒸了吃！
Táng Sēng, kànjiàn zhège dà guō le ma? Míngtiān zǎoshang, wǒ jiù bǎ nǐ zhēng le chī!
See this big pot, Tang Seng? Tomorrow morning, I'm going to steam you and eat you up!
- Tang Seng 你别高兴得太早！我的徒弟八戒和悟净，会来救我的！
Nǐ bié gāoxìng de tài zǎo! Wǒ de túdì Bājiè hé Wùjìng, huì lái jiù wǒ de!
Don't celebrate too soon! My disciples, Bajie and Wujing, will come to save me!
Chapter 5 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of Journey to the West: The White Bone Demon is free, and so are The Second Cup of Tea, Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Journey to the West: The Monkey King, Cinderella, The Night of the Nian, Chang'e and the Moon, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, Aesop's Fables, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Pangu and Nüwa: How the World Began, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Zhong Kui the Demon Queller and The Odyssey from start to finish.
- The White Bone Demon 那头猪？那个大个子？我才不怕！
Nà tóu zhū? Nàge dà gèzi? Wǒ cái bú pà!
The pig? The big fellow? They don't scare me one bit!
- Narrator 这时，八戒睡醒了。他和沙和尚一起，找到了山洞。
Zhè shí, Bājiè shuì xǐng le. Tā hé Shā Héshang yìqǐ, zhǎo dào le shāndòng.
Meanwhile, Bajie had woken up. Together with Sha Heshang, he found the cave.
- Zhu Bajie 妖怪，快放了我师父！不然，老猪打破你的门！
Yāoguài, kuài fàng le wǒ shīfu! Bùrán, Lǎo Zhū dǎpò nǐ de mén!
Demon, let my master go this minute! Or Old Pig will smash your door in!
- The White Bone Demon 猪也来了？好啊！唐僧肉加上猪肉，明天的早饭更好吃了！
Zhū yě lái le? Hǎo a! Táng Sēng ròu jiā shàng zhū ròu, míngtiān de zǎofàn gèng hǎochī le!
The pig's here too? Lovely! Tang Seng with a side of pork. Tomorrow's breakfast just got even tastier!
- Narrator 他们打了起来。可是白骨精一会儿变这个，一会儿变那个，八戒和沙和尚怎么也打不过她。
Tāmen dǎ le qǐlái. Kěshì Báigǔjīng yíhuìr biàn zhège, yíhuìr biàn nàge, Bājiè hé Shā Héshang zěnme yě dǎ bu guò tā.
The fight began. But the White Bone Demon kept changing into one thing and then another, and Bajie and Sha Heshang just couldn't beat her.
- Sha Wujing 妖怪，你听着！孙悟空是唐僧的大徒弟！
Yāoguài, nǐ tīngzhe! Sūn Wùkōng shì Táng Sēng de dà túdì!
Listen to me, demon! Sun Wukong is Tang Seng's first disciple!
- The White Bone Demon 孙悟空？那只猴子，已经被唐僧赶走了！哈哈哈！
Sūn Wùkōng? Nà zhī hóuzi, yǐjīng bèi Táng Sēng gǎn zǒu le! Hāhāhā!
Sun Wukong? Tang Seng has already chased that monkey away! Ha ha ha!
- Sha Wujing 二师兄，我被抓住了！你快去花果山，找大师兄！
Èr shīxiōng, wǒ bèi zhuā zhù le! Nǐ kuài qù Huāguǒ Shān, zhǎo dà shīxiōng!
Second Brother, she's got me! Hurry to Flower Fruit Mountain and get Big Brother!
- Zhu Bajie 沙师弟……老猪……老猪先跑了！
Shā shīdì… Lǎo Zhū… Lǎo Zhū xiān pǎo le!
Brother Sha... Old Pig... Old Pig is getting out of here!
- Tang Seng 是我自己，赶走了悟空……悟空，是师父错了……
Shì wǒ zìjǐ, gǎn zǒu le Wùkōng… Wùkōng, shì shīfu cuò le…
I'm the one who sent Wukong away... Wukong, your master was wrong...
- Narrator 八戒跑回了山下。只有那匹白马，还在树下等着。
Bājiè pǎo huí le shān xià. Zhǐ yǒu nà pǐ bái mǎ, hái zài shù xià děngzhe.
Bajie ran back down the mountain. Only the white horse was still there, waiting under a tree.
- Zhu Bajie 马啊马，师父没了，师弟也没了。我们把行李分一分，回家吧！
Mǎ a mǎ, shīfu méi le, shīdì yě méi le. Wǒmen bǎ xíngli fēn yi fēn, huí jiā ba!
Oh, horse, dear horse, Master's gone, and Brother Sha's gone too. Let's split up the luggage and go home!
- White Dragon Horse 二师兄，不能回家！
Èr shīxiōng, bù néng huí jiā!
Second Brother, we can't go home!
- Zhu Bajie 啊！马……马怎么会说话了？
A! Mǎ… mǎ zěnme huì shuōhuà le?
Aah! The horse... since when can the horse talk?
