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松林候信 行者報功
Waiting in the Pine Wood; Pilgrim Brings Word
且不題善菩薩收了童子。卻說那沙僧久坐林間，盼望行者不到，將行李捎在馬上，一隻手執著降妖寶杖，一隻手牽著韁繩，出松林向南觀看，只見行者欣喜而來。沙僧迎著道：「哥哥，你怎麼去請菩薩，此時才來？焦殺我也。」行者道：「你還做夢哩，老孫已請了菩薩，降了妖怪。」行者卻將菩薩的法力，備陳了一遍。沙僧十分歡喜道：「救師父去也。」且不题善菩萨收了童子。却说那沙僧久坐林间，盼望行者不到，将行李捎在马上，一只手执着降妖宝杖，一只手牵着缰绳，出松林向南观看，只见行者欣喜而来。沙僧迎着道：「哥哥，你怎么去请菩萨，此时才来？焦杀我也。」行者道：「你还做梦哩，老孙已请了菩萨，降了妖怪。」行者却将菩萨的法力，备陈了一遍。沙僧十分欢喜道：「救师父去也。」
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且不題善菩薩收了童子。
且不题善菩萨收了童子。
But we shall say no more of how the good Bodhisattva had taken the boy in charge.
卻說那沙僧久坐林間，盼望行者不到，將行李捎在馬上，一隻手執著降妖寶杖，一隻手牽著韁繩，出松林向南觀看，只見行者欣喜而來。
却说那沙僧久坐林间，盼望行者不到，将行李捎在马上，一只手执着降妖宝杖，一只手牵着缰绳，出松林向南观看，只见行者欣喜而来。
Now Sha Monk had sat long in the wood, watching for Pilgrim, who did not come. He slung the baggage over the horse, in one hand gripping the demon-quelling staff and in the other holding the bridle, and came out of the pines to look southward — and there he saw Pilgrim approaching in high delight.
沙僧迎著道：「哥哥，你怎麼去請菩薩，此時才來？
沙僧迎着道：「哥哥，你怎么去请菩萨，此时才来？
Sha Monk went to meet him, saying, 'Elder brother, you went to invite the Bodhisattva — why are you only now returned?'
焦殺我也。」
焦杀我也。」
'I have been half dead with worry!'
行者道：「你還做夢哩，老孫已請了菩薩，降了妖怪。」
行者道：「你还做梦哩，老孙已请了菩萨，降了妖怪。」
'You are still dreaming,' said Pilgrim. 'Old Monkey has already invited the Bodhisattva and subdued the monster.'
行者卻將菩薩的法力，備陳了一遍。
行者却将菩萨的法力，备陈了一遍。
Then Pilgrim recounted the Bodhisattva's mighty power in full.
沙僧十分歡喜道：「救師父去也。」
沙僧十分欢喜道：「救师父去也。」
Sha Monk was overjoyed and said, 'Let us go and rescue our master!'
總評 Commentary
A brief interlude returns to Sha Monk, the pilgrimage's steady 'water' temperament, and the formulae 且不題 / 卻說 mark the scene-cut in the storyteller's manner. His weapon is here named the 降妖寶杖, the demon-quelling staff.