Journey to the West: The White Bone Demon · chapter 4 of 6
Four Monkeys Say Goodbye
四个悟空
Sent away, Wukong has one last way to say goodbye. But with the monkey gone, someone has been waiting for Tang Seng to be alone.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 太阳快下山了。悟空收好那封信，跪在了唐僧面前。
Tàiyáng kuài xià shān le. Wùkōng shōu hǎo nà fēng xìn, guì zài le Táng Sēng miànqián.
The sun was going down. Wukong tucked the letter away and knelt before Tang Seng.
- Sun Wukong 师父，老孙要走了。你坐好，让老孙最后拜你一次吧。
Shīfu, Lǎo Sūn yào zǒu le. Nǐ zuò hǎo, ràng Lǎo Sūn zuìhòu bài nǐ yí cì ba.
Master, Old Sun is leaving. Sit down, and let Old Sun bow to you one last time.
- Tang Seng 不用拜了。我是好和尚，不要你这个坏徒弟拜我。
Bú yòng bài le. Wǒ shì hǎo héshang, bú yào nǐ zhège huài túdì bài wǒ.
There's no need. I am a good monk, and I don't want a bow from a bad disciple like you.
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- Sun Wukong 师父不让拜？好，老孙有办法！
Shīfu bú ràng bài? Hǎo, Lǎo Sūn yǒu bànfǎ!
Master won't let me bow? Fine. Old Sun knows a way!
- Sun Wukong 拔三根毛，吹一吹……变！
Bá sān gēn máo, chuī yi chuī… Biàn!
Pluck three hairs, give them a puff... Change!
- Narrator 三根毛变成了三个悟空。四个悟空站在唐僧的四边，一起拜了下去。
Sān gēn máo biànchéng le sān gè Wùkōng. Sì gè Wùkōng zhàn zài Táng Sēng de sì biān, yìqǐ bài le xiàqù.
The three hairs turned into three more Wukongs. Now four Wukongs stood around Tang Seng, one on every side, and they all bowed down together.
- Tang Seng 你……你们……怎么到处都是悟空？
Nǐ… nǐmen… zěnme dàochù dōu shì Wùkōng?
You... all of you... Why is there a Wukong everywhere I turn?
- Sun Wukong 师父，这边是老孙，那边也是老孙。你往哪边转，都得让老孙拜一拜！
Shīfu, zhè biān shì Lǎo Sūn, nà biān yě shì Lǎo Sūn. Nǐ wǎng nǎ biān zhuǎn, dōu děi ràng Lǎo Sūn bài yi bài!
Master, this way is Old Sun, and that way is Old Sun too. Whichever way you turn, you'll just have to let Old Sun bow!
- Tang Seng 唉……好吧，好吧。
Āi… hǎo ba, hǎo ba.
Oh... all right, all right.
- Sun Wukong 沙师弟，你是个好人。以后你要好好照顾师父，别听呆子乱说。
Shā shīdì, nǐ shì gè hǎorén. Yǐhòu nǐ yào hǎohǎo zhàogù shīfu, bié tīng dāizi luàn shuō.
Brother Sha, you're a good man. From now on, take good care of Master, and don't listen to that dummy's nonsense.
- Sun Wukong 那个白骨精还会回来。要是妖怪抓了师父，你就说：孙悟空是唐僧的大徒弟！
Nàge Báigǔjīng hái huì huílái. Yàoshi yāoguài zhuā le shīfu, nǐ jiù shuō: Sūn Wùkōng shì Táng Sēng de dà túdì!
That White Bone Demon will be back. If a demon ever catches Master, you tell it: Sun Wukong is Tang Seng's first disciple!
- Sun Wukong 西边的妖怪，都知道老孙的本领。他们听了，就不敢吃师父了。
Xībian de yāoguài, dōu zhīdào Lǎo Sūn de běnlǐng. Tāmen tīng le, jiù bù gǎn chī shīfu le.
Every demon in the West knows what Old Sun can do. Once they hear that name, they won't dare eat Master.
- Sha Wujing 大师兄，我记住了。你……你多保重。
Dà shīxiōng, wǒ jìzhù le. Nǐ… nǐ duō bǎozhòng.
I'll remember, Big Brother. Take... take good care of yourself.
- Tang Seng 我是好和尚，不会说你这个坏人的名字。你走吧！
Wǒ shì hǎo héshang, bú huì shuō nǐ zhège huàirén de míngzi. Nǐ zǒu ba!
I am a good monk. I will never speak the name of a bad one like you. Now go!
- Sun Wukong 好，老孙走了。师父……你自己小心。
Hǎo, Lǎo Sūn zǒu le. Shīfu… nǐ zìjǐ xiǎoxīn.
All right. Old Sun is going. Master... please be careful.
- Zhu Bajie 猴哥走了！以后，老猪就是大师兄了！
Hóugē zǒu le! Yǐhòu, Lǎo Zhū jiù shì dà shīxiōng le!
Brother Monkey's gone! From now on, Old Pig is Big Brother!
- Sun Wukong 呆子！你要是不好好保护师父，老孙回来，先打你的猪头！
Dāizi! Nǐ yàoshi bù hǎohǎo bǎohù shīfu, Lǎo Sūn huílái, xiān dǎ nǐ de zhū tóu!
Dummy! If you don't take good care of Master, Old Sun will come back and whack your pig head first!
