It is said that in ancient times, it is no zodiac. Zodiac is scheduled for later Emperor.
Emperor scheduled to give people the zodiac, Shaw decided to convene a General Assembly on the day Thinley. He made a path to a variety of animals meeting edicts.
At that time, Tom and Jerry are very good friends. They live together like brothers. Shaw opened the General Assembly on the decree sent Tom and Jerry there, they are very happy, decided to go to participate. Cat it will doze off, it is also aware of this, so the day before the meeting, on pre and mice prodded.
"Rat brother! You know I am very'll doze." Cat uncle politely said, "Tomorrow, when Shaw went on, would help if I fell asleep, and you call me good?"
Mouse boldly said: "Do not worry I'll sleep okay to wake you up!!"
Cat uncle said "thank you." Mama beard on, rest assured asleep. However, the next morning, rats up early, eat breakfast, go ting herself to heaven. For sleeping cat, it soon did not ask.
Long live the water ri brother, this day has been open on the Shaw Conference notice. Long was born very mighty: the whole body has a shiny scales, with a big nose and a thick and long beard. It thought: This time the election zodiac, own non-being can not be elected. But the dragon brother has a fly in the ointment, it is bare head, the lack of one pair of beautiful corners. It thought: if I have one pair of beautiful corners, that the more wonderful! Want it want it made up his mind, he determined to put on a pair of corner borrow.
Happened! It is clear from the pool drilled out to look, I saw a big cock, bulging chest, walked Fangbu shore. At that time, the head of a rooster with a pair of horn. Long saw his brother, very happy, and quickly swam to sweep rooster call: "Chicken father tomorrow I want to go on Shaw, lend me your corner wearing a wearing, okay!?"
Chicken father replied: "! Oh, I'm sorry brother dragon, tomorrow I have to go on the Shore!"
Long brother said: "Chicken father, your head is too small, so wear a pair of horn, it is not commensurate with, or lend me wear it you see me bald, how like you need a pair of corner ah! ! "
At this time, from the rock crevices drilling out a centipede. Centipede is love nosy. It listened to the words of the dragon brother, broke in: "Your father put the horn lend chicken dragon brother with a back to it if you do not worry, I do grantor, how kind!.?"
Chicken father thought for a moment, he is not the diagonal, but also beautiful enough, so I agreed to do the centipede grantor, the angle lend dragon brother.
The next day, the day Thinley was opened on a grand Shaw General Assembly, all kinds of animals are in attendance. Emperor elected cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, pigs, rabbits, tiger, dragon, snake, monkey, chicken, mice and other twelve animals in the animal, as the people of the zodiac. Emperor Why just pick these types of animals? For example: pick up the chicken, why not ducks? Pick a tiger, why do not the Lions? He in the end is chosen based on what? These, we know nothing.
Selected after twelve animals, there is a troublesome problem that has a scheduled order.
At that time, with the dispute in this matter. In particular, who is the lead issue, talking about. Emperor said: "The biggest cattle among you, let the lead cow Shaw did it first!"
We are satisfied, even the tiger in favor. Unexpectedly, a small mouse but thumbs said: "We should say, every time I'm bigger than cattle, I appeared in front of people, they cried!
And said: 'Oh! This mouse is really big! 'But never heard people say:' Oh, this is really big cow! 'Visible in people's minds, I really larger than the cow! "
Mouse this speech, just the Jade Emperor confused. Emperor said: "Is there really such a thing I do not think so, right??"
Ma said quackish monkeys and mice. But the mouse confidently said: "If you do not believe, you can try!"
Chickens, dogs, rabbits, sheep and so agreed to give it a try, Emperor also agreed, he took the twelve animals to the earth to go.
Mouse said the same thing really, when buffalo in front of people walked by, people have themselves, saying: This cow is really big. At this time, the cunning rat suddenly climbed up Cattle, upright on two feet. When people see the back of the bull mice, really immediately exclaimed: "! Oh, this mouse is really big."
Emperor met hear people exclaim. He frowned, helplessly said:. "! Well, since people say the big mouse, rat I do let Shaw As the first cow, they stoop second it."
Even so determined. Now this is the kind zodiac sign: Mouse is the first Shaw, Shaw is the second cow.
