After an hour of hard walking , Whitney was out of breath and soaked in perspiration , and yet they weren ’ t even halfway there . She found herself giving up ; the monkey , however , used his tail to nudge her elbow as if to say , ‘ Don ’ t give up !’ She smiled in spite of herself . As they walked further and further away from the downtown of New Delhi , they found themselves nearing a forest . According to Whitney ’ s cell phone , this was a good sign as it meant they were now within a 2-kilometre radius of the sanctuary . However , walking in the forest was a lot harder than it seemed because Whitney ’ s clothes kept getting caught in the thick underbrush and more than once had to ask Bon Bon to pull her up with his strong tail . Finally , they reached the river which separated them from the sanctuary . Whitney glanced around and searched for some sort of floatation device they could use . Realising that there were none , however , she resolved to making a raft by herself by pulling branches off the tree and tying them together with bits of scrap string left behind on the banks by some unknown ceremony . Finishing up , she put Bon Bon onto her back , got on the raft and pushed it forward and into the river . Whitney , realising it was a rather strong current , clung tightly to Bon Bon and the raft as the current swept over them , threatening to throw them overboard . After they had crossed the river , Whitney sighed in relief-- they made it ! She brought Bon Bon up to the gate that said ‘ Welcome monkeys !’ and knocked . ‘ Welcome !’ cried a woman from inside the gate , ‘ Please come inside ! We love monkeys .’ She said . Whitney followed and Bon Bon tagged along inside .
After Whitney had told her all about Bon Bon , she gladly said he could move in and let Whitney phone her parents .
‘ Calling my parents anxious would totally be an understatement ,’ Whitney thought . Indeed , her parents were worried sick ! Even though her andrenaline had kept her awake , Whitney was now overcome with fatigue . However , she thought as she watched Bon Bon happily eat and yoddle in his new enclosure , it was all worth it . It was truly a wild journey to the west .
Bon Bon , or Sun Wukong actually , found Whitney to be just like himself 1400 years ago when he escorted Xuanzang all the way to India to retrieve the Buddhish Scriptures . However difficult the journey had been , Whitney never lost hope and never gave up . Her perseverance and kindness are exactly the attributes that Sun Wukong was looking for . You never know what Sun Wukong , the talking pig and the friar will morph into to find suitable people that are kind , courageous and persistent -- just like the Monkey King , Sun Wukong himself .