- Narrator 悟空跳上筋斗云，往东飞去。飞过东海的时候，他听见海水的声音，眼泪就流了下来。
Wùkōng tiào shàng jīndǒuyún, wǎng dōng fēi qù. Fēi guò Dōng Hǎi de shíhou, tā tīngjiàn hǎishuǐ de shēngyīn, yǎnlèi jiù liú le xiàlái.
Wukong leapt onto his somersault cloud and flew east. As he passed over the Eastern Sea, he heard the sound of the waves, and the tears began to fall.
- Sun Wukong 花果山就在前面……老孙回家了。可是师父，你现在在做什么呢？
Huāguǒ Shān jiù zài qiánmiàn… Lǎo Sūn huí jiā le. Kěshì shīfu, nǐ xiànzài zài zuò shénme ne?
Flower Fruit Mountain is just ahead... Old Sun is home. But Master, what are you doing right now?
- Narrator 那边，唐僧、八戒和沙和尚，又往西走了。
Nà biān, Táng Sēng, Bājiè hé Shā Héshang, yòu wǎng xī zǒu le.
Far away, Tang Seng, Bajie and Sha Heshang set off west again.
- Zhu Bajie 好累啊！才当了一天大师兄，怎么就这么累？又要看路，又要管马……
Hǎo lèi a! Cái dāng le yì tiān dà shīxiōng, zěnme jiù zhème lèi? Yòu yào kàn lù, yòu yào guǎn mǎ…
I'm worn out! One day as Big Brother, and I'm already this tired? Watch the road, mind the horse...
- Tang Seng 八戒，我又饿了。你是大师兄，你去找点儿吃的吧。
Bājiè, wǒ yòu è le. Nǐ shì dà shīxiōng, nǐ qù zhǎo diǎnr chī de ba.
Bajie, I'm hungry again. You're Big Brother now, so you go and find us something to eat.
- Zhu Bajie 是，师父……唉，猴哥在的时候，这些事都是猴哥做的。
Shì, shīfu… Āi, Hóugē zài de shíhou, zhèxiē shì dōu shì Hóugē zuò de.
Yes, Master... Ugh. When Brother Monkey was around, he did all this.
- Narrator 八戒走了不远，看见一片草地，就躺下睡着了。
Bājiè zǒu le bù yuǎn, kànjiàn yí piàn cǎodì, jiù tǎng xià shuìzháo le.
Bajie hadn't gone far when he spotted a patch of soft grass, lay down, and fell fast asleep.
- Sha Wujing 师父，二师兄去了这么久，还没回来。我去找找他，你在这里别走开。
Shīfu, èr shīxiōng qù le zhème jiǔ, hái méi huílái. Wǒ qù zhǎozhao tā, nǐ zài zhèlǐ bié zǒukāi.
Master, Second Brother has been gone so long and still isn't back. I'll go and look for him. Please don't wander off.
- Tang Seng 一个人在山里，好静啊……悟空在的时候，从来不会这样。
Yí gè rén zài shān lǐ, hǎo jìng a… Wùkōng zài de shíhou, cónglái bú huì zhèyàng.
All alone in the mountains... it's so quiet. It was never like this when Wukong was here.
- Narrator 忽然，一阵白烟从山上下来了，越来越近。
Hūrán, yí zhèn bái yān cóng shān shang xiàlái le, yuè lái yuè jìn.
Suddenly a puff of white smoke came drifting down the mountain, closer and closer.
- The White Bone Demon 唐僧，你的猴子呢？
Táng Sēng, nǐ de hóuzi ne?
Tang Seng, where's your monkey?
- Tang Seng 你……你是谁？
Nǐ… nǐ shì shéi?
Who... who are you?
- The White Bone Demon 我是送饭的姑娘，也是找女儿的老婆婆，还是念经的老公公啊！
Wǒ shì sòng fàn de gūniang, yě shì zhǎo nǚ'ér de lǎo pópo, hái shi niàn jīng de lǎo gōnggong a!
I'm the girl who brought you lunch, the old woman looking for her daughter, and the old man saying his prayers!
- Tang Seng 原来……悟空说的，都是真的！
Yuánlái… Wùkōng shuō de, dōu shì zhēn de!
So... everything Wukong said was true!
- The White Bone Demon 现在才知道？太晚了！跟我走吧！
Xiànzài cái zhīdào? Tài wǎn le! Gēn wǒ zǒu ba!
You only see it now? Too late! You're coming with me!
- Tang Seng 悟空！悟空，快来救我！
Wùkōng! Wùkōng, kuài lái jiù wǒ!
Wukong! Wukong, come quick and save me!
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What changed in the story?
- How does Wukong manage to bow to Tang Seng?
“三根毛变成了三个悟空。四个悟空站在唐僧的四边，一起拜了下去。”
- What does Wukong tell Sha to say if a demon catches Master?
“要是妖怪抓了师父，你就说：孙悟空是唐僧的大徒弟！”
- What makes Wukong cry on his way home?
“他听见海水的声音，眼泪就流了下来。”
- Why does Tang Seng end up alone?
“八戒走了不远，看见一片草地，就躺下睡着了。”……“我去找找他，你在这里别走开。”
- What does the demon tell Tang Seng?
“我是送饭的姑娘，也是找女儿的老婆婆，还是念经的老公公啊！”