The Coming of Pig (2) ; ISBN:9787119050621 ; Erste Auflage im 2007 ; 241 Seiten ;Format: 26 x 18,6cm ; The Monkey Series are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West,a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monstery in India to fetch Buddhist scriptures.The real hero of this novel,loved for four hunderes years by Chinese readers,is the resourceful,brave and humorous Monkey.This book contains four stories:Trouble on Black Wind Moutain;Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims and Stealing the Magic Fruit.Trouble on Black Wind Mountain tells how the Tang Priest's cassock is stolen by the Black Spirit when Monkey shows it off at the Guanyin Monastery.To get it back,Monkey makes trouble on the Black Wind Mountain before the Bodhisattva agrees to help subdue the Black Bear Spirit and get the cassock back. Best.Nr.:L639