白龙马
The White Dragon Horse
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这里是蛇盘山，山下的河叫鹰愁涧。河水又深又冷，鸟飞到这里，也会发愁。突然，一条很大的龙从水里跳了出来，张开大口，往唐僧这边来了。孙悟空马上把唐僧拉下马，带他上了山。等他们回头一看，白马不见了。那条龙把马吃了，连马上的东西也一起吃了！
唐僧哭了：“没有马，我怎么去西天啊？”孙悟空说：“别哭，我去找它要马！”
他站在河边大叫：“坏东西，快出来，还我的马！”龙从水里跳出来，和他打了很久。它打不赢孙悟空，就回到了水里，怎么叫也不出来。孙悟空在水里没有办法，只能在河边干着急。
孙悟空叫来了这里的山神。山神说：“它是观音菩萨放在这里的，就是要等去西天的人。这件事，得请观音菩萨来。”有人马上去南海，请来了观音菩萨。
孙悟空一看见观音菩萨，就生气地说：“你在我头上放了这个金箍，师父一念，我就头疼！现在你又让它在这里，吃我们的马！”
观音菩萨笑了：“你这只猴子！没有金箍，谁能管你？它是西海龙王的第三个儿子。它做错了一件很大的事，差一点儿就死了，是我帮了它，让它在这里等去西天的人，给唐僧做马。你问过它吗？你说过你们是去西天的吗？”孙悟空说：“没有……我一见面就打了。”
观音菩萨走到河边，叫：“小白龙，快出来，观音菩萨来了！”小白龙听了，马上从水里出来，变成一个年轻人，拜了拜：“菩萨，我在这里等了很久，可是一直没有人说‘取经’这两个字。”
观音菩萨拿下他下巴下面的一颗明珠，又用柳树的小枝，从瓶子里拿出一点水，洒在他身上，说了一声：“变！”小白龙就变成了一匹白马，和以前那匹马一样。观音菩萨说：“你带着唐僧去西天吧，以后你也会变好的。”白龙马点了点头。
孙悟空对观音菩萨说：“去西天的路太难走了，我不去了！”观音菩萨说：“别怕。以后遇到真的大问题，我会来帮你。”她拿下三片叶子，变成三根毛，放在孙悟空的头后面，说：“它们能在最难的时候帮你。”
唐僧坐上了白龙马，过了河。一个老人送给他一个马鞍，说完就不见了。原来，这也是观音菩萨让人送来的。现在，他有了一匹马、一个徒弟，还有一件比一个国家还贵的袈裟。可是，这件袈裟很快就会带来一场大火。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 河 | hé | river |
| 突然 | tūrán | suddenly; abruptly; sudden; unexpected |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump; to leap |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill |
| 马 | mǎ | (vulgar) mother (used in curses as a stand-in for 妈) |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 久 | jiǔ | long (time) |
| 办法 | bànfǎ | way; method; means |
| 只能 | zhǐnéng | can only; have no choice but to |
| 放 | fàng | to put; to place |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be mad |
| 见面 | jiànmiàn | to meet; to see each other |
English (for the teacher)
This was Coiling Snake Mountain, and the river below it was called Eagle Grief Stream. The water was deep and cold, and even birds that flew here grew sad. Suddenly a huge dragon leapt out of the water, opened its great mouth and came at the Tang Monk. Sun Wukong pulled the Tang Monk off the horse at once and took him up the mountain. When they looked back, the white horse was gone. The dragon had eaten it, and everything on its back too!
The Tang Monk cried: "Without a horse, how will I get to the Western Paradise?" Sun Wukong said: "Don't cry. I'll go and make it give the horse back!"
He stood on the bank and shouted: "You wretch, come out and give me back my horse!" The dragon leapt out of the water and fought him for a long time. It couldn't beat Sun Wukong, so it went back into the water and wouldn't come out however much he shouted. Sun Wukong could do nothing in the water, and could only fret on the bank.
Sun Wukong called up the local mountain god. The mountain god said: "Guanyin put it here, to wait for the one going to the Western Paradise. For this, you'll have to ask Guanyin to come." Someone went to the South Sea at once and brought Guanyin back.
As soon as Sun Wukong saw Guanyin, he said angrily: "You put this gold band on my head, and every time Master says the spell my head hurts! And now you've put that thing here to eat our horse!"
Guanyin laughed: "You monkey! Without the gold band, who could ever control you? That is the third son of the Dragon King of the West Sea. He did something very wrong and nearly died; I helped him and had him wait here for the one going to the Western Paradise, to be the Tang Monk's horse. Did you ask him? Did you tell him you were going to the Western Paradise?" Sun Wukong said: "No... I just started fighting as soon as I saw him."
Guanyin went to the bank and called: "Little White Dragon, come out, Guanyin is here!" The little white dragon came straight out of the water, turned into a young man and bowed: "Bodhisattva, I've waited here a long time, but no one ever said the word 'scriptures'."
Guanyin took the pearl from under his chin, dipped a willow twig in the water from her vase, sprinkled it on him and said: "Change!" The little white dragon turned into a white horse, just like the old one. Guanyin said: "Carry the Tang Monk to the Western Paradise, and one day you'll become good too." The White Dragon Horse nodded.
Sun Wukong said to Guanyin: "The road to the Western Paradise is too hard. I'm not going!" Guanyin said: "Don't be afraid. If you ever run into real trouble, I'll come and help you." She took three leaves, turned them into three hairs, set them on the back of Sun Wukong's head and said: "These will help you when things are at their worst."
The Tang Monk mounted the White Dragon Horse and crossed the river. An old man gave him a saddle, and then vanished. It turned out Guanyin had sent this too. Now he had a horse, a disciple and a cassock worth more than a kingdom. But that cassock would soon bring a great fire.