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火烧观音院

Fire at Guanyin Temple

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一天yìtiān晚上wǎnshang，唐僧tángsēng和hé孙悟空sūnwùkōng来到láidào了le一个yígè很hěn大dà的de地方dìfang，叫jiào观音院。这里zhèlǐ住zhù着zhe很hěn多duō和尚héshang。这里zhèlǐ的de老lǎo方丈fāngzhang，已经yǐjīng二百七十èrbǎi-qīshí岁suì了le。老lǎo方丈fāngzhang听说tīngshuō唐僧tángsēng是shì从cóng长安cháng’ān来lái的de，就jiù拿出náchū最好zuìhǎo的de茶chá，用yòng最好zuìhǎo看kàn的de杯子bēizi请qǐng他们tāmen喝hē。

老方丈问wèn：“你们nǐmen从cóng东边dōngbiān来lái，带dài了le什么shénme好hǎo东西dōngxī吗ma？”唐僧tángsēng说shuō：“我们wǒmen走zǒu了le很hěn远yuǎn的de路lù，没有méiyǒu什么shénme好hǎo东西dōngxī。”孙悟空sūnwùkōng说shuō：“师父shīfu，你nǐ包bāo里不是búshì有yǒu一yí件jiàn袈裟jiāshā吗ma？拿ná出来chūlái给gěi他们tāmen看看kànkan！”

老lǎo方丈fāngzhang笑xiào了le：“袈裟jiāshā？我wǒ有yǒu七八百qībābǎi件jiàn呢ne！”他tā叫jiào人rén拿出náchū很hěn多duō袈裟jiāshā，一yí件jiàn比bǐ一yí件jiàn好看hǎokàn。孙悟空sūnwùkōng说shuō：“这zhè算suàn什么shénme！看kàn我wǒ的de！”唐僧tángsēng拉lā着zhe他tā，小声xiǎoshēng说shuō：“别bié跟gēn别人biéren比bǐ这些zhèxiē。好hǎo东西dōngxī让ràng坏人huàirén看见kànjiàn了le，会huì出事chūshì的de。”可是kěshì孙悟空sūnwùkōng不bù听tīng，一下子yíxiàzi打开dǎkāi了le包bāo。

这zhè件jiàn衣服yīfu一yì打开dǎkāi，屋子wūzi里都dōu是shì红光hóngguāng，大家dàjiā都dōu看kàn得de说不出shuōbuchū话huà来lái。老lǎo方丈fāngzhang看kàn着zhe它tā，哭kū了le起来qǐlai：“我wǒ活huó了le二百七十èrbǎi-qīshí岁suì，没méi见jiàn过guò这么zhème好hǎo的de东西dōngxī。今天jīntiān晚上wǎnshang，能不能néngbunéng让ràng我wǒ拿ná回huí房间fángjiān，看一看kànyíkàn？明天míngtiān早上zǎoshang就jiù还给huángěi你们nǐmen。”唐僧tángsēng不想bùxiǎng给gěi，可是kěshì也yě不bù好hǎo说shuō“不bù”，只能zhǐnéng给gěi了le他tā。

晚上wǎnshang，老lǎo方丈fāngzhang拿ná着zhe这zhè件jiàn衣服yīfu，一直yìzhí哭kū：“如果rúguǒ我wǒ能néng穿chuān一天yìtiān，死sǐ也yě愿意yuànyì！”他tā的de一个yígè徒弟túdi说shuō：“这zhè有yǒu什么shénme难nán的de？晚上wǎnshang我们wǒmen放fàng一yì把bǎ火huǒ，把bǎ他们tāmen两liǎng个gè烧死shāosǐ。这zhè件jiàn衣服yīfu就是jiùshì我们wǒmen的de了le！”

孙悟空sūnwùkōng没méi睡着shuìzháo。他tā听见tīngjiàn外面wàimiàn有yǒu声音shēngyīn，就jiù变成biànchéng一yì只zhī小蜜蜂xiǎomìfēng，飞fēi出去chūqu看kàn。他tā看见kànjiàn很hěn多duō人rén正在zhèngzài房子fángzi外面wàimiàn放fàng木头mùtou，心里xīnli想xiǎng：“好hǎo啊a，想xiǎng烧死shāosǐ我们wǒmen！”

他tā一个yígè筋斗jīndǒu，飞fēi到dào了le天宫tiāngōng，找zhǎo一个yígè老朋友lǎopéngyou借jiè了le一yí个gè罩子zhàozi。大火dàhuǒ也yě烧shāo不bú坏huài它tā。回来huílái以后yǐhòu，他tā用yòng它tā盖gài住zhù了le唐僧tángsēng、马mǎ和hé他们tāmen的de东西dōngxī，自己zìjǐ坐zuò在zài房子fángzi上面shàngmiàn，看kàn着zhe他们tāmen放火fànghuǒ。

火huǒ刚gāng烧shāo起来qǐlai，孙悟空sūnwùkōng就jiù吹chuī了le一下yíxià，大风dàfēng就jiù来lái了le。风fēng一yì吹chuī，火huǒ越来越yuèláiyuè大dà，一下子yíxiàzi到dào了le他们tāmen自己zìjǐ的de房子fángzi。观音院的de房子fángzi，一yì间jiān一yì间jiān都dōu着火zháohuǒ了le！

