Folk Stories in Taiwan Province Province

A long time ago, there were no calendars and monthly calendars, and everyone didn't know how to count the years, so they went to the temple to worship and asked the Jade Emperor for help. The Jade Emperor listened to people and said, "Hey! Yes! How do people calculate calendars? We should help everyone find a way. He thought for a long time and finally came up with a good idea. He said: "Animals and humans are very close. If animals are used to represent the year of the world, it is not only easy for everyone to remember, but also very easy to use. I want the animals to race across the river. The twelve animals that first reached the other shore were arranged in the order of arrival as the names of the years. 」

After this order was issued, the animals in the forest were very happy, and everyone was talking about the zodiac competition. At that time, cats and mice were very close as brothers and often ate and slept together. When they were discussing this problem, the clever and treacherous mouse thought, "I don't know how great it would be if I could be the first of the 12 zodiac animals!" " But how can I cross the river if I can't swim? At this time, the cat, who also can't swim, worked hard and came up with an idea. It tells the mouse, "I have an idea. Brother Buffalo likes to help others very much. Ask him to help us cross the river, and he will certainly agree. 」

The day of the game will come soon. That morning, before the rooster woke up, the buffalo had come to the river. The cat rubbed its eyes and stood up. The mouse stretched, too, and could not stand any longer. Buffalo smiled and squatted down and said, "Look at you in a daze! Climb on top of me and I'll take you across the river! The cow's back is wide and warm, and the cat and the mouse climb on it together. The cow carried them and began to cross the river.

When the buffalo crossed the river, the treacherous mouse thought, "If the three of us cross the river together, the top three must be ours;" But I can't! I must rank first! So when the buffalo was about to cross the river, it humbly leaned down and said to the cat, "Brother Cat, the clouds over there are so beautiful! When the cat was distracted, the mouse pushed and pushed the cat into the river.

The buffalo doesn't know what happened on its back. Seeing the cat that can't swim fall into the water, the mouse proudly shouted, "Niu Ge! Come on! We're almost there! Then, it quickly got into the buffalo's ear. When the buffalo was about to reach the finish line, the mouse jumped in front of the cow from its ear and landed first, so the mouse won the first place. Buffalo is second.

After a while, the tiger swam over wet. He is sure that he will win the championship. As a result, the Jade Emperor said, "You are too slow to win the third place. 」

When the rabbit crossed the river, it also rode on other animals and won the fourth place. But because the rabbit ran too fast, its lips were cut by branches. So until now, its mouth seems to have split in half.

The fifth place is the dragon. Because it ran to the South China Sea, there was a heavy rain, and the thunder was so loud that it broke its ears. We now call people who can't hear the sound "deaf", and that's how it came about.

Then, a big snake emerged from the grass and won the sixth place. But because he ran too fast, he broke his foot. Now the snake has no feet and can only crawl on the ground.

The seventh place is the horse. Before long, sheep, monkeys and chickens also arrived. Among them, the eighth place is a goat, who first met monkeys and chickens by the river. They happened to see logs floating in the river, so they jumped into the logs and crossed the river together.

When crossing the river, the monkey sat in the middle. Because it has been sitting on the wood for too long, its ass is red, so now the monkey's ass is red.

This chicken used to have four feet, but when crossing the river, two feet were crushed by logs, so now there are only two feet left.

That naughty dog swims very slowly. It swims like taking a bath.

The pig also crossed the river slowly, and as soon as he landed, he kept panting loudly, as if to say, "I'm exhausted!" " I'm exhausted! "It won the first 12.