Do you know why there are no cats in the 12 zodiac signs? Why are cats so mice? Why are the rat the 12 zodiac signs the eldest? Why do roosters whisper?
Legend a long time ago, there were no 12 zodiac signs. As the population grows and time goes by, a problem arises: people don’t know what year they were born, and they always make noises about age.
This matter was discovered by Jade Emperor , so he sent the gods to the earth to tell everyone that they should select twelve animals from among the animals, and each animal will represent the zodiac sign of the person born in this year.
" Jade Emperor stipulates the time, requiring everyone to come to the Heavenly Palace on the year, month, day, and hour. The earlier they come, the higher they are. If they come late, they will not be able to be ranked." What a glorious thing it is to be selected as the zodiac sign. The animals are very happy, and everyone wants to be the boss.
At that time, cats and mouse were still good friends who lived together and were inseparable. The cat really wanted to be the first, but he liked to sleep all day long, so he said to the mouse, "I'll take you to the Heavenly Palace, but remember to call me."
The mouse swears: "No problem, I will definitely call you."
Although the mouse agreed, he still had his own plans. He knew that the old Niu was diligent and got up very early every day. So he found Lao Niu and said, "Can you accompany me to the Heavenly Palace?" Lao Niu agreed, an honest man.
At that time, the dragon had no horns, and he felt that the bare and ugly on his head were. The dragon saw the chicken walking past him. The chicken's feathers were colorful and had a pair of beautiful horns, so he praised the chicken and said, "Look, you are so beautiful and majestic. Unlike me, you have no advantage."
The chicken was very proud of his feelings, so he generously lent his horns to the dragon, "If you choose the zodiac sign, remember to return it to me." dragon was very happy when he heard this.
It is time to choose the zodiac sign, and before the sun showed its face, the honest old ox came to call him a mouse. The mouse looked at the cat sleeping soundly beside him and thought to himself: If I asked him to go to the Heavenly Palace, there would definitely be another competitor. Forget it, I'd better ignore him.
So, the mouse jumped on the back of the cow and set off with the old cow.
Jade Emperor was waiting for the animals early in the morning. He saw the cow shaking his head and tail and said happily, "Old ox, I knew you were the most diligent. As expected, this boss will belong to you." As soon as
finished speaking, the mouse jumped off the cow's back and said, "Slowly, I'm the first one."
The Jade Emperor saw the mouse standing in front of him and became the first. There was no way, the rules were made by himself, so the mouse became the boss of the 12 zodiac signs.
The old cow was honest for the cow and didn't say anything. He was very satisfied with ranking second.
Then tiger , rabbit, and dragon also arrived one after another, ranking third, fourth and fifth respectively. When the Jade Emperor saw the dragon's horn, he praised his horn for being so beautiful, and the dragon was proud. The snake came out so hard that it was also rushing to the sixth place.
I heard the noise outside the hall, and the horse and Yang Qian asked each other to invite each other first. In the end, the horse could not resist the sheep's enthusiasm and ranked seventh and the sheep ranked eighth. Monkey, chicken, pigs and dogs came late and lined up to the end.
12 has been selected. Some animals are happy and some are worried. They are very happy to be elected, but they are depressed if they are not selected.
People are also very happy and finally know when they were born.
The cat yawned and woke up. Hearing a noisy outside, he realized that the twelve zodiac signs had been selected. He was very angry.
At this time, I happened to see a mouse walking happily on the street! The cat rushed over in anger and questioned the mouse: "You untrustworthy guy, I will eat you in one bite."
The mouse was so scared that he ran away, and got into the hole in the wall below the house, and never dared to come out again. Since then, the cat hated the mouse so much that he would catch it whenever he saw it. He wanted to ask him what was going on.
Chicken also went to find dragons to ask for horns, but the dragon thought the horns were very beautiful, which means it would be better tomorrow. The next morning, the dragon ran to the sky with auspicious clouds and never came back.
The chicken was very angry, so he shouted to the sky early in the morning: "Oh, give it back to me quickly!" From that day on, the chicken kept chirping, and from generation to generation.
