大闹天宫
Havoc in Heaven
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孙悟空做了齐天大圣，玉皇大帝让他在蟠桃园工作。这里的桃子很不一样，吃了就能一直不老。孙悟空高兴极了：“这个工作太好了！”从那天起，他常常一个人爬到树上，把最大的桃子都吃了。
有一天，七个仙女来园子里摘桃子。她们说：“王母娘娘快要开蟠桃会了，她要请很多客人来吃桃子、喝酒。”孙悟空问：“请我了吗？”仙女们说：“没听说要请你。”孙悟空很生气：“我是齐天大圣，为什么不请我？”他说了一声：“住！”七个仙女就站在那儿，一动也不能动了。
孙悟空自己先去了蟠桃会。桌子上有很多很多好吃的，还有很多酒。他用了个小办法，让工作的人都睡着了，然后大口大口地喝起来。喝着喝着，他就喝多了。
他走啊走，走错了路，走进了太上老君的家。家里没有人，只有很多金丹。听说吃了金丹，就能一直不老。孙悟空笑了：“我来吃几个！”他像吃豆子一样，一口一个，把金丹都吃完了。吃完，他才想起来：“不好，这次的问题大了！”他马上回到了花果山。
玉皇大帝很生气，叫了十万天兵去抓他，可是没有一个人打得赢他。最后，二郎神带着他的狗来了。两个人打了很久，孙悟空变成一只小鸟，飞到了树上。二郎神马上变成一只大鸟，来吃小鸟。孙悟空又变成一条鱼，跳进水里。二郎神就变成一只吃鱼的水鸟。孙悟空只能变成一座小庙，可是他的尾巴没地方放，就变成了旗杆，放在庙的后面。二郎神笑了：“哪有旗杆在庙后面的？这是那只猴子！”
这时，太上老君从上面扔下来一个圈，打中了孙悟空的头。他一下子没站住，二郎神的狗马上过来，咬住了他的小腿。孙悟空就这样被抓了。
天兵想用刀杀他，可是杀不死；用火烧他，也烧不死。太上老君说：“他吃了我的金丹，身体比石头还硬。把他放进我的八卦炉，烧他四十九天！”
八卦炉里的火非常大。可是孙悟空在里面找到了一个角，那里只有风，没有火。只是，烟一直进到他的眼睛里，把他的眼睛变红了。从这以后，他有了一双“火眼金睛”，别人变成了什么，他一看就知道。
四十九天到了，太上老君打开八卦炉，想看看他还在不在。孙悟空一下子跳了出来，一脚踢倒了八卦炉。他拿出金箍棒，一直打到了灵霄殿外面。大家都被吓跑了，谁也管不了他了。
玉皇大帝也害怕了：“快！快去请如来佛祖！”如来佛祖会有什么办法呢？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一样 | yíyàng | same; alike |
| 一直 | yìzhí | always; all along; continuously |
| 老 | lǎo | old; aged |
| 常常 | chángcháng | often; frequently |
| 爬 | pá | to climb |
| 树 | shù | tree |
| 客人 | kèren | guest; visitor |
| 听说 | tīngshuō | to hear (it said); to be told; reportedly |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be mad |
| 先 | xiān | first; in advance |
| 酒 | jiǔ | alcohol; liquor; wine |
| 用 | yòng | to use; use; usefulness |
English (for the teacher)
Sun Wukong had become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and the Jade Emperor gave him a job in the Peach Garden. The peaches here were not like other peaches: eat one, and you would never grow old. Sun Wukong was overjoyed: "This job is great!" From that day on, he often climbed up into the trees all by himself and ate all the biggest peaches.
One day, seven fairies came to the garden to pick peaches. They said: "The Queen Mother is about to hold her Peach Banquet, and she's inviting lots of guests to eat peaches and drink wine." Sun Wukong asked: "Did she invite me?" The fairies said: "We haven't heard anything about inviting you." Sun Wukong was furious: "I'm the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, so why wasn't I invited?" He said one word: "Freeze!" The seven fairies stood right where they were and couldn't move a muscle.
Sun Wukong went to the Peach Banquet on his own, ahead of everyone. The tables were covered with good things to eat, and there was lots of wine too. He used a little trick to put all the workers to sleep, and then started drinking in big gulps. He drank and drank, until he had drunk too much.
He walked and walked, took a wrong turn, and walked into the home of Lord Laozi. There was nobody home, only lots of golden pills. People said that if you ate the golden pills, you would never grow old. Sun Wukong laughed: "I'll have a few!" He ate them like beans, one per mouthful, until every golden pill was gone. Only when he had finished did it hit him: "Oh no, I'm in big trouble this time!" At once he went back to Flower Fruit Mountain.
The Jade Emperor was furious and sent a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to catch him, but not one of them could beat him. At last, Erlang Shen came, bringing his dog. The two of them fought for a long time, and Sun Wukong turned into a little bird and flew up into a tree. Erlang Shen at once turned into a big bird to eat the little bird. Sun Wukong turned into a fish and jumped into the water. So Erlang Shen turned into a water bird that eats fish. In the end Sun Wukong could only turn into a little temple, but there was nowhere to put his tail, so it became a flagpole standing behind the temple. Erlang Shen laughed: "Whoever heard of a flagpole behind a temple? It's that monkey!"
Just then, Lord Laozi threw down a ring from above, and it hit Sun Wukong on the head. He lost his footing for a moment, and Erlang Shen's dog rushed over and bit him on the leg. And that's how Sun Wukong was caught.
The heavenly soldiers tried to kill him with swords, but they couldn't; they burned him with fire, but that couldn't kill him either. Lord Laozi said: "He ate my golden pills, and his body is harder than stone. Put him in my Eight Trigrams Furnace and burn him for forty-nine days!"
The fire in the Eight Trigrams Furnace was very big. But Sun Wukong found a corner inside where there was only wind and no fire. Still, the smoke kept getting into his eyes and turned them red. From then on he had a pair of "fiery golden eyes": whatever anyone turned into, he could tell at a glance.
When the forty-nine days were up, Lord Laozi opened the furnace to see if anything was left of him. Sun Wukong leapt out in a flash and kicked the Eight Trigrams Furnace over. He took out his Golden-Hooped Staff and fought his way right up to the Hall of Divine Mists. Everyone fled in terror; nobody could control him anymore.
Now even the Jade Emperor was scared: "Quick! Quick, go and ask the Buddha for help!" What could the Buddha do?