TheLittleRebelliousMonkey,byJanelLucas

Lucas 1 Janel Lucas English 8.5-5 The Little Rebellious Monkey Have you ever read about a famous, rebellious, immortal monkey? Well, they call him the Monkey King. The Monkey King is, who originated in China, real name was Sun Wukong. The Monkey King hatched from a stone egg on a mountaintop. This monkey was crowned after he truly proved that he was the only monkey on the Mountain of Fruit and Flowers that could go through a water curtain. The Monkey King was taught how to fly. He was extremely smart, strong and durable like a good king should be. Later in life the Monkey King decided he wanted to become immortal and learn gungfu. He was trained by an immortal Taoist. The Monkey King could also transform himself into seventy-two different figures, such as trees and flowers. All of the Monkey King's relatives were monkeys. Every little monkey thought that he was really a hero because he fought the evil tiger.They thought he had a lot of affiliations with others gods like, Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy. Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy were all super natural beings and gods. You can find some current retellings of the story of the Monkey King online I have some sites listed below you can check out, in books like American Born Chinese or oral stories passed on by family or friends. The Monkey King is important in general for others and myself. The Monkey King has important messages like; you can do or be anything no matter who or where you came from. American Born Chinese shows this in the firast story of the monkey king when he changed himself to be somehting that he wasn't. All the gods made fun of him because they evedently didn't care. The Monkey King should have realized that nobody cared. He could have told them to except who he was instead of beating them up. I believe that the Monkey King is a great role model for young boys and girls. Information is from: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/curriculum/monkey/index.asp            by Todd Markelz. http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/China/tales/monkey.html    by Haiwang Yuan http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/    author/creator not listed