Week 9 Story: The Monkey King

Bibliography: The Monkey Unit by R. Wilhelm sun-wu-kung-handsome-king-of-apes.html


There was a Lord of the Heavens and he did not like Sun Wu King, also know as the Monkey King. the Monkey King was liked by everyone and was very powerful, the other monkeys in the land followed his ruling and obeyed what he told them to do. But the Lord of Heavens wanted to be the one that everyone obeyed and followed as their king. So one day he decided that he would punish the Monkey King. He sent down a slayer from the heavens to go down to the land and kill the Monkey King. The slayer went down and went to the Monkey King and told him that he was sent down from the Lord of the Heavens so the Monkey King assumed that this could not be good. The slayer automatically went into attack mode and started trying to kill the Monkey King. But the Monkey King was too powerful and knocked him down immediately. The slayer was nervous but knew that the Lord of Heavens would not be happy if he didn't accomplish this mission. So he turned into a big monster and thought theres no way that the Monkey King can take me down now. But the Monkey King laughed in his face and he himself turned into a larger version and monster-like creature himself. And once again the slayer tried to take the Monkey King down. But the Monkey King gave him the fist and knocked him all the way up back to heaven where he came from. He knew he had got the victory and that the Lord of Heavens would bother him no more. 

Here is a picture of the Monkey King with his weapons and ready to fight in a battle. 
Monkey King


Authors note: This story is pretty much the same as the original. The lord of Heavens and the Monkey King do not get along and the Lord of heavens does try to have the monkey king killed by his people but the monkey king takes them down and is too powerful. So the story is the same just told different from the original because I am writing it. 

Comments

  1. Sidney MayNovember 5, 2020 at 4:58 PM

    Hi Sophie,

    I also read the monkey king and enjoyed it as well. I turned my version into the tiger king because that was the first thing i thought of when i read the title haha. I like that this story kept very similar elements to the original, because people who aren't familiar will have an easy time understanding the story. Good work!

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  2. Emma KempNovember 8, 2020 at 11:54 PM

    Hey Sophie! I thought you did a great job summarizing the original version of the story. With stories like this that are already so extravagant and out-there, sometimes it's fun to just retell it in our own words without changing the story line or plot. Makes it kind of feel like we're writing SparkNotes for a class! Great job this week!

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  3. gabby taylorNovember 9, 2020 at 5:24 PM

    You rewrote this story very clear and it was easy for me to follow! Since I haven't read the original I appreciate that. I have a feeling the original version of this story was very complex or hard to follow and thats why you chose to retell it? Whatever the motivation was, you did an excellent job of summarizing this story and I didn't feel like I was missing any components. Good Job!

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  4. Natalie TinkleNovember 10, 2020 at 3:33 PM

    Hi Sophie! This is a very well written short story! I thought you did great at keeping the story very clear and easy to follow! I didn't read this story during week nine so it was nice to read your version of it! I don't know if the story is based on this or not but I kept thinking of God and Satan as the metaphors in the story! I could totally be wrong though! Great job Sophie

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