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TheStoryofChineseZodiacLong,longtimeago,peoplealwaysforgotinwhichyeartheywerebornandcouldnotfigureoutexactlyhowoldtheywere.TheJadeEmperorcameupwithanidea.It’stoodifficulttorememberayear.Itwouldbeeasiertorememberananimal.Whydon’twechoosetwelveanimalstorepresenttheyears?福德宮TheJadeEmperoraskedtheEarthGodtotelleveryanimalhowtobechosenasoneoftheanimalsforthetwelvesignsofthezodiac.玉皇大帝公告Theriver-crossingraceAllanimalsarewelcometocompete.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,beforetheroosterwokeup,theox,thecatandtheratwerealreadyattheriverside.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.Awhirlwindcameintheskyasthedragonarrived.Buttherabbitsprintedaheadandtooktheforthplace.Therabbitcouldnotswimbutjumpedacrosstheriveronthebacksoftheotheranimals.降雨大典Youcouldfly.Whydidyouarrivesolate?IhadgonetotheSouthChinaSeatohostarainmakingceremonyandrushedbackinahurrybutwastoolate.Theskywasfilledwithflyingdust.Thehorsewasdashingatfullspeed,butashewasabouttocrossthefinishline,thesnakesuddenlyshotthroughtocomeinsixth.Poorhorse.Originally,thehorsewasveryboldandbrave,butafterbeingscaredbythesnake,hebecameveryshy.Originally,thesnakehadlegs,butheracedsohard,heranhislegsoff.Workingtogether,thegoat,themonkeyandtheroosterrowedonalog.Asaresult,theyearnedthemselveseighth,ninth,andtenthplacesrespectively.十一Thencamethedog.Hewasaplayfulfellow.Ashecrossedtheriver,hehadsuchagoodtimeinthewaterthatheforgotthetime.Onlyoneopeningwasleft.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!”Thecatslappedtheratacrossthefaceandknockedoutallofhisteethexceptthetwoinfront.Todaywhentheratseesthecat’sshadow,herunslikecrazy.Evenindaytimehehidesinahole,notdaringtoshowhisface.TheEndJadeEmperor玉皇大帝福德宮EarthGod土地公鼠Ratox牛tiger老虎Rabbit兔子dragon龍snake蛇horse馬goat羊monkey猴子rooster雞狗dog豬PigAnimal動物一二三四五六七八九十十一十二Chinesezodiac中國生肖finishline終點river河川玉皇大帝公告announcement公告riverside河邊whirlwind旋風shadow影子hole洞Difficult困難across越過excited興奮的eager渴望的enormous巨大的starving飢餓Remember記得represent表示;象徵競爭;比賽compete討論discuss吼叫;怒吼roar饒恕spare掌擊;摑slap藏;躲hidelog原木分別地respectivelyKnockout壓倒;使屈服Rush匆促back返回dare敢;膽敢sprint全力衝刺ceremony典禮bold大膽的勇敢的braveplayful喜遊玩的opening空缺place次序suddenly突然地