A New Story of Journey to the West

黃慧　袁源

《西游記》是我國古代四大名著之一，唐僧師徒四人的形象永遠鮮活在我們的童年記憶里。瞧，江蘇省江陰市實驗小學的師生們把這一經典改編成了英語舞臺劇，為我們帶來了耳目一新的“女兒國奇遇”。

Monkey King & Piggy & Monk Sha：

Hit the monster！Get the scripture！

Hit the monster！Get the scripture！

Hit the monster！Get the scripture！

Monkey King：Piggy！Louder！

Piggy：Im too hungry and tired to shout！

Monk Sha：Dude，you have to use your magic power. Then，you can eat more.

Piggy：Really？！

Monkey King & Monk Sha：Deal！

Piggy：Hooray！Hit the scripture！Get the monster！Hit the scripture！Get the monster！

Monkey King & Monk Sha：Oh，Buddha bless you！

Piggy：Hit the scripture！Get the monster！Oh，Monster！

Monk Tang：Dont be scared，my little Piggy. Monkey，you go！

Monkey King：Stop！Whats your name？

Queen：Hi，everyone！I am the one who has white skin as Snow White！I am the one who is nice and cute as Cinderella. I am the one who is the most beautiful in the world. I am the Queen of all girls. And you？

Where are you going？

Monkey King：Master，heres a hot girl.

Piggy：Ah？ let me see first！

Monk Tang：Buddha bless you！Your Majesty，I am from the greatest Tang. Im little Tang. We are going to the west for Buddhist scriptures.

Queen：Oh，I see. You are going to the west and you would like to get the scripture.

Piggy：Yeah！

Monk Sha：Yes！

Monkey King：You are right！

Queen：（Laughing）Dont be silly！Thats such a long way！Why dont you stay in my country and work for me. Then Ill show you how to get the scripture in an easier way.

Monk Tang & Monkey King & Piggy &

Monk Sha：What？！

Queen：Are you scared？

Monkey King：Scared of what？ You？ Bring it on！

Piggy：Bring it on！

Monk Sha：On on on！

Monk Tang：Monkey，a gentleman never hits a lady. Lets go！

Monkey King：Master，let me finish her.

Queen：You seem very clever. Please take that！

People speak English in the west，can you？

Monkey King：A piece of cake！

Queen：This tongue-twister is very popular. Just have a try.

Monkey King：Betty Botter bought some butter，but she said：“this butters bitter！But a bit of bitter ... no，better butter will but make my butter better.” So she bought some ... better butter，better than the bitter butter，and it made her ... butter better so twas bitter ... better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter！Oh，my tongue twisted！You can，you up！Show me，will you？

哈，上天入地的美猴王這下子遇到大難題了，真叫人為他捏把冷汗呀。那么，女兒國國王會有怎樣的表現呢？接下來又會有哪些PK呢？下集精彩繼續！敬請期待！