本生故事，讲一只幼猴逃过身为猴王的父亲阉割雄性子嗣的习性，长大后力压父亲，并穿越湖中夜叉险境采得莲花；夜叉赞其技艺、勇气与机智三全，猴王闻之心碎而死。

A birth story of a young monkey who survived his father the monkey-king’s habit of castrating male offspring, later out-strengthening him and fetching lotuses past a lake ogre, whose praise of his skill, courage and resource broke the old king’s heart.