- White Dragon Horse 我是小白龙，当然会说话！只有大师兄，才能打过白骨精。你快去花果山，请他回来！
Wǒ shì Xiǎo Báilóng, dāngrán huì shuōhuà! Zhǐyǒu dà shīxiōng, cái néng dǎ guò Báigǔjīng. Nǐ kuài qù Huāguǒ Shān, qǐng tā huílái!
I'm the Little White Dragon, of course I can talk! Only Big Brother can beat the White Bone Demon. Hurry to Flower Fruit Mountain and ask him to come back!
- Zhu Bajie 我？我说了猴哥那么多坏话，他会打我的！
Wǒ? Wǒ shuō le Hóugē nàme duō huàihuà, tā huì dǎ wǒ de!
Me? After all the nasty things I said about Brother Monkey? He'll beat me up!
- White Dragon Horse 大师兄心里一直有师父。你就说，师父想他了。
Dà shīxiōng xīn lǐ yìzhí yǒu shīfu. Nǐ jiù shuō, shīfu xiǎng tā le.
Big Brother has never stopped caring about Master. Just tell him Master misses him.
- Zhu Bajie 好吧，好吧……为了师父，老猪去一次！
Hǎo ba, hǎo ba… Wèile shīfu, Lǎo Zhū qù yí cì!
All right, all right... For Master's sake, Old Pig will go.
- Narrator 八戒飞了一个晚上，终于到了花果山。悟空正坐在水边的大石头上。
Bājiè fēi le yí gè wǎnshang, zhōngyú dào le Huāguǒ Shān. Wùkōng zhèng zuò zài shuǐ biān de dà shítou shang.
Bajie flew all night long, and at last he reached Flower Fruit Mountain. Wukong was sitting on a big rock beside the water.
- Zhu Bajie 猴哥！猴哥！老猪来看你了！
Hóugē! Hóugē! Lǎo Zhū lái kàn nǐ le!
Brother Monkey! Brother Monkey! Old Pig has come to visit you!
- Sun Wukong 你是谁啊？这头胖猪，老孙不认识。
Nǐ shì shéi a? Zhè tóu pàng zhū, Lǎo Sūn bú rènshi.
And who might you be? Old Sun doesn't know any fat pigs.
- Zhu Bajie 猴哥，别开玩笑了！是我，八戒！师父……师父想你了，让我来请你回去。
Hóugē, bié kāi wánxiào le! Shì wǒ, Bājiè! Shīfu… shīfu xiǎng nǐ le, ràng wǒ lái qǐng nǐ huíqù.
Brother Monkey, stop joking! It's me, Bajie! Master... Master misses you. He sent me to bring you back.
- Sun Wukong 师父想我？呆子，你又骗人！师父有危险了，对不对？
Shīfu xiǎng wǒ? Dāizi, nǐ yòu piàn rén! Shīfu yǒu wēixiǎn le, duì bu duì?
Master misses me? Dummy, you're lying again! Master's in trouble, isn't he?
- Zhu Bajie 对……师父和沙师弟，都被白骨精抓走了！
Duì… shīfu hé Shā shīdì, dōu bèi Báigǔjīng zhuā zǒu le!
Yes... The White Bone Demon has caught Master and Brother Sha!
- Sun Wukong 那又怎么样？他已经不是老孙的师父了。你回去吧！
Nà yòu zěnmeyàng? Tā yǐjīng bú shì Lǎo Sūn de shīfu le. Nǐ huíqù ba!
So what? He isn't Old Sun's master anymore. Go home!
- Zhu Bajie 这个弼马温，嘴硬心软……不去就不去！
Zhège Bìmǎwēn, zuǐ yìng xīn ruǎn… Bú qù jiù bú qù!
That stable-boy Bimawen talks tough, but he's soft inside... Fine, stay here, then!
- Sun Wukong 呆子！你叫老孙什么？老孙的耳朵，什么都听得见！
Dāizi! Nǐ jiào Lǎo Sūn shénme? Lǎo Sūn de ěrduo, shénme dōu tīng de jiàn!
Dummy! What did you just call Old Sun? Old Sun's ears hear everything!
- Zhu Bajie 啊，不是你！老猪说的是……是白骨精！她说了你好多坏话！
A, bú shì nǐ! Lǎo Zhū shuō de shì… shì Báigǔjīng! Tā shuō le nǐ hǎoduō huàihuà!
Oh, not you! Old Pig was talking about... about the White Bone Demon! She said all sorts of nasty things about you!
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What changed in the story?
- What is the demon planning to do with Tang Seng?
“明天早上，我就把你蒸了吃！”
- What happens when Sha says Sun Wukong is Tang Seng's first disciple?
“孙悟空？那只猴子，已经被唐僧赶走了！哈哈哈！”
- What surprises Bajie when he gets back to the road?
“马……马怎么会说话了？”
- What does the horse tell Bajie to say to Wukong?
“你就说，师父想他了。”
- How does Wukong answer when he learns Master has been caught?
“他已经不是老孙的师父了。你回去吧！”