紧箍咒
The Tightening Spell
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六个人站在路中间，大叫：“和尚，别走！把马和东西都留下，就让你们过去！”唐僧吓得从马上掉了下来。
孙悟空笑着走过去，说：“好啊。你们以前从别人那里拿的钱，也分给我一份吧！”六个人很生气，拿刀往他头上打，一共打了七八十下。可是孙悟空一点事也没有。
孙悟空说：“够了吧？现在该我了！”他拿出金箍棒，一下一个，六个人都死了。
唐僧很生气：“你怎么能杀人呢？他们是坏人，可是你也不能打死他们啊！我们连一只小虫子都不能杀。”他说了很久很久，一直说个不停。
孙悟空最不喜欢别人一直说他。他说：“你觉得我做不了和尚，去不了西天，那我走了！”他一个筋斗，一下子就不见了。唐僧没有办法，一个人慢慢往前走。
孙悟空飞到了东海，去见东海龙王。龙王请他喝茶。孙悟空看见墙上有一张画：一个老人坐在桥上，把鞋扔到桥下，一个年轻人去给他拿回来。
龙王说：“这个年轻人叫张良。老人三次把鞋扔到桥下，张良就去拿了三次，一点儿也不生气。最后，老人送给他一本书，后来张良做了很大的事。大圣，你不跟着唐僧去西天，不听话，就永远只能做一个妖怪。”孙悟空想了很久，说：“好，我回去！”
这时，唐僧在路上见到了一个老人。老人给了他一件衣服和一个花帽子，说：“你的徒弟回来了，就让他戴上。我再教你几句话，叫紧箍咒。他不听话，你就念。”说完，老人就飞上了天，往东边去了。原来，她就是观音菩萨。
孙悟空回来的时候，唐僧正坐在路边，一句话也不说。孙悟空说：“师父，你饿了吧？我给你拿吃的。”他打开包，看见里面有一个好看的花帽子，就问：“这是什么？”唐僧说：“这是我小时候的东西。你喜欢，就给你吧。”孙悟空高高兴兴地把它放在了头上。
唐僧马上小声念起了紧箍咒。孙悟空大叫：“头疼！头疼！”他两只手放在头上，在地上动来动去。他想把它拿下来，可是它已经变成了一个金箍，长在头上了。他用金箍棒打，也打不开。
唐僧一停，头就不疼了；唐僧一念，头又疼了。孙悟空知道这是观音菩萨教唐僧的，很生气，想去南海打她。唐僧说：“她能教我，自己也会念。”孙悟空一听，就不敢去了。孙悟空只好跪下来说：“师父，别念了！我的头好疼啊！我以后一定听话！”
从这以后，孙悟空听话多了。几天以后，他们来到了一条很深的河边。突然，水里有个很大的东西，慢慢地出来了……
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马 | mǎ | (vulgar) mother (used in curses as a stand-in for 妈) |
| 以前 | yǐqián | before; previously; formerly |
| 别人 | biéren | other people; others; someone else |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be mad |
| 一共 | yígòng | altogether; in total |
| 久 | jiǔ | long (time) |
| 一直 | yìzhí | always; all along; continuously |
| 不见 | bújiàn | not to see |
| 办法 | bànfǎ | way; method; means |
| 张 | zhāng | surname Zhang |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old person; the elderly |
| 鞋 | xié | shoe |
English (for the teacher)
The six men stood in the middle of the road and shouted: "Monk, stop right there! Leave the horse and all your things, and we'll let you pass!" The Tang Monk was so frightened he fell off his horse.
Sun Wukong walked over smiling and said: "All right. But first give me a share of the money you've taken from other people!" The six men were furious and hacked at his head with their knives, seventy or eighty times in all. But Sun Wukong wasn't hurt at all.
Sun Wukong said: "Had enough? Now it's my turn!" He took out his golden-hooped staff, one blow each, and all six men were dead.
The Tang Monk was angry: "How could you kill people? They were bad men, but you still can't kill them! We mustn't even kill a little insect." He went on and on, and wouldn't stop.
Sun Wukong couldn't stand being nagged. He said: "If you think I can't be a monk and can't get to the Western Paradise, then I'm leaving!" One somersault, and he was gone. The Tang Monk had no choice but to walk on slowly by himself.
Sun Wukong flew to the East Sea to see the Dragon King of the East Sea. The Dragon King gave him tea. Sun Wukong saw a painting on the wall: an old man sitting on a bridge threw his shoe off it, and a young man went to fetch it for him.
The Dragon King said: "That young man is Zhang Liang. Three times the old man threw his shoe off the bridge, and three times Zhang Liang fetched it, without getting angry at all. In the end the old man gave him a book, and later Zhang Liang did great things. Great Sage, if you don't go west with the Tang Monk and do as you're told, you'll only ever be a demon." Sun Wukong thought for a long time, then said: "All right, I'll go back!"
Meanwhile, on the road, the Tang Monk met an old woman. She gave him a robe and a flowered cap and said: "When your disciple comes back, have him put it on. I'll also teach you a few words, called the Tightening Spell. When he won't listen, say it." With that, she flew up into the sky and went off to the east. It was Guanyin.
When Sun Wukong came back, the Tang Monk was sitting by the road, not saying a word. Sun Wukong said: "Master, you must be hungry. I'll get you something to eat." He opened the bag, saw a pretty flowered cap inside and asked: "What's this?" The Tang Monk said: "That's something from when I was little. If you like it, it's yours." Sun Wukong happily put it on his head.
At once the Tang Monk quietly began the Tightening Spell. Sun Wukong cried: "My head! My head!" He held his head in both hands and writhed on the ground. He tried to take the cap off, but it had already become a gold band, grown fast to his head. He hit it with his golden-hooped staff, but it wouldn't open.
When the Tang Monk stopped, the pain went away; when he started again, it came back. Sun Wukong knew Guanyin had taught it to the Tang Monk, and he was so angry he wanted to go to the South Sea and hit her. The Tang Monk said: "If she could teach it to me, she can say it herself." When Sun Wukong heard that, he didn't dare go. Sun Wukong had no choice but to kneel and say: "Master, stop! My head hurts so much! From now on I'll do as I'm told!"
After that, Sun Wukong was much better behaved. A few days later they came to a deep river. Suddenly, something huge slowly rose out of the water...