The Wonderful Adventuresof

Hanuman

Hanu

man ob

tained h

is m

agica

l po

wers

There was a long time ago, a monkey boy was living in India. His nam

e was

Hanum

an. His father was Vayu, the god of the wind, and his mother was a

beautiful princess.

Although Hanum

an was very small, he was very naughty and had magical pow

ers.

This is the story of one of his amusing adventures. It begins in the beautiful

valley of flowers.

One day Hanum

an was sitting next to his mother and felt the warm rays of the

sun.

Han

uman

loo

ked a

t th

e s

ky a

nd saw

the s

un.

“I lov

e the sun

! It is so

beau

tifu

l, so

war

m, so

gol

den

and shin

y! I

'd tak

e it an

d

play

with it, jus

t like

it’s

min

e!” sai

d the little

child

.

So

Han

uman

str

etc

hed h

is a

rms to

war

d the s

un. He too

k it in

his h

ands an

d b

ega

n

to thro

w it up

and

dow

n like

a b

all.

The s

un d

id n

ot seem a

t al

l pl

eas

ed a

nd s

tart

ed b

eco

min

g an

gry.

The sun called Indra, the god of thunder and lightning, who at that time, was

travelling through the sky on his magic elephant.

“Indra help! Look at what this naughty child is doing to me! Help!”

Indra saw what Hanuman was doing, and was very upset. Suddenly the sky

darkened and the storm clouds began to gather.

“Put the Sun in its place immediately!” said Indra loudly.

“No” said Hanuman who did not seem frightened by the fury of the god.

So, the angry Indra threw lightning that hit Hanuman and left him unconscious.

Zaap!

Hanuman fell down, and there he lay. His father Vayu, who was flying over land,

had a feeling that Hanuman was in danger.

He quickly returned to the valley of flowers and found his small son lying on the

ground with eyes closed.

“Who did this to my son?” He shouted desperately at the sky hoping to find an

answer.

The god of the wind was furious and threw strong winds and storms around the

world, until one day the air stopped!

“I will make the air stop, and stop running everywhere, until my little Hanuman

breathes again!” Vayu said.

That was really bad for everyone. The plants, animals and people quickly began to

feel very weak, fainted and died, because they had no air to breathe.

When Indra, the god of thunder and lightning saw everything that was happening

to the world, he felt very sad.

“Anger is a terrible thing. None of this would have happened if I had not

bothered. Vayu, I ask for your pardon,” he said.

Mean

while, Vay

u, had

led small Han

uman

into th

e earth

, co

oing

in his arm

s. Ind

ra

called oth

er go

ds, so toge

ther th

ey beg Vay

u to return the air to th

e world.

“No, not until H

anum

an bre

athes ag

ain!” Vay

u said.

Then th

e god

s prom

ised to re

store life to Han

uman

. They also

said that when he

grew up, he wou

ld have m

agical pow

ers.

He cou

ld be as large or as small as he wan

ted; his tail wou

ld be m

agical and

cou

ld

fly th

roug

h the skies. H

e wou

ld lead

an army of

mon

keys and

live as long

as he

wished.

“The thun

der an

d lightning co

uld neve

r hurt him

,” said Ind

ra.

“The fire can

neve

r touc

h him

”, said the Sun

.

Vay

u, the f

ather of

Han

uman

, was

now

very

hap

py a

nd k

ept

his w

ord. The a

ir

bega

n to

run

aga

in. The p

lant

s, a

nimal

s an

d p

eop

le c

ame to

life

.

“What

hap

pene

d to

us?”

they

aske

d a

s th

ey

coul

d n

ot remember an

ythin

g!

Eve

ryth

ing

was

don

e a

s pr

omised to

the g

ods. H

anum

an g

rew to

be the m

ost

fant

astic

mon

key

in the w

orld

. He lived in

a hug

e, gr

een

and b

eau

tifu

l fo

rest

.

Sug

riva

, th

e k

ing

of the m

onke

ys, hear

d a

bou

t Han

uman

and

his m

agic

al p

owers

.

He w

ent

int

o th

e w

oods

to f

ind a

nd tal

k to

him

.

“Cou

ld y

ou b

e m

y best

friend

and

lead

my

army?

” Sug

riva

ask

ed.

“Sur

e,” H

anum

an sai

d.

And

fro

m that

day

onw

ards, the two

were

alw

ays

toge

ther.

The abduction of Princess Sita

At the other end

of the forest, there lived a handsome prince called Ram

a and

his beautiful, intelligent wife nam

ed Princess Sita.

The news ab

out her beauty spread

all across the territory.

