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- "What do you want me to change into?" "Why not a pine
- tree?" they said. Wukong made the magic sign and recited the spell; with
- one shake of his body he changed himself into a pine tree. Truly it was
- Thickly held in smoke throu9h all four seasons,
- Its chaste fair form soars strai9ht to the clouds.
- With not the least likeness to the impish monkey,
- It's all .frost-tried and snow-tested branches.
- When the multitude saw this, they clapped their hands and roared with
- laughter, everyone crying, "Marvelous monkey! Marvelous monkey!" They
- did not realize that all this uproar had disturbed the Patriarch, who came
- running out of the door, dragging his staff. "Who is creating this bedlam
- here?" he demanded. At his voice the pupils immediately collected them-
- selves, set their clothes in order, and came forward. Wukong also changed
- back into his true form
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