大闹地府
Trouble in the Underworld
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孙悟空从东海龙王那里拿到了金箍棒，非常高兴。回到花果山，他请大家吃饭、喝酒。大家吃了一天，喝了一天，孙悟空喝了很多很多酒。最后，他喝醉了，在一棵大树下睡着了。
他睡得正香，突然看见两个人走过来。他们手里拿着一张纸，纸上写着“孙悟空”三个字。他们什么也不说，拉着他就走。
走了很久，孙悟空一看，前面是一个很黑的地方。这里是地府，人死了以后才会来的地方！他问：“我为什么在这儿？”那两个人说：“你的时间到了，快跟我们走！”
孙悟空很生气：“我早就学过长生不老，你们管不了我！”他从耳朵里拿出金箍棒，一下就变得很大很大。没打几下，那两个人就躺在地上，一动也不能动了。
孙悟空拿着金箍棒，一路往里打，一直打到地府最大的房子。十个阎王害怕极了，赶快出来问：“您是谁？”“我是花果山水帘洞的孙悟空！你们为什么叫人来带我走？”阎王们说：“别生气，别生气！叫孙悟空的人很多，可能是他们找错人了。”
“胡说！生死簿呢？快拿给我，我要自己看！”生死簿上写着每个人能活多少年。阎王们不敢不听，马上拿来了好几本。孙悟空找啊找，最后找到了自己的名字：“孙悟空，石头里出来的猴子，能活三百四十二岁。”
“三百四十二岁？太少了！”他拿起笔，在自己的名字上一画，画掉了。然后，他又找到花果山别的猴子的名字，一个一个都画掉了。他把本子一扔：“好了！从今天开始，你们再也管不了我们了！”阎王们看着他，什么也不敢说。
孙悟空又拿着金箍棒往外打。突然，他“啊”地叫了一声，醒了。猴子们正在旁边看着他：“大王，你喝了酒，睡了一个晚上，还没醒呢！”从那以后，花果山的猴子都活得很长很长。
可是，玉皇大帝很快就知道了这些事。先是东海龙王来了：“那只猴子拿走了我的宝贝！”然后，阎王们也来了：“他打了我们的人，还画掉了生死簿上的名字！”玉皇大帝很生气：“谁去把他抓来？”
太白金星笑着说：“不用跟他打。我们给他一个小小的官，请他到天上来。他听我们的，就好；他不听，到时候再抓他也不晚。”玉皇大帝点点头：“好，就这么办。”
孙悟空听说可以上天做官，高兴极了。玉皇大帝让他当弼马温，每天照顾天上的马。他每天很早就起床，很晚才睡，把马养得又高又胖。他觉得自己的官一定很大很大。可是他还不知道，弼马温到底是多大的官。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒 | jiǔ | alcohol; liquor; wine |
| 最后 | zuìhòu | finally; in the end; last; final |
| 突然 | tūrán | suddenly; abruptly; sudden; unexpected |
| 张 | zhāng | surname Zhang |
| 纸 | zhǐ | paper |
| 久 | jiǔ | long (time) |
| 地方 | dìfang | place |
| 以后 | yǐhòu | later; afterwards; in the future |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be mad |
| 耳朵 | ěrduo | ear |
| 一直 | yìzhí | always; all along; continuously |
| 房子 | fángzi | house; building |
English (for the teacher)
Sun Wukong had got the golden-hooped staff from the Dragon King of the East Sea, and he was very happy. Back on Flower Fruit Mountain, he treated everyone to food and drink. They ate all day and drank all day, and Sun Wukong drank lots and lots of wine. In the end he got drunk and fell asleep under a big tree.
He was sleeping soundly when suddenly he saw two people walking towards him. In their hands they held a sheet of paper, and on the paper were three characters: "Sun Wukong". Without a word, they grabbed him and off they went.
After walking a long time, Sun Wukong looked up: ahead of him was a very dark place. This was the Underworld, the place people only come to after they die! He asked: "Why am I here?" The two of them said: "Your time is up. Hurry up and come with us!"
Sun Wukong was furious: "I learned how to live forever long ago. You can't touch me!" He took the golden-hooped staff out of his ear, and in a flash it grew huge. A few blows later, the two of them were lying on the ground, unable to move a muscle.
Staff in hand, Sun Wukong fought his way in, all the way to the biggest hall in the Underworld. The ten Kings of the Underworld were terrified and hurried out to ask: "Who are you?" "I am Sun Wukong of the Water Curtain Cave on Flower Fruit Mountain! Why did you send people to take me away?" The Kings said: "Don't be angry, don't be angry! Lots of people are called Sun Wukong. Maybe they took the wrong one."
"Nonsense! Where's the Book of Life and Death? Hand it over, I want to see for myself!" The Book of Life and Death says how many years each person can live. The Kings didn't dare say no, and at once they brought out several volumes. Sun Wukong searched and searched, and at last he found his own name: "Sun Wukong, a monkey that came out of a stone, can live three hundred and forty-two years."
"Three hundred and forty-two? That's far too few!" He picked up a brush, drew a line through his own name, and crossed it out. Then he found the names of all the other monkeys on Flower Fruit Mountain and crossed them out one by one. He tossed the book aside: "There! From today on, you can never touch us again!" The Kings just stared at him and didn't dare say a thing.
Sun Wukong fought his way back out with his staff. Suddenly he cried out "Ah!" and woke up. The monkeys were beside him, watching him: "Your Majesty, you drank wine and slept all night, and you still haven't woken up!" From then on, the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain all lived very, very long lives.
But the Jade Emperor soon heard all about it. First the Dragon King of the East Sea came: "That monkey took my treasure!" Then the Kings of the Underworld came too: "He beat our people and crossed names out of the Book of Life and Death!" The Jade Emperor was angry: "Who will go and catch him?"
The Great White Planet said with a smile: "There's no need to fight him. Let's give him a little job and invite him up to heaven. If he does as we say, good; if he doesn't, it won't be too late to catch him then." The Jade Emperor nodded: "Good, we'll do just that."
When Sun Wukong heard he could go up to heaven and be an official, he was overjoyed. The Jade Emperor made him Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, looking after heaven's horses every day. He got up very early every day and went to bed very late, and he raised the horses tall and fat. He thought his job must be a very, very important one. But he didn't know yet just how big a job Keeper of the Horses really was.