Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 422
This journey was really dangerous and the weather sometimes became very treacherous which included
downpour, blizzard, fog, tornado, hail and frost. When they met these kinds of weather they would find
shelters such as temples, lairs and houses for safety.
After the arduous journey, they got the famous book called Tao Te Ching from India. Monkey King
could ride on a cloud. Why did they have to tread to get this book? Maybe it was a test of characters and
resolve. Thousands of years ago, people could not write. The only way to preserve their history was to
recount it as sagas - legends handed down from one generation of storytellers to another. So we can enjoy
the story nowadays.