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沙和尚

Sandy of the Flowing Sand River

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他们tāmen三sān个gè人rén往wǎng西xī走zǒu，来到láidào了le一yì条tiáo大dà河边hébiān。河边hébiān有yǒu一块yíkuài大dà石头shítou，上面shàngmiàn写xiě着zhe三sān个gè字zì：“流沙河”。孙悟空sūnwùkōng说shuō：“这zhè条tiáo河hé有yǒu八百bābǎi里lǐ宽kuān。一yì根gēn鸟niǎo毛máo放fàng在zài水上shuǐshàng，也yě会huì沉chén下去xiàqu。”

突然tūrán，水shuǐ里跳tiào出来chūlái一yí个gè妖怪yāoguài。他tā的de头发tóufa是shì红色hóngsè的de，眼睛yǎnjing很hěn大dà，脖子bózi上shàng挂guà着zhe九jiǔ个gè人rén头tóu。他tā一下子yíxiàzi就jiù到dào了le唐僧tángsēng面前miànqián。孙悟空sūnwùkōng马上mǎshàng背bēi起qǐ唐僧tángsēng，到dào了le高gāo的de地方dìfang。猪八戒zhūbājiè拿起náqǐ钉耙dīngpá，就jiù去qù和hé他tā打dǎ。

猪八戒zhūbājiè以前yǐqián是shì天蓬元帅，管guǎn着zhe天河tiānhé，在zài水shuǐ里很hěn厉害lìhai。可是kěshì那个nàge妖怪yāoguài也yě很hěn厉害lìhai，两liǎng个gè人rén打dǎ了le很hěn久jiǔ，谁shéi也yě打dǎ不bù赢yíng谁shéi。孙悟空sūnwùkōng在zài水shuǐ里打dǎ不好bùhǎo，只能zhǐnéng在zài河边hébiān看kàn着zhe。那nà个gè妖怪yāoguài看kàn自己zìjǐ打dǎ不bù赢yíng他们tāmen两liǎng个gè，就jiù回到huídào了le水shuǐ里，再也zàiyě不bù出来chūlái了le。

猪八戒zhūbājiè说shuō：“我们wǒmen没有méiyǒu船chuán，这么zhème宽kuān的de河hé，怎么zěnme过去guòqu？”孙悟空sūnwùkōng说shuō：“这zhè一定yídìng又yòu是shì观音菩萨guānyīn-púsà的de安排ānpái。我wǒ去qù南海nánhǎi问问wènwen她tā。”

观音菩萨guānyīn-púsà说shuō：“他tā叫jiào沙悟净shāwùjìng，也yě在zài等děng去qù西天xītiān的de人rén。你们nǐmen没méi说shuō是shì去qù西天xītiān的de，他tā当然dāngrán不bù出来chūlái了le。”她tā叫jiào来lái自己zìjǐ的de徒弟túdi惠岸，给gěi了le他tā一个yígè红色hóngsè的de葫芦húlu，说shuō：“你nǐ跟gēn悟空wùkōng一起yìqǐ去qù流沙河，叫jiào‘悟净’，他tā就jiù会huì出来chūlái。他tā脖子bózi上shàng的de九jiǔ个gè人rén头tóu，和hé这个zhège葫芦húlu放fàng在zài一起yìqǐ，就jiù能néng变成biànchéng一yì条tiáo船chuán。”

惠岸来到láidào河边hébiān，大dà叫jiào：“沙悟净shāwùjìng！沙悟净shāwùjìng！去qù西天xītiān的de人rén在zài这里zhèlǐ！”沙悟净shāwùjìng马上mǎshàng从cóng水shuǐ里出来chūlái，见jiàn了le惠岸，拜bài了le拜bài。惠岸说shuō：“这位zhèwèi就是jiùshì你nǐ要yào等děng的de唐僧tángsēng。”沙悟净shāwùjìng马上mǎshàng跪guì在zài唐僧tángsēng面前miànqián，说shuō：“师父shīfu，我wǒ等děng你nǐ很hěn久jiǔ了le！”

原来yuánlái，他tā以前yǐqián是shì天上tiānshàng的de卷帘juǎnlián大将dàjiàng。在zài蟠桃pántáo会huì上shàng，他tā打破dǎpò了le一yí个gè玻璃杯bōlíbēi，玉皇大帝yùhuáng-dàdì很hěn生气shēngqì，不bú让ràng他tā住zhù在zài天上tiānshàng了le，让ràng他tā住zhù在zài流沙河里。他tā饿è了le，就jiù吃chī过路guòlù的de人rén。

