Monkey King Tale

• A rock sat high on top of a mountain from the beginning of time.
• Inside the rock was a monkey.
• The sun, the moon, Heaven, and Earth all worked their magic on the rock, splitting it open one day.
• Monkey stood up and stretched when powerful light shot from his eyes.
• For a moment the light reached the Cloud Palace in Heaven.
• The Jade Emperor, ruler of Heaven, turned to one of his captains and asked what had caused the light.
• The captain saw everything that had just happened and told the emperor that it was a monkey.
• The emperor was not surprised and thought that amazing things happened when Heaven and Earth worked together.
• Monkey learned to walk, run, and climb over time.
• He drank from streams and ate grasses and leaves.
• Monkey became friends with all the other monkeys and apes and at night he slept under a cliff.
• One hot morning, all the monkeys and apes were playing in the stream.
• Monkey saw that it was too hot and suggested that they play in the waterfall.
• The monkeys and apes followed Monkey into the waterfall and he became the king.

Read about the adventures of a monkey who emerged from a rock on top of a mountain and became the king of all monkeys and apes.