Journey to the West
Diocesan Preparatory School , Wong , Cheuk Ying Charmaine - 9
About five hundred years ago , a brave young monk named Xuanzang decided to search for a legendary book from the West . Once along his journey , he heard a voice calling for help . Xuanzang was curious , so he looked around for the person . Then , he noticed that there was a monkey trapped under a rocky mountain ! The monkey was Sun Wu Kong , who had been trapped for a long time . The monk felt bad for the monkey king , so he really wanted to help him . “ But how could I help him ,” thought Xuanzang , “ for the mountain was so enormous !” Just then , Sun Wu Kong called out , “ Please help me ! I will accompany you to find the book to the west !”
Xuanzang was startled and replied , “ Who are you ? How do you know that I am searching for the book from the West ?”
“ The goddess let me wait here . Hundreds of years ago , a monk stuck a piece of paper with a curse on top of this mountain . Only you can take away this piece of paper and save me ,” said Sun Wu Kong .
So Xuanzang climbed up the mountain and tore off the piece of paper and the monkey king was free . During their journey , they met a talking pig named Zhu Ba Jie , and a friar called Sha Wu Jing .
One day , they were near a mountain when Zhu Ba Jie accidentally slipped into a deep , dark hole . Sun Wu Kong dove into the hole to save him . After a minute or two , the friar was becoming more and more worried about both of them so he also jumped into the hole . Xuanzang knew he couldn ’ t continue the journey alone so he tumbled into the hole without hesitation , too .
When they awoke feeling rather dizzy , they didn ’ t find themselves in a dark surrounding ; instead , they were in a place with tall buildings and a noisy crowd . The hole was actually a time channel which had brought them to the modern world . The four of them looked rather surprised but after a moment , they began to explore the city . Suddenly , a screen on the shopping mall showed the latest movie of ‘ Journeys to the West ’. When Sun Wu Kong spotted the screen , he looked amused and angry that someone was pretending to be them so he took his beloved spear out , wanting to hit the people who were pretending to be the four of them . Just then , a man dressed in a smart suit approached the monkey king and the rest of the people . “ At last ! I found somebody to replace the ill main characters for the latest film !” said the man . Sun Wu Kong and Xuanzang exchanged worried glances for they didn ’ t know the man . After thinking carefully for a while , Sun Wu Kong whispered to Zhu Ba Jie and the rest of them , “ I could tell he is not a monster with my eyes . He doesn ’ t look cunning or bad anyway .” All of them trusted that the man was truly a man as Sun Wu Kong was trustworthy .
A while later , they arrived in front of the film studio . Not long after , the filming began . Although they didn ’ t know the script , the film was a success because everything happened the same as if Zhu Ba Jie hadn ’ t fallen into the hole . For the spear of Sun Wu Kong , it did not hurt anybody as the man gave him a fake one . After the play ended , the man was very glad and grateful that he asked how he could repay them .
Xuanzang , was not a greedy person , so he answered , “ All we want is a meal and the book to the West .” So the monkey king and the others devoured a lot of food , especially the talking pig , Zhu Ba Jie . Then , Xuanzang happily accepted the legendary book of the West and decided to go back to where he had come from .
Sun Wu Kong also decided return to the forest to spend time with his friends ; but Zhu Ba Jie and Sha Wu Jing both wanted to stay in this new wondrous world .