观音院南边nánbian二十èrshí里lǐ，有yǒu一yí座zuò黑hēi风fēng山shān，山shān上shàng住zhù着zhe一个yígè黑熊hēixióng精jīng。他tā是shì老lǎo方丈fāngzhang的de朋友péngyǒu，看见kànjiàn了le火光huǒguāng，就jiù来lái帮忙bāngmáng。可是kěshì，他tā走进zǒujìn老lǎo方丈fāngzhang的de房间fángjiān，看见kànjiàn了le那nà件jiàn衣服yīfu，就jiù拿ná着zhe它tā回huí山shān上去shàngqu了le。

第二天dì’èrtiān早上zǎoshang，大家dàjiā看见kànjiàn唐僧tángsēng一点yìdiǎn事shì也yě没有méiyǒu，走zǒu了le出来chūlái，都dōu很hěn害怕hàipà。孙悟空sūnwùkōng还huán了le罩子zhàozi，回来huílái找zhǎo那nà件jiàn袈裟jiāshā，可是kěshì哪里nálǐ也yě找不到zhǎobudào。老lǎo方丈fāngzhang的de房子fángzi没了le，袈裟jiāshā也yě没了le，就jiù撞墙zhuàngqiáng死sǐ了le。

唐僧tángsēng又yòu急jí又yòu气qì，念niàn起qǐ了le紧箍咒jǐngūzhòu。孙悟空sūnwùkōng疼téng得de在zài地上dìshang滚来滚去gǔnlái-gǔnqù：“师父shīfu，别bié念niàn了le！我wǒ一定yídìng把bǎ袈裟jiāshā找zhǎo回来huílai！”他们tāmen下xià一个yígè要yào去qù的de地方dìfang，就是jiùshì黑风山。

Key words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
地方	dìfang	place
听说	tīngshuō	to hear (it said); to be told; reportedly
最好	zuìhǎo	best
带	dài	belt; band; ribbon
老	lǎo	old; aged
别人	biéren	other people; others; someone else
屋子	wūzi	room; house
哭	kū	to cry; to weep
只能	zhǐnéng	can only; have no choice but to
一直	yìzhí	always; all along; continuously
难	nán	difficult; hard
放	fàng	to put; to place

English (for the teacher)

One evening, the Tang Monk and Sun Wukong came to a big place called Guanyin Temple. Many monks lived there. Their old abbot was already two hundred and seventy years old. When the old abbot heard the Tang Monk had come from Chang'an, he brought out his best tea and served it in his finest cups.

The old abbot asked: "You've come from the East. Did you bring any treasures?" The Tang Monk said: "We've come a long way, and we have no treasures." Sun Wukong said: "Master, isn't there a cassock in your bag? Take it out and show them!"

The old abbot laughed: "A cassock? I have seven or eight hundred of them!" He had his monks bring out many cassocks, each finer than the last. Sun Wukong said: "Call those cassocks? Look at mine!" The Tang Monk pulled him back and whispered: "Don't compete with people over things like this. If bad people see good things, there'll be trouble." But Sun Wukong wouldn't listen, and opened the bag at once.

As the cassock came out, red light filled the room, and everyone stared, speechless. The old abbot looked at it and began to cry: "I've lived two hundred and seventy years and never seen anything so fine. Could I take it to my room tonight and look at it? I'll give it back tomorrow morning." The Tang Monk didn't want to, but he couldn't say no, so he gave it to him.

That night the old abbot held the cassock and wept: "If I could wear it for one day, I'd die happy!" One of his disciples said: "What's so hard about that? Tonight we'll start a fire and burn the two of them to death. Then the cassock will be ours!"

Sun Wukong wasn't asleep. He heard noises outside, turned into a little bee and flew out to look. He saw lots of people piling wood around the house and thought: "So, you want to burn us to death!"

With one somersault he flew to the Heavenly Palace and borrowed a cover from an old friend. Even a great fire couldn't burn it. When he got back, he put it over the Tang Monk, the horse and their things, then sat on the roof and watched them light the fire.

As soon as the fire started, Sun Wukong blew, and a great wind came. The wind blew, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and in no time it reached the monks' own houses. One by one, the buildings of Guanyin Temple caught fire!

Twenty li south of Guanyin Temple was Black Wind Mountain, and on it lived a Black Bear Demon. He was the old abbot's friend, and when he saw the firelight he came to help. But when he walked into the old abbot's room and saw the cassock, he took it and went back to his mountain.

The next morning everyone saw the Tang Monk walk out without a scratch, and they were terrified. Sun Wukong returned the cover and came back to look for the cassock, but it was nowhere to be found. The old abbot had lost his house and lost the cassock, and he ran his head into a wall and died.

The Tang Monk, worried and angry, began the Tightening Spell. Sun Wukong rolled on the ground in pain: "Master, stop! I'll get the cassock back, I promise!" The next place they had to go was Black Wind Mountain.