猪八戒
Pigsy Joins
Name: ________________ Date: ________
天快黑了，师徒二人走进高老庄，正好遇见一个年轻人急急忙忙地往外走。悟空一把拉住他，问他去哪里。年轻人说，主人高太公让他去找能捉妖怪的法师。悟空笑道：“你运气真好，捉妖怪正是我的本领！”
高太公把他们请到家里，说：“我有三个女儿，最小的女儿叫翠兰。三年前，来了一个年轻人，说自己姓猪，没有父母，愿意住在我家，做我的女婿。他刚来的时候，非常勤劳，耕地不用牛，收庄稼不用工具，早上起得早，晚上睡得晚。我心里还挺高兴的。”
“可是后来，他的样子越变越难看：嘴越来越长，耳朵越来越大，完全是一张猪脸！他吃得特别多，一顿饭能吃好几大锅，早饭就要吃一百多个饼。他来去都刮大风，邻居们都被吓坏了。最可怕的是，他把翠兰关在后院，已经半年没让我们见面了！”
悟空说：“好办！今天晚上，我就帮你把他捉住。”他先让高太公把翠兰接到前院，自己变成了翠兰的样子，坐在后院的房间里等着。
夜里，一阵大风吹过，一个长嘴大耳朵的妖怪走了进来。他一进门就要抱“翠兰”，悟空故意躲开，说自己身体不舒服，又叹了一口气说：“我爹娘说你长得太丑，要请法师来捉你。”那妖怪笑了：“我会三十六变，还有九齿钉耙，怕什么法师？”“翠兰”又说：“他们说，要去请五百年前大闹天宫的齐天大圣呢。”他一听，脸都白了：“要是他来了，那我可就惨了！我还是走吧！”
悟空一把抓住他，现出了本来的样子：“你看看我是谁！”那妖怪吓得变成一阵大风，逃回了福陵山云栈洞。
悟空追到洞口，两人斗了整整一夜。那妖怪一边打一边说：“我本来是天蓬元帅，在天上管着天河的水兵。因为在蟠桃会上喝醉了酒，去拉月宫里嫦娥的手，被玉帝打了两千下，赶到人间。没想到，投胎的时候走错了路，生到了猪的肚子里，才变成了这个样子！”
悟空说：“我现在不做妖怪了，我保护从大唐来的唐僧去西天取经。”他一听，马上把钉耙扔在地上：“取经人在哪里？观音菩萨让我在这里等他，我已经等了好几年了！快带我去见他！”
他放火烧了云栈洞，跟着悟空回到高老庄，跪在唐僧面前。他说：“菩萨给我起过名字，叫猪悟能。”唐僧说：“好名字。你已经不吃肉了，我再给你起个名字，就叫八戒吧。”从此，大家都叫他猪八戒。
临走的时候，八戒向高太公拜了拜，说：“请您好好照顾我老婆。万一我们没取到经，我还回来接着做您的女婿！”悟空骂道：“呆子，别胡说了！”
现在，唐僧有了两个徒弟。可是前面还有一条最宽的大河，河里住着一个脖子上挂着骷髅的妖怪……
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正好 | zhènghǎo | happen to; as it happens |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark |
| 主人 | zhǔren | host; master; owner |
| 运气 | yùnqi | luck; fortune |
| 本领 | bénlǐng | skill; ability |
| 猪 | zhū | pig; hog |
| 工具 | gōngjù | tool; instrument |
| 饼 | bǐng | flatbread; cake; pancake |
| 可怕 | kěpà | terrible; frightening; awful |
| 阵 | zhèn | battle formation; front (as in 阵地) |
| 丑 | chǒu | ugly |
| 追 | zhuī | to follow (a TV series, a celebrity) (as in 追剧, 追星) |
English (for the teacher)
It was getting dark when master and disciple entered Gao Village, and they ran into a young man hurrying out. Wukong grabbed him and asked where he was going. The young man said his master, old Mr Gao, had sent him to find a holy man who could catch demons. Wukong laughed: "You're in luck. Catching demons is exactly what I'm good at!"
Old Mr Gao invited them into his house and said: "I have three daughters, and the youngest is called Cuilan. Three years ago a young man came here. He said his surname was Zhu, that he had no parents, and that he was willing to live in my house as my son-in-law. When he first came he worked very hard: he ploughed without an ox, brought in the harvest without tools, got up early and went to bed late. I was quite pleased, really."
"But then his looks got uglier and uglier: his mouth grew longer and longer, his ears bigger and bigger, until he had a pig's face! He eats an enormous amount: several big pots of food at one meal, and over a hundred pancakes just for breakfast. A great wind blows whenever he comes and goes, and the neighbours are terrified. Worst of all, he has locked Cuilan in the back rooms, and for half a year he hasn't let us see her!"
Wukong said: "That's easy! Tonight I'll catch him for you." First he had old Mr Gao bring Cuilan to the front of the house, then he turned himself into Cuilan and sat waiting in her room at the back.
In the night a great wind blew, and in came a demon with a long snout and big ears. The moment he came in he tried to hug "Cuilan", but Wukong dodged him on purpose, said he wasn't feeling well, then sighed and said: "My parents say you're too ugly, and they're going to get a holy man to catch you." The demon laughed: "I know thirty-six transformations and I have my nine-toothed rake. Why should I be afraid of a holy man?" "Cuilan" went on: "They say they're going to ask the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who wrecked the palace of heaven five hundred years ago." When he heard this, his face went white: "If he comes, I'm done for! I'd better go!"
Wukong grabbed him and showed his real face: "Take a good look at who I am!" The terrified demon turned into a great gust of wind and fled back to Cloud Path Cave on Fuling Mountain.
Wukong chased him to the cave mouth, and the two of them fought all night long. As they fought, the demon said: "I was once Marshal Tianpeng in heaven, in command of the sailors on the River of Heaven. Because I got drunk at the Peach Banquet and grabbed the hand of Chang'e in the Moon Palace, the Jade Emperor had me beaten two thousand times and threw me out to the world below. And then, when I was reborn, I took the wrong road and ended up in a pig's belly, and that's how I came to look like this!"
Wukong said: "I'm not a demon any more. I'm protecting the Tang Monk, who has come from the great Tang, on his way to the West for the scriptures." At this he flung his rake to the ground: "Where is the pilgrim? Guanyin told me to wait here for him, and I've been waiting for years! Take me to him, quick!"
He burned down Cloud Path Cave, followed Wukong back to Gao Village and knelt before the Tang Monk. He said: "Guanyin already gave me a name: Zhu Wuneng." The Tang Monk said: "A good name. You've already given up meat, so I'll give you another name as well: Bajie, 'Eight Prohibitions'." From then on everyone called him Zhu Bajie, or Pigsy.
As they were leaving, Bajie bowed to old Mr Gao and said: "Please take good care of my wife. If we don't manage to get the scriptures, I'll come back and be your son-in-law again!" Wukong scolded: "You idiot, stop talking nonsense!"
Now the Tang Monk had two disciples. But ahead lay the widest river yet, and in it lived a monster with a necklace of skulls…