Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 29

Journey to the West
Regents Primary School of Shenzhen, Fu, Bingqi - 8
A
brave monk, Xuanzang started his journey to India hundreds of years ago. Although he was
helpless in defending himself, Guanyin helped him by giving him three powerful disciples ——
Monkey King, Monk Pigsy and Monk Sand. They would aid and protect him on his journey.
Monkey King was his first disciple. Monkey King could change himself into 72 kinds of things and
characters. He had a pair of eyes that could see through the guise of demons. The second disciple was
Monk Pigsy. On the one hand, he was very lazy, timid and sometimes selfish. On the other hand, he was
kind, amiable and loyal. He never gave up any chance to save his master from the monsters. So, he is
actually a funny and cute person.
The third disciple was Monk Sand. He was a warm-hearted and honest man.
One day, when they were near a mountain, Monk Pigsy suggested, ‘We should take a little break. I am
thirsty and hungry. I am too tired to walk.’ Xuanzang stopped walking when he saw his exhausted disciples.
He said, ‘Well, we could take a rest. Firstly, we need to look for a place to take a break. Then, one of you
should go to pick some fruits. ’ Monk Pigsy was very excited and went to a river nearby to take a bath.
Monkey King showed no interest in taking a bath, he went away. And Monk Sand found a place, put down
their luggage and went to pick some fruits.
After a while, Monk Sand came back and could not find his master. ‘Has master been caught by a
monster?’ he thought. Unfortunately, Xuanzang was in the Spider Cave. The Spider Monster caught him in
order to get his flesh. So Monk Sand hurriedly found Monkey King and told him that their monster was
caught by the Spider Monster. After hearing that, Monkey King was angry. He held his golden cudgel and
went to Spider Cave with Monk Pigsy. Soon they found out Xuanzang was tied to a chair by Spider silk.
Monkey King and Monk Pigsy found him and fought with the Spider Monster. Monkey King hit her on
the head with his golden cudgel. Then Monkey King stuck the golden cudgel onto the ground.
Consequently, the Spider Cave shook. The Spider Monster was hit by a falling stone and they saved their
master.
Along the way, they helped the local people by defeating various monsters and demons. They
overcame a lot of difficulties on their way. Finally, they got the true Buddhist sutra.