Sun Wukong performed magic tricks, delighting the children.
One child clapped and said, “Brother Wukong, you’re amazing!”
“But no matter how amazing you are, you can’t be better than Superman. Superman can fly, can you fly?”
Sun Wukong replied, “Tsk tsk tsk, what a joke! When I was flying, Superman wasn’t even born yet! With one somersault cloud, I can cover eighteen thousand miles, going from the North Pole to the South Pole in the blink of an eye! Alright, today I’ll take you all flying, so you won’t doubt me.”
“Really?”
The children were thrilled and expectant.
Sun Wukong flew up to a big cloud, which floated down to them.
“Everyone, hop on.”
The children scrambled to get on the cloud.
“Where are we going?”
“Disneyland!”
“Agreed!”
…
By the time Sun Wukong brought the children back, half a day had passed.
Zhu Yineng asked, “Why did it take so long? Didn’t you say your somersault cloud is really fast?”
“Don’t mention it. Besides Disneyland, we also visited the Pyramids and the world’s largest zoo. If I hadn’t pretended to be fierce, they would have wanted to go to Antarctica to see penguins.”
…
Later, reports came in from all over about the sudden appearance of this group of children. When pieced together, it became even stranger because in just half a day, this group of children appeared in multiple places around the world, which was impossible even by airplane. It became a worldwide mystery.
…
When it was time to eat, after finally getting the children to sit at the table, the food was brought out, but a child said, “I don’t like eating vegetables!”
“Me neither…”
“Yeah! We don’t want vegetables!”
…
Sun Wukong said, “You’re so difficult. What do you want to eat then?”
“I want steak.”
“Pork chops.”
“Fried shrimp.”
…
Sun Wukong took out a small wooden stick, only as big as an embroidery needle.
He held it in his palm, and it grew to the length of his arm. Pointing the stick at the table, the vegetables turned into pork chops, steak, fried shrimp, and more.
The children exclaimed in amazement, “It’s magical! Is this the legendary magic wand?”
“What a joke! This is my Golden Cudgel, much more powerful than any magic wand!”
The children were amazed and ate heartily.
After dinner, Sun Wukong and Zhu Yineng arranged for the children to take a nap.
But once they were in bed, they wouldn’t sleep.
“We can’t sleep!”
“We have insomnia.”
They complained.
“Such little troublemakers, having insomnia at this age? But I have a way to deal with insomnia.”
Sun Wukong took out a brocade pouch, grabbed something from it, and sprinkled it by the bed.
Zhu Yineng skeptically asked, “Just a pinch of powder, and it will make these noisy little monkeys fall asleep?”
“This is no ordinary powder; it’s Sleepy Flower Powder, from the Jade Pool. I grabbed some when I passed by.”
Suddenly, there was silence. When they looked again, the children were peacefully asleep.
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