Monkey King

Wu-k'ung laughed and said,"You must search your palace again.If you find me a suitable weapon,I will pay for it."The Dragon King was losing patience.His wife and daughters took him aside and suggested,"Why don't you give him the magic sea shaping iron left by Ta Yu when he tamed the waters?Wu-k'ung can reshape it for his own use."

The Dragon King followed their advice.He took Wu-k'ung to his treasure house.The magic iron was there,still sparking.Wu-k'ung went forward and touched the iron pillar with his hand.It was about twenty feet long.

Wu-k'ung gasped,"What a precious weapon!I must pull it out."He grasped the iron and effortlessly pulled it out of the ground.

He looked at it admiringly and said,"If only it weren't so wide and so long."Instantly the iron shrank to two feet.Wu-k'ung was delighted.He examined the iron and found that there were golden rings in both ends of the iron and a line of words in the middle.The word were "Golden ringed Wishing Staff weighing 13500 pounds."

Wu-k'ung was very pleased with his new treasure.He ran back to the Dragon King's crystal palace swinging the enormous staff.The Dragon King was terribly frightened,his children were in a panic and every beast ran for his life.

Wu-k'ung then insisted on a suit of golden armor,a gold crown and a pair of cloud riding shoes.After he was dressed,he turned the staff into an embroidery needle and slipped it nearly into his ear.He thanked the Dragon King and returned to the Water Curtain ****.

The monkeys,who were waiting in the **** suddenly saw their king spring out of the water,shining all over.The monkeys cheered in chorus."How beautiful you are!"

The Monkey King took the golden ringed staff from his ear and told them how he had gotten the treasure.Then he said the word"bigger"three times.The magic weapon returned to its full size.Wu-k'ung dashed out of the **** and used his magic power to make himself ten thousand feet high.Now his staff could reach up to heaven and down into hell.

All the other monkeys were stunned.Wu-k'ung rejoined the other monkeys and celebrated his new treasures at a banquet for all.Soon all the monkeys were drunk,Wu-k'ung fell fast asleep under the shade of a pine tree.

EBDBDBD - "That's all, folks"
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In his dream two men approached him.The men tied him up and took him to the "Nether World".