Shaw made the first mouse, triumphantly back. Hazy sleepy cat saw, surprised and asked: "?? Rat brother, how is it today, it does not open on the Shore of the General Assembly"
Mouse strutting replied: "!! Are you still dreaming on Shaw Assembly has already opened, and there are 12 kinds of animals on the Shore, I was the first."
Cats uncle really surprised, staring with eyes, asked: "? Why did you not go with me."
Mouse casually replied: "! Forgot"
Uncle angry cat curled mustache stud, shouted:!?. "Little things that you do not trust you are not personally promised to wake me do otherwise, I will not harm you boldly sleep I missed a big deal, I'll tell you afterwards! "
Mouse is also unwilling to admit. It nonchalantly said: "Well, what accounts you can count it is called, is mutual affection, do not call you, I'm not your duty attendant?.!"
This is what may be the cat uncle was furious. It "wheezes" gasped, suddenly a grinding his teeth, "call" rushed in to bite a mouse head and neck. Mouse only the hind legs bounced twice, "chirp" called twice, cut off the gas.
Since then, Tom and Jerry became bitter rivals, now or so.
Besides Cock disclosed on Shaw Assembly back, a stomach upset. It wants: the Dragon Emperor brother came in front of their own, it is likely and that a diagonal relationship. It decided to get back to that diagonal.
Chicken with water puddles father went and saw the dragon brother is happily swimming in there, it is very politely said: "! Long brother, would you please put me right back corner."
Long brother heard, ate scared, overwhelmed and said:!?. "Oh, father chicken key players to do what you tell the truth, you do not have corners, it looks more beautiful than the long corner, but for me to say a diagonal is how much we need ah! "
Chicken father listened, very unhappy to say: "! Long brother, no matter how much you need to angle, but borrowed other people's stuff, always have to repay it."
Long brother sometimes not answer. It pondered a moment, suddenly politely Chicken father bowed, said: "!.! Sorry, chicken father and now I want to rest it, we talk about it later" finished, ranging from chicken father answer, just a bored child, drill into the bottom anymore.
Chicken father anger and hate, flapping in the water puddles desperately shouting: "!! Long brother, my dragon brother angle also, horn Also I ......" But the dragon brother hiding Tandi sleep, Li also ignore.
Chicken father shouting for a long time, throat, also called dumb, lack the force. It can not be thought, I decided to go to the grantor centipede speak.
Chicken father in the rubble pile to find the centipede, the dragon brother still refuses to angle things, lay it to tell it again, and finally said:. "Centipede uncle, you are the guarantor, that thing you can not forget"
Centipede head held high like a long time, slowly, said:. "I think my brother would corner the dragon back to you if it really still refuses, then there is no way I can think of chicken father, you are understand, it hiding in the water, it told me how to find it? "
Chicken father flushed with anger, he said: "!?! But then you are done voluntarily grantor Yeah Is there such a thing on it grantor irresponsible"
Centipede is also impatient, he said: "Chicken father, it can not be said did you borrow angle to it, I plug come entirely voluntary, but to be a peace guarantor fills again, I had to do when the insurance, can not think... Long disloyal brother will not. If I can anticipate this, I did not give it insured. "
"Then how do you say it?" Chicken suppress anger father asked.
"I say it? I say if I refused also, you had to consider themselves unlucky up. It also did not think twice blame yourself, too reckless a bit." Centipede said.
"I blame myself?" Chicken staring eyes closing in a step father asked.
"Of course, he did not blame you should first think twice." Act recklessly centipede replied.
Chicken a father flushed with anger. It elongates neck, suddenly pecking live centipede brain like, dumped a few times, gargling stomach gone.
Since then, every summer, we often see rooster pecking in the yard eating centipede. And every day at dawn, chicken father to think of it lost corner, always open the throat big Jiaoji Sheng: "Long brother, horn Also I ......"
