会变的猴子

你小时候最喜欢的故事是什么？

What was your favorite story when you were little?

我最喜欢孙悟空的故事，你知道孙悟空吗？

My favorite is the story of Sun Wukong. Do you know Sun Wukong?

不知道。孙悟空是谁？是不是像超人那样的英雄？

I don't know him. Who is Sun Wukong? Is he a hero like Superman?

不是超人那样的英雄。孙悟空是猴子，但是他很不一样。

Not a hero like Superman. Sun Wukong is a monkey, but this monkey is very different.

猴子怎么会有故事？他会做什么？

How does a monkey get a story? What can he do?

他是从一块石头里出来的，会变，能变成很多不同的东西。

He came out of a stone, and he can change. He can turn into many different things.

石头怎么会生出猴子？这块石头是不是也很不一样？

How can a stone give birth to a monkey? Is that stone different too?

对，这块石头和别的不一样。很多石头都一样，这一块变成了猴子。

Right, that stone is different from other stones. Most stones are all the same. This one turned into a monkey.

那他能变成什么？

So what can he turn into?

他能变成鱼，变成猫，变成狗，什么都可以。

He can turn into a fish, turn into a cat, turn into a dog. Anything is possible.

真的？这不是超人会做的事。那像洛基吗？他变来变去，谁都不知道他是谁？

Really? That's not something Superman does either. So is he like Loki? He keeps changing, so no one knows who he really is?

也不是洛基。孙悟空什么都能变，什么都能做，他还会坐在云上飞。

Not Loki either. Sun Wukong can turn into anything and do anything. He can also sit on a cloud and fly.

坐在云上？他能在天上飞？

Sit on a cloud? He can fly in the sky?

对，他能坐在云上，飞得很远，很快。

Yes, he can sit on a cloud and fly very far, very fast.

他什么都能做！那在天上，也没有人能让他听话吗？

He can do anything! So up in heaven, was there no one who could make him behave either?

对，这就是故事最有意思的事情：在天上，没有人能让孙悟空听话，谁都不能。

Right, that's the most interesting part of the story: up in heaven, no one could make Sun Wukong behave. Nobody could.

没有人能让他听话的猴子，不像超人，也不像洛基，是新的英雄。

A monkey that no one could make behave. That's not like Superman, and it's not like Loki either. He's a new kind of hero.

对！他的故事叫《西游记》，中国的孩子都知道孙悟空，就像美国的孩子都知道超人一样。

Exactly! His story is called Journey to the West. Chinese children all know Sun Wukong, just like American children all know Superman.

那我也想看这个故事，还想知道孙悟空做了什么。

Then I want to see this story too. I want to know what else Sun Wukong did.

好，我们下次一起看《西游记》的故事吧。

Great, let's watch the story of Journey to the West together next time.