The Monkey Story
| 1. Long ago there was a rock as old as creation, which through the actions of the elements, gave birth to a stone egg! | 2. The egg magically became fertile, and gave birth to a stone monkey! | 3. The nature of Monkey was irrepressible! He roamed the land and met other monkeys. |
| 4. They came across a seemingly inpenetrable waterfall, and decide that whoever went through would be made King Monkey. | 5. Monkey met an immortal, the Patriarch Subodhi, who taught Monkey many kinds of secret knowledge and ways. | 6. Monkey decided that he needed a weapon, so he went to see the Dragon King of the Western Ocean, who gave him a magic wishing staff! |
| 7. Monkey did not want to die, so he went down to see the King of Death, and erased the name of every monkey from the register! | 8. The King of death and the Dragon King of the Western Ocean complained about naughty Monkey to the Jade Emperor. | 9. The Jade Emperor sent forces to deal with Monkey, but they soon found him to be more than their match! |
| 10. So Monkey was given jobs in Heaven - to keep him quiet. Whilst looking after the Peach Garden, Monkey ate his fill of some sacred peaches! | 11. Monkey was captured by Erh-lang, and brought before the Gods in Heaven. | 12. As punishment Monkey was put into a furnace for years, to see if he could be burned to death, but he could not! |
| 13. Monkey could be free if he could fly off Buddha's hand, he relieved himself on the pillars, which he found were actually Buddha's fingers! | 14. As punishment, Monkey was trapped under a mountain until he learned the error of his ways. | 15. Until Tripitaka, a young priest came his way. Monkey would escort him to India to get the Holy scriptures. |
| 16. Just after they started their journey they came to a river and some danger! They were attacked by a dragon! | 17. The dragon ate Tripitaka's horse, so Monkey whacked it with his stick. Monkey loves a ruck. | 18. The Boddhisattva turned the dragon into a horse, so the boy priest could continue his journey westward. |
| 19. Monkey and tripitaka came upon a pig spirit who realised he was destined to come on the journey, after a ruck with Monkey! | 20. This was also the case with a nasty water spirit, who had been living in a river, killing passers by. | 21. The five continued their journey to India for the five scriptures, which took them far and wide. |
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