Journey to the West: The White Bone Demon · chapter 3 of 6
The Third Strike
第三次
A gentle old man comes looking for his wife and daughter. Wukong knows exactly who he is, and that striking a third time could cost him everything.
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- Old Man 阿弥陀佛……几位小师父，你们看见我的老伴儿和女儿了吗？
Ēmítuófó… Jǐ wèi xiǎo shīfu, nǐmen kànjiàn wǒ de lǎobànr hé nǚ'ér le ma?
Amitabha... Young masters, have you seen my wife and my daughter?
- Old Man 女儿去地里送饭，老伴儿去找她，两个人都没有回来。我老了，走不动了……
Nǚ'ér qù dì lǐ sòng fàn, lǎobànr qù zhǎo tā, liǎng gè rén dōu méiyǒu huílái. Wǒ lǎo le, zǒu bú dòng le…
My daughter went to take lunch to the fields, and my wife went to look for her. Neither of them has come home. And I'm old, I can hardly walk...
- Tang Seng 阿弥陀佛……老人家，你也是念佛的好人啊。悟空，你千万别再打人了！
Ēmítuófó… Lǎorénjia, nǐ yě shì niàn fó de hǎorén a. Wùkōng, nǐ qiānwàn bié zài dǎ rén le!
Amitabha... Sir, you pray to the Buddha too. You must be a good man. Wukong, whatever you do, don't hit anyone again!
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- Sun Wukong 老人家，别念了。你骗得了我师父，骗不了老孙！
Lǎorénjia, bié niàn le. Nǐ piàn de liǎo wǒ shīfu, piàn bu liǎo Lǎo Sūn!
You can stop praying, old man. You might fool my master, but you can't fool Old Sun!
- Old Man 这只猴子……又认出我来了？
Zhè zhī hóuzi… yòu rèn chū wǒ lái le?
This monkey... has he seen through me again?
- Sun Wukong 打她，师父就要念紧箍咒，还要赶老孙走……
Dǎ tā, shīfu jiù yào niàn jǐn gū zhòu, hái yào gǎn Lǎo Sūn zǒu…
If I strike her, Master will say the spell, and send Old Sun away too...
- Sun Wukong 不打她，她就会抓走师父……
Bù dǎ tā, tā jiù huì zhuā zǒu shīfu…
If I don't, she'll carry Master off...
- Sun Wukong 好吧！老孙疼一点儿，没关系。师父最重要！
Hǎo ba! Lǎo Sūn téng yìdiǎnr, méi guānxi. Shīfu zuì zhòngyào!
All right! So Old Sun gets a headache. It doesn't matter. Master comes first!
- Tang Seng 悟空，住手！你不能打他！
Wùkōng, zhùshǒu! Nǐ bù néng dǎ tā!
Wukong, stop! You mustn't hit him!
- Narrator 金箍棒又打了下去。老公公倒在地上，变成了一堆白骨。一阵白烟，又往山上飞去了。
Jīn gū bàng yòu dǎ le xiàqù. Lǎo gōnggong dǎo zài dìshang, biànchéng le yì duī báigǔ. Yí zhèn bái yān, yòu wǎng shān shang fēi qù le.
Down came the golden staff once more. The old man fell to the ground and turned into a heap of white bones, and once again a puff of white smoke flew off up the mountain.
- Zhu Bajie 好啊！猴哥，半天打死了三个人！
Hǎo a! Hóugē, bàntiān dǎsǐ le sān gè rén!
Well, well! Brother Monkey, that's three people killed in half a day!
- Tang Seng 一家三口，都被你打死了……
Yì jiā sān kǒu, dōu bèi nǐ dǎsǐ le…
A whole family, all three of them, killed by you...
- Sun Wukong 师父，先别念！你过来看看这堆白骨！
Shīfu, xiān bié niàn! Nǐ guòlái kànkan zhè duī báigǔ!
Master, don't say the spell yet! Come and look at these bones!
- Narrator 大家走过去一看，白骨上写着四个字：白骨夫人。
Dàjiā zǒu guòqù yí kàn, báigǔ shang xiězhe sì gè zì: Báigǔ Fūrén.
They all went over to look. Written on the bones were four words: Lady White Bone.
- Sun Wukong 你看！白骨夫人！她是个白骨精，变了三次，都是来骗你的！
Nǐ kàn! Báigǔ Fūrén! Tā shì gè Báigǔjīng, biàn le sān cì, dōu shì lái piàn nǐ de!
See? Lady White Bone! She's a White Bone Demon. She changed three times, and every time it was to fool you!
- Sun Wukong 老孙每次打她，你都念紧箍咒，老孙怎么去追她？
Lǎo Sūn měi cì dǎ tā, nǐ dōu niàn jǐn gū zhòu, Lǎo Sūn zěnme qù zhuī tā?
Every time Old Sun hits her, you say the spell! How is Old Sun supposed to chase her?
