New Journeys to the West
Kowloon Tong School ( Primary Section ), So , Chun Him Joshua - 9
Once upon a time , a man called Tripitaker had a baby . Jade Emperor asked , “ Why does a man carry a baby ?” Heavenly King Li said “ Huh ! That ’ s because I did a magic spell on Tripitaker !”. On 11 September 2001 , the baby was born . Tripitaker saw the baby and said “ What ! It is a monkey ! I will name it Monkey King .” Heavenly King Li and Tripitaker brought Monkey King to a mountain called Mountain of Flowers & Fruits .
One day , Heavenly King Li said to Monkey King , “ I strongly recommend you to go to Subhuti ’ s place to get a weapon .” When Subhuti saw Monkey King , he welcomed Monkey King and gave him a red shirt , a blue jacket , a golden crown and a pair of green pants . After that , Subhuti gave Monkey King a red and yellow stick . The stick was too long for Monkey King and so he casted a spell , “ Get smaller !” and stick really became smaller . Subhuti said , “ This stick is called Golden Cudgel and it is a gift for you . You should only use it to protect yourself . OK , you can go for your adventures now . Goodbye .” Monkey King went back to Mountain of Flowers and Fruits afterwards .
The next day , Monkey King went to the Eastern Sea to look for The Dragon King of Eastern Sea . He went inside Dragon King ’ s palace was greeted by Dragon King . Dragon King asked why Monkey King came and Monkey King said he wanted a special name . As Dragon King felt that Monkey King was very handsome , he suggested Handsome Monkey King to be his new name . Dragon King asked where Handsome Monkey King lived and promised to visit him the one day .
Jade Emperor was jealous of Handsome Monkey King and instructed Mighty Magic Spirit to use his axe to destroy Handsome Monkey King ’ s place and take all the things there . Mighty Magic Spirit jumped down and used his axe to hit the ground . When Handsome Monkey King and Heavenly King Li saw that , Handsome Monkey King used his Golden Cudgel to hit Mighty Magic Spirit ’ s head . Mighty Magic Spirit fainted , Heavenly King Li picked up the axe and killed Mighty Magic Spirit .
One week later , Jade Emperor ordered another monster to attack Handsome Monkey King . It was baby-faced Nezha . Nezha threw his wind-fire rings at Handsome Monkey King . However , Handsome Monkey King used his Golden Cudgel to catch the rings and threw them back at Nezha . Nezha ’ s body was on fire and he immediately ran away .
After two rounds of failures , Jade Emperor surrendered . He hoped Handsome Monkey King can take Heavenly King Li and Tripitaker to the West and get the precious Scripture from Tathagata Buddha . Handsome Monkey King accepted the mission and led them to the West .
On their way to the West , a pig saw Tripitaker and wanted to kidnap Tripitaker . The pig took out his rake and fought with Handsome Monkey King . Handsome Monkey King used his Golden Cudgel to defeat the pig . Tripitaker named the pig “ Pigsy ” and invited him to join them to their journey to the West . Tripitaker was so tired that he wanted to ride on a horse . Pigsy said he had a white horse at home and lent it to Tripitaker .
When they woke up the next day , they saw their home surrounded by floodwater and there was also a beast roaring in the floodwater ! The beast wanted to eat Handsome Monkey King as it was so hungry . Pigsy and Heavenly King Li went into the water . Pigsy used his rake and Heavenly King Li used his tower to fight with the beast . Heavenly King Li pushed the beast into his tower and brought it to Handsome Monkey King . Tripitaker said , “ Maybe the beast wants to go to the West with us .” The beast said yes and was named Sandy by Tripitaker .
The group continued their journey to the West and met another monster in yellow T-shirt running towards Pigsy . Some wind and dust came out of the monster ’ s mouth and got into Handsome Monkey King ’ s eyes . His eyes got so painful that he couldn ’ t see . Pigsy went to fight with the monster while Heavenly King Li gave Handsome Monkey King some eye drop so he could see again . Immediately after this , Handsome Monkey King ran towards the monster and used his Golden Cudgel to hit the monster ’ s head till he was dead .