Reading Notes: The Monkey King, Part A

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People/Characters:
-Stone Ape/King of the Apes: magical existence, streams of gold come out of his eyes
- Lord of the Heavens: frightened by the Ape and his capabilities. 
- Thousandmile-Eye and Fine-Ear: two Gods sent by the Lord of the Heavens to check out the Ape. They report that there is nothing to be concerned about. 

Places: 
- Mountain of Flowers and Fruits

Important things:
- The high rock- has all of the powers from the creation of the world. The rock burst one day and produced an egg of stone. An ape magically hatched out of the egg. 
- Waterfall: the other apes decide that whoever can go down the waterfall without hurting themselves would be king. 
-Once the Stone Ape becomes king, he appoints other monkeys to his court. 

This is part of the story of the Monkey King. I think that it would  be interesting to retell my own version of this story. I would make the magic creature of the stone ape a fairy or a witch in my telling, and maybe add some other creatures. In my story, I might add some more opposition from characters that are modeled after the Lord of the Heavens and the Gods. 

Bibliography: "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" in The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921). Web source: the UN-Textbook.

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