Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 192

The King Of Monkeys
Leung Shek Chee College, Chung, Celia - 13
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nce upon a time, there was a monkey called Sun Wukong who was born from an ordinary
monkey who lived in Kam Shan Country park. Sun Wukong was the cleverest and talented of all
the monkeys so he was chosen to be a leader of Kam Shan Country Park. Quick-witted Sun
Wukong was respected by all the lovely monkeys. His mum, Fiona, was proud of him. He could do
everything he wanted to do without a doubt.
One day, Sun Wukong found a delicious egg roll inside the gap between two enormous and
colourful rocks so he ate it excitedly. After eating it, he became a very special monkey indeed. He
then knew how to change into 100 creatures! He could become a cockroach, a phantom, or even a
centipede. Actually, the egg roll was a magic weapon of the Buddha. However, the Buddha had let it fall to
the secular world carelessly. After learning this new magic, Wukong became arrogant and he always bragged,
‘I am the strongest one on the Earth. Nothing can control me, even the clumsy Buddha. Ha ha ha.’ Buddha
saw this and felt very worried and angry. It was not only the attitude of Wukong but also the naughty things
he did. For example, he changed to a ghost and scared people and transformed into Buddha’s image and
taught the other monkey bad things.
So, Buddha overwhelmed him and imprisoned Wukong under the Godiva sea for one thousand
years. The sea was extremely terrible and deep. Except for Wukong, no one had been imprisoned there by
Buddha before because nobody had been as annoying as Wukong.There wasn’t any food under the sea
because there weren't any living things on the seafloor. Buddha wouldn’t let Wukong breathe fresh air but
he also didn’t allow him to die. He wanted to let Wukong have the experience of ‘no way to seek survival
and no way for death’. Wukong felt regretful and pained during those one thousand years.
After a thousand years, Wukong was released by the Buddha. Wukong had changed from head to
toe. He began to help the needy ardently by giving delicious food, knitting warm, thick clothes and buying
a useful machines for to them. The needy felt thankful. They believed that Wukong had really started afresh
and they began to trust him. Sun Wukong became famous again but this time he was well-known for
always helping others.
Although Buddha felt relieved about this change, he thought that it was a bit of a waste that a 'person'
who had such a spectacular ability performed only easy and simple things. At the same time, Tripitaka, the
Tang dynasty Buddhist monk, was ready to start the journey to the west. But, the journey was very filled
with terrible dangers so Buddha had a great idea. He would order Sun Wukong to go on the journey with
Tripitaka so that Tripitaka could be protected by him. Wukong was so excited to go on this long journey so
he promised the Buddha at once.
And so, the journey began. Tripitaka gave an amulet to Wukong when they first met each other so that he
could find Wukong when they were seperated. Then, Wukong turned a chair into a magical flying cloud.
During the journey, a lot of monsters appeared to kill Wukong. They envied him with his great
talent. Firstly, Grasshopper Jack came out from the grass palace. He stepped Wukong and Tripitaka's way.
He used his sharp sword that could kill 100 people in a second to attack them. However, Wukong turned
into a grass sword that could kill 1000 people in a the moment. As a result. Jack was easily killed by
Wukong.
Secondly, they passed through a plain where there lived a multitude of the peacocks. The leader of the
peacocks, Sharon, ran in front of Wukong and said angrily,' You ugly monkey! How dare you pass through
my angelic ladies?'
Wukong replied, 'Bah...We're going to the west. If I am ugly, then you're the ugliest peacock of
the Earth! Haha...' The peacock was as angry as a bear. She took out a spear and stabbed towards Wukong.
Wukong, who was now very strong, pushed the spear back towards that proud peacock and so she died
with much blood on her.
Thirdly, Koala Amanda, who was in a Eucalyptus tree, saw Wukong and Tripitaka coming. She fell in
love with Tripitaka so she talked to them kindly, 'Hi! Handsome boys! Where are you going to? May I go
with you?'
Tripitaka answered,'Yes, of course! We're going to the west. Let's go. And the rest of the story?
That’s for another time.