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Sunday, January 30, 2005
The story of the chinese zodiac
A long time ago, there were twelve animals - a dog, a pig, a rat, an ox, a tiger, a hare, a dragon, a snake, a horse, a ram, a monkey, and a cockerel. One day these twelve animals were arguing as it had been decided to name the years after them and each wanted the first year to have their name.
"This first year should be named after me!" said the dog.
"No," snapped the monkey, "It should be named after me.
"No," shouted the dragon, "After me."
And so it went on all day. The gods were listening and ordered all the animals to stop arguing. They stopped, they stood still and they listened.
The gods said to them, "Can you see that river?" and the animals nodded.
"You must have a swimming race across it and we will name the first year after the winner."
When the animals had lined up on the river bank, the gods called out,
"Ready, steady, GO!"
They all jumped in and swam as fast as they could.
The ox was very strong and was soon leading the race but the rat was clever, he grabbed hold of the ox's tail and climbed up onto his back. The ox did not even know he was there and felt sure that he was going to win.
Just as the ox reached the other side of the river the rat ran along his back, down his nose and jumped off onto the land.
"Hooray!" shouted the rat, "I am the winner, I am first."
The ox was very surprised and could not understand how the rat had managed to swim faster than him.
The gods laughed and declared that the rat really was the winner and should have the first year named after him.
The ox would have the second year;
The tiger the third;
The hare the fourth;
The dragon the fifth;
The snake the sixth;
The horse the seventh;
The ram the eighth;
The monkey the ninth;
The cockerel the tenth;
The dog the eleventh;
and the pig, who was last, the twelth.
After all the animals had a turn, the cycle would be repeated. The animals did not argue anymore, and they were all happy, especially the rat, because he had won.
THE END!
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