On an island called Lanka in South Ind

ia, lived an evil and envious devil, who had

ten head

s and twenty arms. His nam

e was Ravana.

“I'll have to marry Sita even if I have to steal her!” Ravana boasted.

Ravana sent his evil demon disguised as a golden deer to distract the prince Ram

a.

Ram

a departed to the woods to get the deer for his beloved wife Sita.

As so

on a

s Ram

a was

away

, Rav

ana

went

in

sear

ch o

f Sita

and w

ith a

terr

ifyi

ng

roar

cau

ght Sita

with h

is twent

y ar

ms. H

is e

vil pl

an w

as to

keep

Sita

prison

er

until sh

e a

grees to

mar

ry h

im.

Sita,

on

bein

g ca

ptur

ed, has

man

aged to

remov

e h

er je

welry

as q

uick

ly a

s po

ssib

le

and thre

w them to

the g

roun

d a

s sh

e f

lew thro

ugh the a

ir tra

pped in

the a

rms

of

Rav

ana.

“I real

ly h

ope that

som

eon

e w

ill fi

nd these

gems an

d b

ring

them to

my

hus

ban

d

Ram

a,” th

ough

t Sita

For

tuna

tely

, th

e jewelry

fell

just

where

Han

uman

and

Sug

riva

were

.

“The G

ods

mus

t be send

ing

gift

s!” Han

uman

sai

d.

“Whos

e jewels a

re these

?” S

ugriva

won

dere

d.

And

so

the two

frie

nds went

int

o th

e f

orest

to

solve the m

yste

ry.

Meanwhile, Prince Rama, had returned home and was looking for his beloved wife

Sita.

“Where did she go?” Rama thought while looking through the woods.

Hanuman and Sugriva found the prince wondering into the forest calling for Sita.

“Sita! Sita!” Rama cried.

“Who is Sita?” asked Hanuman.

“Sita is my wife, She has disappeared.” said Rama.

“So I see. Perhaps these gems belong to her.” said Hanuman.

“These are Sita’s gems!, Where is she? And who are you?” Rama asked anxiously.

“I am Hanuman and he is King Sugriva. We will help you find her.”

“Thank you. We have to find her.” Rama said

Hanu

man go

es in search of Sita

Han

uman

fle

w sou

th. H

e k

new that

Sita

was

tak

en

to the c

ity

of L

anka

by

the

demon

Rav

ana.

So

Han

uman

gre

w b

ig a

nd s

tron

g an

d w

ith o

ne b

ig jum

p st

arte

d f

lyin

g th

roug

h the

clou

ds

towar

ds th

e c

ity

on the islan

d.

While f

lyin

g ov

er th

e o

cean

, his s

had

ow w

as seen

by

a te

rrib

le sea

mon

ster.

“Grr

rr! I

'm v

ery

hun

gry

and w

ant to

eat

!” sai

d the m

onst

er.

Then

the h

orrible

mon

ster op

ene

d its

mou

th a

nd s

wal

lowed H

anum

an.

“Oh! O

h!” H

anum

an thou

ght as

he s

lid d

own

the thro

at o

f th

e h

ideou

s mon

ster.

Hanum

an landed with a great THUMP! and

sud

denly realized he was sitting on

something very soft. He looke

d dow

n and found

himself sitting on a bed!

Hanum

an was floating inside the stomach of the sea monster, and

then he began

to look around

in the dark. He saw

pieces of m

asts and

ships that had

lost long

ago.

He also saw ske

letons and

a variety of things that the m

onster had

swallowed.

“I need to leave,” though

t Hanum

an looking around

.

Then he had

a great idea!

Hanum

an became as sm

all as he could, and flying into the stomach of the m

onster,

tickled the sides. The monster began to squirm and

move due to laughter.

“Hoo, Hoo, Ha, Ha! stop it please! I

am really tickled and

if I laughed a lot, I'm

going to sneeze

!” said the m

onster, while laugh

ing hillariously!

But Hanum

an continued tickling, and

the monster could not contain itself.

“I think, I think I'll ... Ahhh, Ahhh, Chooooo!” the m

onster sneeze

d.

The monster opened its big mouth and

sneeze

d thinking Hanum

an was supposed to

be inside.

It was too late because he had

shot out and

flew to the city of Lanka.

When Hanuman went to Lanka he saw many demons guarding the palace walking

everywhere.

Some were fat, some thin, some were beet red, some were yellow banana and

others were cucumber green. They were all ugly, nasty and grumbled as they

walked.

“Oh no!” Hanuman thought as he watched them while sitting on the walls of the

Grand Palace.

Hanuman was still very small. Taking advantage the darkness of the night he

managed to slip past the guards without being seen.

