Myths and legends of the story of the zodiac

About the 12 zodiac signs, it is a very interesting topic. In the ranking of the zodiac signs, why is the rat small and the big one? Are there any rats and no cats?

Here's a story. A long, long time ago, one day, people said, "We are going to choose twelve animals as the zodiac signs of the people, one animal a year."

How many animals are there in the world? How to choose? Let's set a date, on this day, the animals come to sign up, and the twelve animals that come first are selected as the zodiac.

Cats and mice are neighbors and good friends, and they both want to sign up. The cat said, "We have to get up early in the morning to sign up, but I like to sleep lazy, what should I do?"

The mouse said, "Don't worry, don't worry, you can sleep in your big sleep, and as soon as I wake up, I will call you, and we will go together." The cat was glad to hear this and said:

You're such a good friend of mine, thank you. On the morning of the registration, the mouse had already woken up, but he only thought about himself and forgot about his good friend cat. I signed up for it myself.

As a result, the rat was chosen. What about cats? The cat woke up too late because he was too lazy to sleep, and by the time he arrived, twelve animals had already been chosen.

When the cat was not chosen, he was angry with the mouse, and the strange mouse did not call it, and from then on, when the cat saw the mouse, it wanted to eat it, and the mouse had to run away desperately. Still so. Do you know which zodiac signs?

They are: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs. How do you put the little mouse in the first place?

There's a story here, too. On the day of registration, the rats got up early, and the cows got up early. They ran into them on the road.

The ox is big and takes big steps, and the mouse is small and takes small steps, and the mouse runs out of breath and just keeps up with the ox. The mouse thought to himself: The road is still long, I can't run, what can I do?

As soon as his brain moved, he came up with an idea, and said to the cow, "Brother Niu, Brother Niu, I'll sing you a song." The cow said

Okay, you sing it, hey, why don't you sing it? The mouse said, "I'm singing, why don't you hear?"

Oh, my voice is so thin that you don't hear it. So let me ride on your neck and sing, and you will hear me. The cow said

Xingluo, Xingluo! The rat climbed up the cow's neck along the leg and let the cow carry it, but it was comfortable. It shook its head and really sang:

Brother Niu, Brother Niu, cross the river, climb the hill, drive, drive, hurry up! When Niu heard this, he was happy, spread his four legs and ran hard, ran to the place where he registered, and saw that no one came, and shouted happily: "I am the first, I am the first!"

Before the cow could finish speaking, the mouse jumped up from the cow's neck, jumped to the ground, squeaked, and jumped in front of the ox. As a result, the mouse won the first place and the ox won the second place, so, in the zodiac, the little mouse was ranked first.

Folktales and legends: The story of the 12 zodiac signs.