Reading Notes "The Stone Ape"

Once there was a large stone at the top of a massive mountain. This stone was special and it could absorb all of the energy from the heavens and the earth. This supernatural stone was magnificent and everyone who viewed it was in awe. One day, the stone had finally taken in so much energy that it couldn't take any more. The stone burst into pieces and out of the explosion of rock came an egg.

This egg was made of stone as well and once the egg was ready it hatched just like the stone before it had. But this time a special creature came out of it, an ape made completely of stone came from the egg.

This ape grew and learned like any other ape of its kind. He learned to stumble then walk just like any other ape. One day, something peculiar happened. Two golden streams of light burst from his eyes and then shot to the heavens, it startled the gods at the time and they went to investigate. They found the stone ape and even though they were surprised to see him, they let him continue his life.

One day when he was walking through the forest with the other apes when they came upon a waterfall. The apes declaired "Whoever can jump through the waterfall and come back unharmed will be our king." The stone ape leaped at the opportunity and jumped into the waterfall only to find treasures on the other side. He came back out and lead the other apes to the treasure. From then on the apes declared the stone ape their king.

Bibliography: This story is part of 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).

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