When he was inside the white marble city, he began searching for Sita in all

rooms in the great palace of Ravana.

Han

uman

bega

n se

arch

ing

in the d

ining ro

om of th

e p

alac

e, in the k

itch

en, in th

e

corr

idor

s, b

ut cou

ld not

find S

ita. H

e sud

denly hear

d a very

lou

d sou

nd, like

thun

der.

The sou

nd w

as com

ing

from

a roo

m that

had

a lar

ge golden doo

r. H

anum

an cra

wled

slow

ly thro

ugh a cra

ck b

elow the d

oor an

d fou

nd R

avan

a sleeping

in a bed, sn

oring

with h

is ten head

s at

onc

e.

“Grr

rr G

rrrr

-phew-p

hew!!!” he thou

ght.

Han

uman

was

sur

e that

Sita was

not

there

.

Hanuman found Sita very sad and depressed sitting outside the palace in a

beautiful garden. The demons guarding the garden have fallen asleep.

He slipped through one of the branches of a fruit tree.

“Psssst!” Hanuman said. He was waving to get her attention!

Sita looked up and was surprised to see him.

“Who are you?” asked Sita.

“I am Hanuman. I've been sent by Rama to find you, now I shall go back to tell

him that I found you and then come back to rescue you.” Hanuman replied softly.

“Oh thanks! But you must be very careful; Ravana is not only very powerful but

also very clever.” Sita replied, a little more cheerfully.

Jus

t th

en

one

of

the

de

mon

s gu

ard

ing

Sit

a aw

oke

.

“An

atta

cke

r w

ith

us!

Th

e o

the

r gu

ard

s m

ust

capt

ure

!” S

he

cri

ed

.

Th

ey

ran

to a

ttac

k H

anum

an,

but

he

sud

de

nly

be

cam

e v

ery

big

and

str

ong,

sto

od

in t

he

mid

dle

of

the

gar

de

n. H

e p

luck

ed

tw

o tr

ee

s w

ith

th

eir

roo

ts a

nd a

ll, a

nd

be

gan

to r

otat

e i

n al

l d

ire

ctio

ns t

o ke

ep

the

de

mon

s aw

ay.

Wh

en

Rav

ana

he

ard

wh

at H

anum

an w

as d

oing

, h

e w

as f

urio

us. A

te

rrif

ying

wra

thfu

l so

und

was

he

ard

, fr

om h

is t

en

he

ads

shou

ting

at

the

sam

e t

ime

!

“A m

onke

y d

oing

all

th

at m

ess

in

my

gard

en!

Se

nd m

y so

n to

cap

ture

it

and

bri

ng

it t

o m

e i

mm

ed

iate

ly!”

Rav

ana

scre

ame

d.

Rav

ana'

s so

n w

as t

o fu

lfil

l th

e o

rde

r of

his

fat

he

r. H

e b

ega

n to

sh

oot

arro

ws

wit

h

snak

es,

but

th

ey

coul

d n

ot h

urt

the

mig

hty

ape

-man

, H

anum

an.

Fire!

Hanum

an had

a brilliant idea.

“Maybe I shou

ld talk face

to face

with Ravana,” he thou

ght. H

e became small an

d

allowed to be cap

tured by gu

ards in ord

er to be tak

en to Ravana.

“Please free Sita,” Hanum

an begg

ed.

“Never!” grow

led Ravana.

Several demon

s, grabbed the tail of H

anum

an to tie, but then his tail bega

n to

grow

and

grow lon

g, getting long

er!

“Foo

ls! Catch

his tail and keep it stead

y!” he cried! F

inally, th

e guard

s manag

ed to

place the tip of th

e tail in fire. The fire cou

ld not hurt his tail because his

mag

ical pow

ers kept it pe

rfectly coo

l.

Sud

denl

y, H

anum

an h

ad a

noth

er gr

eat

idea!

I thin

k I c

an p

ut m

y bur

ning

tai

l to

goo

d u

se!

He b

ega

n to

gro

w a

gain

big

, ve

ry b

ig, bre

akin

g th

e rop

es th

at b

ound

him

. W

ith a

sing

le leap

, he f

lew int

o th

e a

ir.

He tur

ned h

is shin

ing

tail a

nd it lo

oked lik

e a

hug

e b

all of

fire! He f

lew a

bov

e the

city

of

Lan

ka, an

d set fire

on

all ro

ofs.

“Oh, how

I h

ate that

mon

key!” Rav

ana

said

fur

ious

ly.

He b

ega

n to

shak

e h

is twent

y ar

ms with a

wild rag

e, while H

anum

an d

ived int

o th

e

sea.

Sss

ssss

ss ....

