Also known as Sun Wukong, the Monkey King is the quintessential trickster character of Chinese myth. Born from a stone, he gets super-powers from practicing Taoism, but he's a rebellious little guy, so the Buddha imprisons him under a mountain for 500 years. Then a monk lets him out, and hilarity continues to ensue.
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Bite-Size Fairy Tales
RandomUltra-short summaries of classic fairy tales, folk tales, legends, and myths, including: Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard, Cinderella, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Faust, The Frog Prince, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, ...
