分享人：XXXTheStoryofChineseZodiac202XLong,longtimeago,peoplealwaysforgotinwhichyeartheywerebornandcouldnotfigureoutexactlyhowoldtheywere.TheJadeEmperorcameupwithanidea.It’stoodifficulttorememberayear.Itwouldbeeasiertorememberananimal.Whydon’twechoosetwelveanimalstorepresenttheyears?

福德宮TheJadeEmperoraskedtheEarthGodtotelleveryanimalhowtobechosenasoneoftheanimalsforthetwelvesignsofthezodiac.

玉皇大帝公告Theriver-crossingrace

Allanimalsarewelcometocompete.ThefirsttwelveanimalsacrossthefinishlinewillbechosenasthetwelveanimalsoftheChinesezodiac.Aftertheannouncement,alltheanimalsgotveryexcitedandeveryonewastalkingabouttherace.Atthattime,thecatandtheratwereverygoodfriends.Theymettodiscusstherace.Wecan’tswim.Howarewegonnacrosstheriver?Let’sjointheox,Wecanpointthewayandhecancarryusacrosstheriver.Thecatandtheratwenttoseetheox.Theoxsaidokayatonce.

十二生肖渡河比賽十二生肖渡河比賽Thedayoftheracesooncame.Earlythatmorning,beforethe

roosterwokeup,theox,thecatandtheratwerealreadyatthe

riverside.Thecatandtheratclimbedontothebackoftheox.Andthentheystartedswimmingacrosstheriver.

Thecatbecamesleepybecausehegotupsoearlythatmorning.Hefellasleepassoonashegotontopoftheox’sback.Howeagertheratwantedtowinfirstplace.Whentheoxwasafewsecondawayfromtheoppositebankoftheriver,theratpushedthecatintothewaterandwentintooneoftheox’sears.Theoxhadnoideaofwhathadjusthappenedbutheardtheratsaying“BigBrotherOx,Go!Go!Go!Wearealmostthere!Wecanmakeit.”Theoxclimbeduptheshoreandrantothefinishline.

Theratjumpedoutoftheox’searandrushedtothefinishlinetowinfirstplace.

Theoxwasveryangry.Eversincethen,theoxalwayslookedattheratwithhisenormouseyes.Thencamethetiger.Thetigerwasroaring,”Iamthefirst,right?””No,youarethethird,”saidtheJadeEmperor.Awhirlwindcameintheskyasthedragon

arrived.Butthe

rabbit

sprintedaheadandtooktheforthplace.Therabbitcouldnotswimbutjumpedacrosstheriveronthebacksoftheotheranimals.降雨大典Youcouldfly.Whydidyouarrivesolate?IhadgonetotheSouthChinaSeatohostarainmakingceremonyandrushed

backinahurrybutwastoolate.Theskywasfilledwithflyingdust.Thehorsewasdashingatfullspeed,butashewasabouttocrossthefinishline,thesnake

suddenlyshotthroughtocomeinsixth.Poorhorse.

Originally,thehorsewasveryboldandbrave,butafterbeingscaredbythesnake,hebecameveryshy.Originally,thesnakehadlegs,butheracedsohard,heranhislegsoff.Workingtogether,thegoat,themonkeyandtheroosterrowedonalog.

Asaresult,theyearnedthemselveseighth,ninth,andtenthplacesrespectively.十一Thencamethe

dog.Hewasaplayful

fellow.Ashecrossedtheriver,hehadsuchagoodtimeinthewaterthatheforgotthetime.Onlyoneopening

wasleft.Allthepeoplewantedtoseewhowasinthelead.ThepigarrivedandsaidI’mstarving,Isthereanyfoodtoeathere?一二三四五六七八九十十一十二Theracewasover.TheJadeEmperoratonceannouncedtheplacesofthetwelveanimalsinthezodiac.

Atthattime,thecatarriveddrippingwet.

Whatismyplace?

Youcameinthirteenth.Thecatwasmad.“Youbadrat!”Hesaid.“Iwon’tspareyou!”Thecatslappedtheratacrossthefaceandknockedoutallofhisteethexcept