黑熊精
The Black Bear Demon
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悟空一个筋斗来到了黑风山。他正在山里找路，忽然听见有几个人坐在草地上说话。一个黑脸的汉子笑着说：“昨天晚上，我得到了一件佛衣，真是好东西！后天是我的生日，我要请各位朋友来，开一个‘佛衣会’。”悟空一听，跳出来大喊：“原来是你偷了我的袈裟！快还给我！”他举起金箍棒，打死了旁边一个穿白衣服的人，原来是一条白花蛇变的。黑汉子和另一个道士吓得赶紧逃走了。
悟空追到洞口，黑熊精拿着一杆长枪出来，和他打了起来。两人从洞口打到山顶，一连打了十几个回合，还是分不出高低。到了中午，黑熊精说：“等我吃了饭，再跟你打！”说完，他就跑回洞里，把大门关上了。悟空在门外骂了半天，他就是不出来。第二天，两人又斗了一整天，还是谁也赢不了谁。
悟空想：“这妖怪本领不小。观音院是观音菩萨的地方，这件事，我得去找她。”他飞到南海，见到了观音。观音生气地说：“你这猴子，拿袈裟给人看，又放火烧了我的寺院，现在还有脸来找我！”悟空赶紧说了很多好话，观音才答应跟他一起去黑风山。
两人走到半路，正好遇到那个逃走的道士。他手里拿着一个玻璃盘子，盘子里放着两颗仙丹，正要去给黑熊精送生日礼物。悟空举起棒子，把他打死了，他现出了原形，原来是一只灰色的狼，名叫凌虚子。
悟空看着仙丹，笑了：“菩萨，我有一个好办法。您变成这个凌虚子，我变成一颗仙丹，比那颗大一点儿。您把我送给妖怪吃，等我进了他的肚子，就好办了！”观音点点头，一下子就变成了凌虚子的样子。
他们来到洞口，黑熊精高兴地出来迎接：“凌虚子，你来了，太好了！”观音把盘子送上去，说：“这是我给大王的生日礼物，请大王吃一颗。”黑熊精拿起那颗大的，刚放到嘴边，那颗仙丹就自己滚进了他的喉咙里。
悟空一进肚子，就开始打拳、踢脚、翻跟头。黑熊精疼得在地上滚来滚去，大叫：“饶命！饶命！”观音变回了自己的样子，说：“快把袈裟交出来！”黑熊精连忙让人把袈裟拿了出来。悟空这才从他的鼻子里钻了出来。
黑熊精还想动手，观音把一个金箍扔到他的头上，念起了咒语。黑熊精头疼得受不了，只好跪下来求饶。观音就让他做了自己南海岛上的守山神。她对悟空说：“以后好好照顾你师父，不要再给他惹麻烦了。”说完，她就带着黑熊精回南海去了。悟空捧着袈裟，一个筋斗回到了唐僧身边。
袈裟回来了，唐僧高兴极了，师徒二人继续向西走去。几天以后，他们来到了一个叫高老庄的村子。那里有一位老人，正急着找人帮他赶走自己的女婿——一头猪。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忽然 | hūrán | suddenly; all of a sudden |
| 白 | bái | white |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark |
| 追 | zhuī | to follow (a TV series, a celebrity) (as in 追剧, 追星) |
| 洞 | dòng | hole; cave |
| 骂 | mà | to scold; to curse; to swear at |
| 本领 | bénlǐng | skill; ability |
| 猴子 | hóuzi | monkey |
| 烧 | shāo | to cook; to roast; to stew (as in 烧鹅, 红烧) |
| 玻璃 | bōli | glass |
| 颗 | kē | classifier for small round things (grains, pearls, teeth, hearts, stars) |
| 灰色 | huīsè | gray |
English (for the teacher)
In one somersault Wukong reached Black Wind Mountain. He was looking for the way through the mountain when he heard several people sitting on the grass, talking. A black-faced fellow was laughing: "Last night I got hold of a Buddha's robe. It's a really fine thing! The day after tomorrow is my birthday. I'm going to invite all my friends and hold a 'Buddha's Robe Party'." When Wukong heard that, he leapt out and shouted: "So it was you who stole my cassock! Give it back!" He raised his golden-hooped staff and killed a man in white beside them, who turned out to be a white-spotted snake in disguise. The black fellow and a Taoist with him fled in terror.
Wukong chased them to the mouth of a cave, and the Black Bear Demon came out with a long spear and fought him. They fought from the cave mouth to the top of the mountain, more than ten rounds, and still neither got the upper hand. At noon the Black Bear Demon said: "Wait till I've had my lunch, then I'll fight you again!" With that he ran back into his cave and shut the great door. Wukong stood outside cursing for ages, but the demon simply wouldn't come out. The next day the two of them fought all day long again, and still neither could beat the other.
Wukong thought: "This demon is no weakling. Guanyin Temple is Guanyin's place, so I'd better go to her about this." He flew to the South Sea and found Guanyin. Guanyin said angrily: "You monkey! You showed off the cassock, burned down my temple, and now you have the nerve to come to me!" Wukong hurried to say all sorts of nice things, and only then did Guanyin agree to go to Black Wind Mountain with him.
Halfway there, they happened to meet the Taoist who had fled. He held a glass plate with two magic pills on it, and was on his way to give them to the Black Bear Demon as a birthday present. Wukong raised his rod and killed him, and he showed his true form: a grey wolf named Lingxuzi.
Wukong looked at the pills and smiled: "Bodhisattva, I've got a good idea. You turn into this Lingxuzi, and I'll turn into a pill, a bit bigger than that one. You give me to the demon to eat, and once I'm in his stomach, the rest is easy!" Guanyin nodded, and at once she looked exactly like Lingxuzi.
They came to the cave mouth, and the Black Bear Demon came out happily to greet them: "Lingxuzi, you're here, wonderful!" Guanyin held up the plate and said: "This is my birthday present for Your Majesty. Please, Your Majesty, eat one." The Black Bear Demon picked up the bigger one, and the moment he put it to his lips, the pill rolled down his throat all by itself.
As soon as Wukong was in his stomach, he started punching, kicking and turning somersaults. The Black Bear Demon rolled about on the ground in pain, yelling: "Mercy! Mercy!" Guanyin changed back into her own form and said: "Hand over the cassock, now!" The Black Bear Demon hurriedly had the cassock brought out. Only then did Wukong squeeze out through his nose.
The Black Bear Demon still wanted to fight, so Guanyin threw a golden hoop onto his head and began to recite the spell. His head hurt so much he couldn't stand it, and he had to kneel down and beg for mercy. So Guanyin made him the mountain guardian of her island in the South Sea. She said to Wukong: "Go back and take good care of your master, and don't make any more trouble for him." With that she went back to the South Sea, taking the Black Bear Demon with her. Holding the cassock in both hands, Wukong somersaulted back to the Tang Monk's side.
The cassock was back, the Tang Monk was overjoyed, and master and disciple set off west again. A few days later they came to a village called Gao Village. There an old man was desperately looking for someone to get rid of his son-in-law — a pig.