據(jù)說，古時(shí)候，人們是沒有生肖的。十二生肖是后來玉帝給排定的。
玉帝為了給人們排定生肖，決定在天廷里召開一個(gè)上肖大會(huì)。他給各種動(dòng)物發(fā)了道開會(huì)的圣旨。
那時(shí)候，貓和老鼠是很要好的朋友。它們生活在一起，像兄弟一樣。開上肖大會(huì)的圣旨送到了貓和老鼠那里，它們都很高興，決定一起去參加。貓很會(huì)打瞌睡，它自己也知道這一點(diǎn)，所以在開會(huì)前一天，就預(yù)先和老鼠打了招呼。
“鼠弟！你知道我是很會(huì)打瞌睡的?！必埓鬆斂蜌獾卣f，“明天去上肖的時(shí)候，倘使我睡著了，你叫我一下好不好？”
老鼠拍著胸脯說：“你放心睡好啦！到時(shí)候我會(huì)叫醒你的！”
貓大爺說了聲“謝謝你?！本湍ê?，放心睡著了?？墒牵诙煸绯?，老鼠很早起來，吃過早飯，獨(dú)個(gè)兒上天廷去了。對正在熟睡的貓，它一聲也沒有叫。
住在清水潭里的龍哥哥，這天也得到了開上肖大會(huì)的通知。龍是生得很威武的：渾身有亮晶晶的鱗甲，加上一個(gè)大鼻子和一把又粗又長的大胡子。它想：這一次選生肖，自己非被選上不可。但是龍哥哥有個(gè)美中不足的地方，那就是頭上光禿禿的，缺少一對美麗的角。它想：如果我再有一對美麗的角，那該有多好?。∠胙较氲?，它就打定主意，決心要借一對角來戴上。
正巧！它從清水潭里鉆出來一看，就看見一只大公雞，挺著胸脯，在岸邊踱方步。那時(shí)候，公雞頭上是有一對大角的。龍哥哥一見，高興極了，連忙游過去，向公雞掃呼：“雞公公！明天我要上肖去，把你的角借我戴一戴好嗎？”
雞公公回答說：“啊呀，龍哥哥！真對不起，明天我也要上肖去呢！”
龍哥哥說：“雞公公，你的頭太小了，戴上這么一對大角，實(shí)在很不相稱，還是借給我戴吧！你看我這個(gè)光頭，多么需要一對像你一樣的角??！”
就在這時(shí)候，從石頭縫里鉆出來一條蜈蚣。蜈蚣是很愛管閑事的。它聽了龍哥哥的話，插嘴說：“雞公公！你就把角借給龍哥哥用一回吧。如果你不放心，我來做保人，怎么樣？”
雞公公想了一想，自己就是沒有這一對角，也夠漂亮了，就答應(yīng)由蜈蚣做保人，把角借給龍哥哥。
第二天，天廷里就開了一個(gè)盛大的上肖大會(huì)，各種動(dòng)物都到齊了。玉帝在動(dòng)物中選出了牛、馬羊、狗、豬、兔子、老虎、龍、蛇、猴子、雞、老鼠等十二種動(dòng)物，作為人的生肖。玉帝為什么只挑這幾種動(dòng)物呢？譬如：挑了雞，為什么不要鴨子？挑了老虎，為什么不要獅子？他到底是根據(jù)什么挑選的？這些，我們一點(diǎn)也不知道。
挑選出十二種動(dòng)物以后，還有一個(gè)麻煩的問題，就是排定先后的次序。
當(dāng)時(shí)，在這件事情上有了爭執(zhí)。特別是由誰領(lǐng)頭的問題，議論紛紛。玉帝說：“你們中間牛，就讓牛領(lǐng)頭做第一肖吧！”
大家都滿意，連老虎也贊成。不料小小的老鼠卻翹起大拇指說：“應(yīng)該說，我比牛還要大！每次，我在人們面前一出現(xiàn)，他們就叫起
來說：‘啊呀！這個(gè)老鼠真大！’卻從來也沒有聽見人說過：‘啊呀，這頭牛真大！’可見在人們的心目中，我實(shí)在比牛大！”
老鼠這一番話，簡直把玉帝弄糊涂了。玉帝說：“難道真有這樣的事嗎？我看不見得吧？”
猴子和馬都說老鼠胡吹。但是老鼠理直氣壯地說：“你們要是不相信，可以試一試！”
雞、狗、兔、羊等都同意試一試，玉帝也同意了，他就帶了十二種動(dòng)物到人間去。
事情真如老鼠所說的一樣，當(dāng)大水牛在人們面前走過的時(shí)候，人們紛紛議論說：這頭牛真大。這時(shí)，狡猾的老鼠突然爬到牛背上去，用兩腳直立起來。人們一見牛背上的老鼠，果然立即就驚呼起來：“啊呀，這只老鼠真大！”
玉帝親耳聽見了人們的驚呼。他皺皺眉頭，無可奈何地說：“好吧，既然人們都說老鼠大，我就讓老鼠做第一肖。至于牛，就屈尊第二吧！”
這樣就算確定下來了?，F(xiàn)在的十二生肖就這是樣：老鼠是第一肖，牛是第二肖。