他tā说shuō：“以前yǐqián有yǒu九jiǔ个gè去qù西天xītiān的de人rén从cóng这里zhèlǐ过guò，都dōu被bèi我wǒ吃chī了le。别人biéren的de头tóu都dōu沉chén下去xiàqu了le，只有zhíyǒu这zhè九jiǔ个gè人rén的de头tóu，怎么zěnme也yě沉不下去chénbu-xiàqù。我wǒ觉得juéde奇怪qíguài，就jiù把bǎ它们tāmen挂guà在zài了le脖子bózi上shàng。”这zhè九jiǔ个gè人rén头tóu为什么wèishénme沉不下去chénbu-xiàqù？可能kěnéng，他们tāmen和hé唐僧tángsēng有yǒu很hěn深shēn的de关系guānxì。

唐僧tángsēng给gěi他tā起qǐ名míng叫jiào沙和尚。惠岸把bǎ九jiǔ个gè人rén头tóu放fàng在zài一起yìqǐ，红hóng葫芦húlu放fàng在zài中间zhōngjiān，它们tāmen一下子yíxiàzi就jiù变成biànchéng了le一yì条tiáo船chuán。他们tāmen坐zuò在zài船chuán上shàng，船chuán走zǒu得de又yòu快kuài又yòu好hǎo，一会儿yíhuìr就jiù到dào了le河hé的de那nà一边yìbiān。

他们tāmen一下yíxià船chuán，惠岸就jiù拿ná回huí了le葫芦húlu。九jiǔ个gè人rén头tóu变成biànchéng了le九jiǔ阵zhèn风fēng，一下子yíxiàzi就jiù不见bújiàn了le。

现在xiànzài，唐僧tángsēng有yǒu了le三sān个gè徒弟túdi，还有háiyǒu一yì匹pǐ白龙马báilóngmǎ。可是kěshì，去qù西天xītiān的de路lù还hái很hěn长cháng很hěn长cháng。这zhè一路上yílùshàng，一yí共有gòngyǒu八十一bāshíyī难nán在zài等děng着zhe他们tāmen。

Key words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
西	xī	west
一块	yíkuài	a piece; a lump
河	hé	river
毛	máo	surname Mao
放	fàng	to put; to place
突然	tūrán	suddenly; abruptly; sudden; unexpected
跳	tiào	to jump; to leap
头发	tóufa	hair (on the head)
面前	miànqián	in front of; before; in the face of
起	qǐ	to rise; to get up
地方	dìfang	place
以前	yǐqián	before; previously; formerly

English (for the teacher)

The three of them went on west and came to a great river. On the bank stood a big stone with three characters on it: "Flowing Sand River". Sun Wukong said: "This river is eight hundred li wide. Put a feather on the water, and even that will sink."

Suddenly a monster jumped out of the water. His hair was red, his eyes were huge, and around his neck hung nine human heads. In a flash he was right in front of the Tang Monk. Sun Wukong at once took the Tang Monk on his back and got him up to high ground. Zhu Bajie grabbed his rake and went to fight him.

Zhu Bajie had once been Marshal Tianpeng, in charge of the River of Heaven, and he was very good in the water. But the monster was very good too; the two of them fought for a long time and neither could beat the other. Sun Wukong was no good at fighting in water, and could only watch from the bank. When the monster saw he couldn't beat the two of them, he went back into the water and wouldn't come out again.

Zhu Bajie said: "We have no boat. How are we going to cross a river this wide?" Sun Wukong said: "This must be another of Guanyin's arrangements. I'll go to the South Sea and ask her."

Guanyin said: "His name is Sha Wujing, and he is waiting for the one going to the Western Paradise too. You never said you were going to the Western Paradise, so of course he didn't come out." She called her disciple Huian, gave him a red gourd and said: "Go with Wukong to the Flowing Sand River and call 'Wujing', and he'll come out. The nine heads around his neck, put together with this gourd, will become a boat."

Huian came to the bank and shouted: "Sha Wujing! Sha Wujing! The one going to the Western Paradise is here!" Sha Wujing came straight out of the water and bowed to Huian. Huian said: "This is the Tang Monk you've been waiting for." Sha Wujing knelt before the Tang Monk at once and said: "Master, I've waited for you for so long!"

He had once been the Curtain-Lifting General in heaven. At the Peach Banquet he broke a crystal cup, and the Jade Emperor was so angry that he banished him from heaven to live in the Flowing Sand River. When he was hungry, he ate passers-by.

He said: "Nine pilgrims going to the Western Paradise came this way before, and I ate them all. Everyone else's head sank, but these nine heads would not sink, whatever happened. I thought it was strange, so I hung them around my neck." Why wouldn't those nine heads sink? Perhaps they had something deep to do with the Tang Monk.

The Tang Monk named him Sha Heshang, Sandy the monk. Huian put the nine heads together with the red gourd in the middle, and at once they became a boat. They sat in the boat, which went fast and smooth, and soon they were on the other side.

As soon as they stepped off, Huian took the gourd back. The nine heads turned into nine gusts of wind and were gone.

Now the Tang Monk had three disciples and the White Dragon Horse. But the road to the Western Paradise was still very, very long. On the way, eighty-one trials were waiting for them.