十二生肖英文故事

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.Howeagertheratwantedtowinfirstplace.Whentheoxwasafewsecondawayfromtheoppositebankoftheriver,theratpushedthecatintothewaterandwentintooneoftheox’sears.Theoxhadnoideaofwhathadjusthappenedbutheardtheratsaying“BigBrotherOx,Go!Go!Go!Wearealmostthere!Wecanmakeit.”Theoxclimbeduptheshoreandrantothefinishline.Theratjumpedoutoftheox’searandrushedtothefinishlinetowinfirstplace.Thencamethetiger.Thetigerwasroaring,”Iamthefirst,right?””No,youarethethird,”saidtheJadeEmperor.Buttherabbitsprintedaheadandtooktheforthplace.Therabbitcouldnotswimbutjumpedacrosstheriveronthebacksoftheotheranimals.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.Todaywhentheratseesthecat’sshadow,herunslikecrazy.Evenindaytimehehidesinahole,notdaringtoshowhisface.TheEnd