老鼠做了第一肖，得意洋洋地回來了。睡眼蒙朧的貓看見了，奇怪地問道：“鼠弟，怎么啦？今天沒有開上肖大會(huì)嗎？”
老鼠神氣活現(xiàn)地回答道：“你還在做夢呢！上肖大會(huì)早已開過了，有十二種動(dòng)物上了肖，我是第一名！”
貓大爺著實(shí)吃了一驚，圓睜著兩眼，問道：“那你為什么沒叫我一道去？”
老鼠輕描淡寫地回答道：“忘記了！”
貓大爺氣得胡子根根翹起，大聲嚷道：“小東西，你不講信用！你不是親口答應(yīng)叫醒我的嗎？要不然，我也不會(huì)放膽睡著。你害我誤了一件大事，我要跟你算賬！”
老鼠一點(diǎn)也不肯認(rèn)錯(cuò)。它滿不在乎地說：“哼，有什么賬可算呢？叫你，是情分，不叫你，是本分。我又不是你的跟班！”
這一下可把貓大爺氣壞了。它“呼哧呼哧”地喘著氣，突然把牙齒一磨，“呼”的撲上去，咬住老鼠的頭頸。老鼠只把后腿彈了兩下，“唧唧”叫了兩聲，就斷了氣。
從此，貓和老鼠就成了死對頭，直到現(xiàn)在還是這樣。
再說雞公公開了上肖大會(huì)回來，一肚子不高興。它想：玉帝把龍哥哥排在自己前面，很可能和那對角有關(guān)系。它決定把那對角討回來。
雞公公走到清水潭邊，看見龍哥哥正在興高采烈地在那里游水，它就很有禮貌地說：“龍哥哥，請你把角還給我吧！”
龍哥哥一聽，吃了驚，不知所措地說：“啊呀，雞公公！你要角做什么呢？說實(shí)在的，你沒有角，看起來比長著角更美麗?？墒菍ξ艺f來，一對角是多么需要啊！”
雞公公聽了，很不高興地說：“龍哥哥，不管你多么需要角，可是借了人家的東西，總是要還的呀！”
龍哥哥一時(shí)答不上來。它沉吟了一下，忽然很有禮貌地對雞公公鞠了一個(gè)躬，說：“對不起，雞公公！現(xiàn)在我要休息去了。這件事，我們以后再談吧！”說完，不等雞公公回話，就一個(gè)悶子，鉆到水底下去了。
雞公公又氣又恨，拍著翅膀，在清水潭邊拚命地叫喊：“龍哥哥，角還我！龍哥哥，角還我！……”可是龍哥哥躲在潭底睡大覺，理也不理。
雞公公叫喊了半天，喉嚨也叫啞了，力也乏了。它無法可想，決定去找保人蜈蚣說話。
雞公公在亂石堆里找到蜈蚣，把龍哥哥不肯還角的事，一五一十地告訴了一遍，最后說：“蜈蚣叔叔，你是保人，這件事你不能不管。”
蜈蚣昂著頭想了半天，慢吞吞地說：“我想龍哥哥會(huì)把角還給你的。如果，它真的不肯還，那么，我也沒有辦法可想。雞公公，你是明白的，它躲在水里，叫我怎么去找它呢？”
雞公公氣得滿面通紅，說：“可是當(dāng)時(shí)你是自愿做保人的呀！難道有這種保人嗎？出了事情就不負(fù)責(zé)任了！”
蜈蚣也發(fā)急說：“雞公公，那可不能這樣說。當(dāng)初你借角給它，完全出于自愿。我插上來，不過做個(gè)太平保人罷了。再說，我當(dāng)初做保的時(shí)候，也想不到龍哥哥會(huì)不講信用的。要是我能預(yù)料到這一點(diǎn)，也就不會(huì)給它做保了?！?BR> “那你說怎么辦呢？”雞公公壓住火氣問。
“我說嗎？我說它要是真不肯還，你就只好自認(rèn)晦氣了。這也只怪你自己當(dāng)初沒有三思而行，太魯莽了些?！彬隍颊f。
“怪我自己？”雞公公瞪著眼睛逼進(jìn)了一步問。
“當(dāng)然，首先應(yīng)該怪你自己沒有三思而行?！辈恢阑畹尿隍蓟卮鹫f。
雞公公氣得滿臉通紅了。它伸長了頸，一下子就啄住蜈蚣的腦像，甩了幾下，吞到肚子里去了。
從那時(shí)起，每到夏天，我們就常?？匆姽u在院子里啄蜈蚣吃。并且每天天一亮，雞公公就想起了它失去的角，總要放開喉嚨大叫幾聲：“龍哥哥，角還我……”
Emperor scheduled to give people the zodiac, Shaw decided to convene a General Assembly on the day Thinley. He made a path to a variety of animals meeting edicts.
