Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 215

A Random Story Changed
Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College , Tiu , Wallace Chung Wang - 12

The Monkey King and his group of four reached a mountain . As Tripiaka , a monk as well as the leader of the group , is rather hungry , so the Monkey King found a peach tree and went on a short journey to get some peaches from it .

As the rest of the group waited for him to come back , a young woman , holding a vase of food came to them . It was rather unfortunate that they didn ’ t know it was a skeleton demon , waiting to hunt their lives . Pigsy , who was half pig , half human , greedy as usual , decided to ask ‘ What ’ s that in the vase ?’ ‘ Food , obviously .’ The young woman / demon replied a bit rudely , ’ For your partner monk .’ Tripiaka , being the polite monk he is , said ‘ No worries . Our friend is up there on a mountain getting some peaches . Ignoring the fact that the food was not for his , Pigsy instantly tried to dig in , just as Monkey King went to them with the peaches . Using his powers , he immediately saw that the young woman was a demon . Shouting ‘ Watch out ! That ’ s a demon !’, he bashed the demon swiftly with the Riyu Giju Bang . The cunning demon , still after them , used a spell to get away , leaving a decoy of the woman ’ s body for them to look at . Tripiaka looked at the dead body as fearful as a sinner in front of God , shouted at Monkey King ‘ Master , that ’ s actually a demon . See what ’ s that in the vase of , ahem , food ?’ Tripiaka looked in the vase . In it was a bunch of putrid frogs and toads , alive , jumping around .
However , Pigsy , probably mad about the lost meal ( he ’ s willing to eat anything , after all .) Decided to say ‘ Master , actually come to think of it , don ’ t you think Monkey could ’ ve tricked you with this just not to get punished ?’ Tripiaka , considering about this , decided to punished Monkey King by … that ’ s what he was thinking about . Monkey King was about to counter Pigsy when an old woman came , shouting ‘ Oh help ! A random Monkey just killed my daughter !’ If you ’ ve heard about the story , you should know that it was that demon … again .
Anyways , Monkey King shouted ‘ DIE , FOUL BEAST ! ( Despite the fact that it was a demon )’ and bashed into the old woman with his bang . The demon evaded the attack swiftly , letting the bang hit air . Shouting in fury , Monkey King swung the bang to the right , which the demon ducked . Monkey King did a flurry of attacks , which the demon swiftly dodged . Monkey King tore down some of his hair in frustration , which all turned into smaller replicas of himself . They all surrounded the demon . However , the demon spun quickly , hitting all the clones and Monkey King , who crashed into his comrades . The demon , approaching to the group , was about to deal the finishing blow when Monkey King managed to kick it right in the stomach . The demon , using the same trick as last time , went away , leaving a corpse of the old woman .
Tripiaka , finally enraged to the point of unable to control himself , shouted to Monkey King ‘ How dare you kill not one , but two people ? Not only that , do you how horribly acted during that fight . Narrowly winning against an OLD WOMAN ? You ’ re way too weak to help me . Now go and never come back .’ Even after Monkey King ’ s protestations , he was determined to kick Monkey King out of his party .
So Monkey King left , sadder than ever . He went back to his homeland , and never came back until Tripiaka was in real trouble again .
Moral ? Never trust a pig .