Reading Notes: The Monkey King Part A

 The Dragon queen was praised for her beauty, elegance, and grace. Every one in the village idolized her. The Dragon king was very jealous of her. He knew that more people would listen to her and enjoyed her presence more.

The Dragon king knew the only way that he would gain the respect and love that his queen does is by getting rid of her, which means he would have to do this secretly. 

One day, the king's butler noticed that the king was acting strange. He couldn't figure out why the king kept pacing back and fourth in his chamber. The King kept sweating and grunting in his chamber.

The butler finally asked the king, "sir, is everything okay? You seem very stressed and unwell." "Oh! I'm fine butler," replied the king. The butler knew there was a deeper issue.

The Dragon king searched high and low for something he could put in the queens drink to poison her. That way, the blame could be put on the chefs or any of the castle's workers. He knew if anyone found out he did this he would be killed. 

The Dragon king decided to dress up as a commoner and go into the village. He knew if he searched long enough he would find liquid poison. After 6 hours of searching, he came across a fellow dragon, however, he was a commoner.

"Do you have any liquid poison?" asked the Dragon king. "Why yes, I do sir!" replied the dragon commoner. "How much are you asking for?" asked the king. "50 pearls," said the dragon commoner. 

"Done," replied the king. The Dragon king got the liquid poison and ran to the castle. He started to figure out when the perfect moment would be to poison the Dragon queen. 

He noticed that there was hot tea sitting by the queen’s beside table. He quickly got the poison out of his pocket and poured it into the queen’s drink.

The Dragon king ran off and went into the courtyard. He heard screams coming from inside the castle. He knew that the poison worked. His eyes were filled with tears and instantly regretted his decision. 


Bibliography: This story is part of the The Monkey King unit. Story source: "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" in The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921). http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/sun-wu-kung-dragon-queen.html



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