▸ 孙悟空sūn wù kōng当上dāng shàng大王dà wáng，天天tiān tiān吃chī果子guǒ zi玩耍wán shuǎ。

After becoming king, Sun Wukong spent his days eating fruit and playing.

▸ 可kě有yǒu一天yī tiān，他tā忽然hū rán难过nán guò：“要是yào shi老了lǎo le死了sǐ le怎么办zěn me bàn？”

But one day, he suddenly felt sad: 'What if I grow old and die?'

▸ 老猴子lǎo hóu zi说shuō：“听说tīng shuō神仙shén xiān能néng长生cháng shēng不老bù lǎo！”

The old monkey said, 'I heard that immortals can live forever and never grow old!'

▸ 孙悟空sūn wù kōng立刻lì kè扎zhā个gè木筏mù fá，漂洋过海piāo yáng guò hǎi找zhǎo神仙shén xiān去了qù le。

Sun Wukong immediately built a wooden raft and sailed across the sea to find immortals.

▸ 他tā找到zhǎo dào菩提祖师pú tí zǔ shī，跪着guì zhe磕头kē tóu：“师父shī fu教jiāo我wǒ长生cháng shēng吧ba！”

He found Master Bodhi and knelt, kowtowing: 'Master, teach me immortality!'

▸ 祖师zǔ shī敲qiāo他tā脑袋nǎo dài三下sān xià，背手bēi shǒu走了zǒu le。

The Master tapped him on the head three times, then walked away with his hands behind his back.

▸ 半夜三更bàn yè sān gēng，孙悟空sūn wù kōng溜进liū jìn师父shī fu房间fáng jiān——原来yuán lái这zhè是shì暗号àn hào！

In the dead of night, Sun Wukong slipped into his master’s room—this was the secret signal!

▸ 祖师zǔ shī教jiāo他tā七十二变qī shí èr biàn和hé筋斗云jīn dǒu yún。

The Master taught him the Seventy-Two Transformations and the Cloud Somersault.

▸ 孙悟空sūn wù kōng学会xué huì后hòu，翻个fān gè跟头gēn tóu“咻xiū”地de飞fēi回huí花果山huā guǒ shān。

After mastering them, Sun Wukong flipped and with a 'shoo' flew back to Flower-Fruit Mountain.

▸ 得意地dé yì de喊hǎn：“孩儿们hái ér men，老孙lǎo sūn回来huí lái啦la！”

He exclaimed proudly, 'Children, Old Sun is back!'

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