Hanum

an flew back to where Prince Ram

a was, to tell what has hap

pene

d.

“Everyth

ing yo

u say sounds very interesting, but how

it is assum

ed that we rescue

Sita?” aske

d Ram

a

Hanum

an answered, “D

o no

t worry. King Sug

riva have a whole arm

y of m

onke

ys

and tog

ether we will help to rescue

Sita.”

They th

en set off towards the sou

th of Ind

ia, when suddenly, they came across a

large oce

an.

“How

to cross?” Ram

a aske

d worriedly.

“We will build a bridge

across th

e large

oce

an.” H

anum

an replied.

And

so, using

large

rocks and

trees, H

anum

an and

his m

onke

ys built a large

bridge

. Hanum

an too

k Ram

a on

his shou

lders to cross the sea to Lanka

.

Meanwhile Ravana, who had

sent his son

, lead

ing th

e arm

y of demon

s, was waiting

vigilantly and

read

y for battle.

The Great Battle

The battle was extremely fierce! The horrible and disgusting demons, firing

spears and arrows with poisonous snakes.

Ram

a fought bravely, while Hanum

an, from

the top of a mountain throwing rocks

into the terrible demons.

Suddenly King Ravana, with his twenty arms came into battle, cutting, pushing and

fencing like a great whirlpool. Whenever the arrows of Ram

a hit one of the heads

of Ravana, it is immediately replaced with another head!

The demons were increasing their attack at the arm

y of Ram

a.

“This is not good, Hanum

an. H

ow will we rescue Sita?” said Ram

a.

“Hah! Fools! They're all fools! Sita will never return, because we will win the

battle!” Ravana scoffed.

Hanum

an approached Ram

a and whispered in his ears that Ravana's weakness is

his foot. There is only one sure way to kill him, with a magic arrow

that he has

hidden in his palace.

Ram

a turned to look at Hanum

an, but he has alread

y flow

n towards the palace of

Ravana in search of the magic arrow

.

Hanum

an returned and

told Ram

a, “Here you go, hope it works.”

“It's our last chance.” Ram

a said while he tensed his bow

with the magic arrow

.

Ravana is getting closer, breathing fire and

smoke from ten noses and twenty

ears. Ram

a took hold and

shot:

ZIN

G-!

The arrow

flew straigh

t to the foot of Ravana mortally wound

ing him.

Sud

denly a deafening scream

was heard, and then Ravana fell dow

n and died.

Han

uman

fle

w to

the p

alac

e o

f Rav

ana

to r

ele

ase S

ita. H

e then

led h

er

bac

k in

to

the a

rms

of R

ama,

who

tend

erly

wra

pped h

er

in a

big

hug

.

“I m

isse

d y

ou a

lot

and

Han

uman

alw

ays

gave

me h

ope,

” sa

id S

ita.

“Sita,

you

're r

eal

ly a

live!” s

aid R

ama

“That

is

noth

ing.

” Han

uman

sai

d s

hyl

y, loo

king

dow

n at

the g

roun

d.

“Com

e S

ugriva

, we b

ett

er

go.” s

aid H

anum

an

Ram

a re

plie

d, “Y

ou h

ave d

one m

uch f

or u

s an

d w

e than

k yo

u al

l…”

Ram

a an

d S

ita

gave

Han

uman

and

Sug

riva

som

e jewele

ry a

s gi

fts.

"Fro

m n

ow o

n yo

u will be o

ur b

roth

ers

, pl

eas

e a

ccept

our

friend

ship

." s

aid S

ita

and R

ama

Han

uman

acc

ept

ed a

nd w

as v

ery

hap

py. He r

em

aine

d a

n ete

rnal

and

fai

thfu

l

serv

ant of

Ram

a an

d S

ita. H

e lived in

the f

orest

and

hav

e m

any

mor

e f

un a

nd

exci

ting

adve

ntur

es.

This story comes from the Hindu epic "The Ramayana", which is over 4,000 years

old.

HANUMAN: Designed to be best friends and hero, possessed great

strength, intelligence and magic.

INDRA: Controller of the atmosphere and also the climate.

RAMA: incarnation of Vishnu, Rama is the character principal of the

Ramayana, represents holiness and purity.

RAVANA: ten-headed demon, cunning and evil. King of Lanka.

SITA: worshiped as goddess. Sita is considered beautiful, intelligent

and devoted to her husband, the ideal model for many women.

SUGRIVA: King of the monkeys, loyal and helpful. Hanuman led his

army and was his personal adviser.

VAYU: The god of the wind, Vayu controls Northern Hemisphere and

travels in a golden carriage guided by 1,000 horses.