- Tang Seng 白骨夫人……她，她真的是妖怪？
Báigǔ Fūrén… Tā, tā zhēn de shì yāoguài?
Lady White Bone... So she... she really is a demon?
- Zhu Bajie 师父，别信他！他怕你念紧箍咒，就自己写了这几个字！
Shīfu, bié xìn tā! Tā pà nǐ niàn jǐn gū zhòu, jiù zìjǐ xiě le zhè jǐ gè zì!
Master, don't believe him! He's scared of the spell, so he wrote those words himself!
- Sha Wujing 二师兄，你别乱说。大师兄从来没有骗过师父……
Èr shīxiōng, nǐ bié luàn shuō. Dà shīxiōng cónglái méiyǒu piàn guò shīfu…
Second Brother, don't talk nonsense. Big Brother has never once lied to Master...
- Tang Seng 别说了！悟空，我不能再要你这个徒弟了！
Bié shuō le! Wùkōng, wǒ bù néng zài yào nǐ zhège túdì le!
Enough! Wukong, I cannot keep you as my disciple any longer!
- Narrator 唐僧拿出纸和笔，写了一封信，交给了悟空。
Táng Sēng ná chū zhǐ hé bǐ, xiě le yì fēng xìn, jiāo gěi le Wùkōng.
Tang Seng took out paper and brush, wrote a letter, and handed it to Wukong.
- Tang Seng 拿着这封信。从今天起，你不是我的徒弟了。我以后不想再见到你！
Názhe zhè fēng xìn. Cóng jīntiān qǐ, nǐ bú shì wǒ de túdì le. Wǒ yǐhòu bù xiǎng zài jiàndào nǐ!
Take this letter. From today on, you are not my disciple. I never want to see you again!
- Sun Wukong 师父……你真的相信呆子，不相信老孙？
Shīfu… nǐ zhēn de xiāngxìn dāizi, bù xiāngxìn Lǎo Sūn?
Master... You really believe that dummy, and not Old Sun?
- Sun Wukong 师父，五行山下，是你救了老孙。老孙跟着你，打了多少妖怪，救了你多少次！你都忘了吗？
Shīfu, Wǔxíng Shān xià, shì nǐ jiù le Lǎo Sūn. Lǎo Sūn gēnzhe nǐ, dǎ le duōshao yāoguài, jiù le nǐ duōshao cì! Nǐ dōu wàng le ma?
Master, it was you who freed Old Sun from under Five Elements Mountain. Since then, Old Sun has fought so many demons for you, and saved you so many times! Have you forgotten all of it?
- Tang Seng 出家人要做好事。你打死了这么多人，我怎么能带你去西天？你走吧。
Chūjiārén yào zuò hǎoshì. Nǐ dǎsǐ le zhème duō rén, wǒ zěnme néng dài nǐ qù Xītiān? Nǐ zǒu ba.
A monk must do good. You've killed so many people. How can I take you with me to the West? Just go.
- Zhu Bajie 猴哥走了也好。我们把行李分一分，老猪回高老庄去！
Hóugē zǒu le yě hǎo. Wǒmen bǎ xíngli fēn yi fēn, Lǎo Zhū huí Gāolǎo Zhuāng qù!
Good riddance to Brother Monkey. Let's split up the luggage, and Old Pig will head home to Gao Village!
- Sha Wujing 二师兄！
Èr shīxiōng!
Second Brother!
- Sun Wukong 好……这封信，老孙收下了。
Hǎo… zhè fēng xìn, Lǎo Sūn shōu xià le.
Fine... Old Sun will keep this letter.
- Sun Wukong 那个白骨精还没有死……老孙走了，谁来保护师父呢？
Nàge Báigǔjīng hái méiyǒu sǐ… Lǎo Sūn zǒu le, shéi lái bǎohù shīfu ne?
That White Bone Demon isn't dead yet... If Old Sun leaves, who's going to protect Master?
- Narrator 这时，在高高的山上，那阵白烟停了下来。
Zhè shí, zài gāogāo de shān shang, nà zhèn bái yān tíng le xiàlái.
At that moment, high up on the mountain, the puff of white smoke came to a stop.
- The White Bone Demon 哈哈！猴子要走了？太好了！唐僧肉，马上就是我的了！
Hāhā! Hóuzi yào zǒu le? Tài hǎo le! Táng Sēng ròu, mǎshàng jiù shì wǒ de le!
Ha ha! The monkey's leaving? Wonderful! Tang Seng will soon be all mine!
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What changed in the story?
- What is the old man looking for?
“你们看见我的老伴儿和女儿了吗？”
- Why does Wukong decide to strike, even though he knows the spell is coming?
“不打她，她就会抓走师父……”……“师父最重要！”
- What is written on the white bones?
“白骨上写着四个字：白骨夫人。”
- How does Bajie explain the words on the bones?
“他怕你念紧箍咒，就自己写了这几个字！”
- What does Tang Seng give Wukong?
“拿着这封信。从今天起，你不是我的徒弟了。”