老虎和老鼠的英语故事阅读

老虎和老鼠的英语故事阅读

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老虎和老鼠的英语故事

Cat

and

Rat

were

the

worst

swimmers

in

the

animal

kingdom.

Although

they

were

poor

swimmers,

they

were

both

quite

intelligent.

To

get

to

the

meeting called by the Jade Emperor, they had to cross a river

to

reach

the

meeting

place.

The

Jade

Emperor

had

also

decreed that the years

on the calendar would be named

for

each

animal

as

they

arrived

to

the

meeting.

Cat

and

Rat

decided that the best and fastest way to cross the river was to

hop

on

the

back

of

Ox.

Ox,

being

nave

and

good-natured,

agreed to carry them both across. Midway across the river, Rat

pushed Cat into the water. Then as Ox neared the other side of

the river, Rat jumped ahead and reached the shore first. So he

claimed first place in the competition and the zodiac.

Following closely behind was strong Ox who was named

the

2nd

animal

in

the

zodiac.

After

Ox,

came

Tiger,

panting,

while

explaining

to

the

Jade

Emperor

how

difficult

it

was

to

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cross the river with the heavy currents pushing it downstream

all

the

time.

But

with

its

powerful

strength,

Tiger

made

to

shore and was named the 3rd animal in the cycle.

Suddenly, from

a

distance came

a

thumping

sound,

and

the

Rabbit

arrived.

It

explained

how

it

crossed

the

river:

by

jumping

from

one

stone

to

another

in

a

nimble

fashion.

Halfway

through,

it

almost

lost

the

race,

but

the

Rabbit

was

lucky enough to grab hold of a floating log that later washed

him to shore. For that, it became the 4th animal in the Zodiac

cycle. Coming in 5th place was the Flying Dragon. Of course,

the Jade Emperor was deeply curious as to why a swift flying

creature such as the Dragon should fail to reach first place. The

mighty Dragon explained that he had to stop and make rain to

help all the people and creatures of the earth, and therefore he

was held back. Then, on his way to the finish, he saw a little

helpless Rabbit clinging onto a log so he did a good deed and

gave a puff of breath to the poor creature so that it could land

on

the

shore.

The

Jade

Emperor

was

very

pleased

with

the

actions of the Dragon, and he was added into the zodiac cycle.

As soon as he had done so, a galloping sound was heard, and

the Horse appeared. Hidden on the Horses hoof was the Snake,

whose

sudden

appearance

gave

the

Horse

a

fright,

thus

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making it fall back and giving the Snake the 6th spot, while the

Horse placed 7th.

Not

long

after

that,

a

little

distance

away,

the

Sheep,

Monkey, and Rooster came to the shore. These three creatures

helped

each

other

to

get

to

where

they

are.

The

Rooster

spotted a raft, and took the other two animals with it. Together,

the

Sheep

and

the

Monkey

cleared

the

weeds,

tugged

and

pulled

and

finally

got

the

raft

to

the

shore.

Because

of

their

combined efforts, the Emperor was very pleased and promptly

named the Sheep as the 8th creature, the Monkey as the 9th,

and the Rooster the 10th.

The 11th animal was the Dog. Although he was supposed

to be the best swimmer, he could not resist the temptation to

play

a

little

longer

in

the

river.

Though

his

explanation

for

being late was because he needed a good bath after a long

spell. For that, he almost didnt make it to finish line. Just as the

Jade Emperor

was about to call

it a

day,

an

oink

and

squeal

was heard from a little Pig. The Pig got hungry during the race,

promptly

stopped

for

a

feast

and

then

fell

asleep.

After

the

nap,

the

Pig

continued

the

race

and

was

named

the

12th

animal of the zodiac cycle. The Cat finished as thirteenth place

and did not make it in the zodiac.

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