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The story of Chang'e's journey to the moon in about 200 words

A long, long time ago, because Houyi shot the sun and stood up, by the people's respect and love, soon, Houyi married a beautiful and kind wife, named Chang'e. The people envied this couple. People were envious of this loving couple.

One day, Hou Yi went to the Kunlun Mountains to visit friends and seek Taoism, and met the Queen Mother, so he asked the Queen Mother for a packet of immortality medicine. It was said that by taking this medicine, one could instantly ascend to heaven and become immortal. However, Hou Yi could not leave his wife behind, so he temporarily gave the immortality pill to Chang'e to treasure. Chang'e hid the medicine in the treasure box of her dresser, but Pengmeng saw it.

Three days later, Hou Yi went out hunting, and Peng Meng pretended to be sick and stayed behind. Shortly after Hou Yi left, Peng Meng broke into the backyard of the inner mansion with a sword in his hand and forced Chang E to hand over the immortality pill.

Chang E knew that she was no match for Peng Meng, and in the nick of time, she made a split decision, turned around, opened the treasure box, and took out the Pill of Immortality and swallowed it. Chang'e swallowed the medicine, the body immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window, flying to the sky. As Chang'e attached to her husband, they flew down to the closest to the earth on the moon became immortal.