英文版中國故事繪本哪吒鬧海

NezhaConquerstheDragonKingOnceuponatime,therewasagen-eralnamedLiJingwhowasinchargeofguardingChentangPass.Hiswifegavebirthtoaroundballofmeataftershewaspregnantforthreeyears.LiJingwassosurprisedthathethoughtitwasanominousthing,soheraisedhisswordandsplitthemeatballInsidethere

wasa

littleboywithagoldbraceletandred

silk.Hewasplumpand

verycute.Taiyisaid,"Therearetwomagicweaponswhichthebabywears,oneiscalled

HuntianSilk,theotheriscalledQiankunRing.Iwanttotakeyoursonasanapprentic,

andwhydon'tyoucallhimNezha?"Hearingthesewords,LiJingnoddedandwasrelieved.WhenNezhawassevenyearsold,theDragonKingoftheEastSeadidn'trainatall.What'smore,manyboysandgirlsweretakenbyforcefromtimetotime.Itledtotheriversdriedupandthelandcracked.Thepeoplehadlttlefoodtoeatandledareallyhardlife.Oneday,itwasextremelyhot!

Little

Nezharan

totheEastSeatotakeabath.NezhaswungHuntianSilkforafewtimesinthewater,butthewaterbecamesoroughthatthecrystalpalacewheretheDragonKinglivedshookviolently.Suddenly,theseacameaburstofchildren'scry.ItturnedouttobeYechaMonsteroftheEastSeawhowasrobbingtheboysandgirlsonceagain.WhenNezhasawthisscene,

heangrilygotintoafightwithYechaMonster.ThenNezhathrewtheQiankunRingtowardsYecha'shead.AlthoughtheQiankunRinglookedquitesmall,infactitwasheavierthanabighill.YechaMonsterdidn'tduckfastenoughtoavoidit.Asaresult,YechaMonsterdied.WhenAoBing,thethirdPrinceoftheDragonKingcamehere,

hefoundYechaMonsterwasalreadydead.

AoBingbecamesofuriousthatheaskedNezhatogivehimanplanationbutinvain.Theystruggledwitheachother.Nezharodeonthedragon'sback

andputtheHuntianSilkonit,soAoBingcouldn'tmoveatall.

ThenNezhathrewtheQiankunRingoverAoBing'sheadandAoBingdiedtoo.TheDragonKingoftheEastSeawasenragedbecauseofthedeathofhisson.SotheDragonKinggavetheordertofloodtheareaofChentangPass.HethreatenedtodrownallthepeopleifLiJingdidn'thandoverNezha.Nezhadidnot

intendtoget

his

parents

andthepeople

into

trouble,

so

he

sadlydrew

hissword

out

andcommitted

suicidewithit

in

frontof

the

Dragon

King.ThentheDragonKingletthefloodrecede,afterwatchingthesuicideofNezha.Atthistime,Taiyicamehereandpickedlotuses,lotusleavesandtenderlotusrootsfromthelotuspond.TaiyiusedmagictoturnthenintoNezha'sbodyandlimbs.

Finally,Nezhacamebacktolife.Taiyialsosenthisapprenticeanothertwomagicweapons:theFireSpearandtheWindFireWheels.AfterNezha'srebirth,hesteppedontheWindFireWheel