At that time, Tom and Jerry are very good friends. They live together like brothers. Shaw opened the General Assembly on the decree sent Tom and Jerry there, they are very happy, decided to go to participate. Cat it will doze off, it is also aware of this, so the day before the meeting, on pre and mice prodded.
"Rat brother! You know I am very'll doze." Cat uncle politely said, "Tomorrow, when Shaw went on, would help if I fell asleep, and you call me good?"
Mouse boldly said: "Do not worry I'll sleep okay to wake you up!!"
Cat uncle said "thank you." Mama beard on, rest assured asleep. However, the next morning, rats up early, eat breakfast, go ting herself to heaven. For sleeping cat, it soon did not ask.
Long live the water ri brother, this day has been open on the Shaw Conference notice. Long was born very mighty: the whole body has a shiny scales, with a big nose and a thick and long beard. It thought: This time the election zodiac, own non-being can not be elected. But the dragon brother has a fly in the ointment, it is bare head, the lack of one pair of beautiful corners. It thought: if I have one pair of beautiful corners, that the more wonderful! Want it want it made up his mind, he determined to put on a pair of corner borrow.
Happened! It is clear from the pool drilled out to look, I saw a big cock, bulging chest, walked Fangbu shore. At that time, the head of a rooster with a pair of horn. Long saw his brother, very happy, and quickly swam to sweep rooster call: "Chicken father tomorrow I want to go on Shaw, lend me your corner wearing a wearing, okay!?"
Chicken father replied: "! Oh, I'm sorry brother dragon, tomorrow I have to go on the Shore!"
Long brother said: "Chicken father, your head is too small, so wear a pair of horn, it is not commensurate with, or lend me wear it you see me bald, how like you need a pair of corner ah! ! "
At this time, from the rock crevices drilling out a centipede. Centipede is love nosy. It listened to the words of the dragon brother, broke in: "Your father put the horn lend chicken dragon brother with a back to it if you do not worry, I do grantor, how kind!.?"
Chicken father thought for a moment, he is not the diagonal, but also beautiful enough, so I agreed to do the centipede grantor, the angle lend dragon brother.
The next day, the day Thinley was opened on a grand Shaw General Assembly, all kinds of animals are in attendance. Emperor elected cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, pigs, rabbits, tiger, dragon, snake, monkey, chicken, mice and other twelve animals in the animal, as the people of the zodiac. Emperor Why just pick these types of animals? For example: pick up the chicken, why not ducks? Pick a tiger, why do not the Lions? He in the end is chosen based on what? These, we know nothing.
Selected after twelve animals, there is a troublesome problem that has a scheduled order.
At that time, with the dispute in this matter. In particular, who is the lead issue, talking about. Emperor said: "The biggest cattle among you, let the lead cow Shaw did it first!"
We are satisfied, even the tiger in favor. Unexpectedly, a small mouse but thumbs said: "We should say, every time I'm bigger than cattle, I appeared in front of people, they cried!
And said: 'Oh! This mouse is really big! 'But never heard people say:' Oh, this is really big cow! 'Visible in people's minds, I really larger than the cow! "
Mouse this speech, just the Jade Emperor confused. Emperor said: "Is there really such a thing I do not think so, right??"
Ma said quackish monkeys and mice. But the mouse confidently said: "If you do not believe, you can try!"
Chickens, dogs, rabbits, sheep and so agreed to give it a try, Emperor also agreed, he took the twelve animals to the earth to go.
Mouse said the same thing really, when buffalo in front of people walked by, people have themselves, saying: This cow is really big. At this time, the cunning rat suddenly climbed up Cattle, upright on two feet. When people see the back of the bull mice, really immediately exclaimed: "! Oh, this mouse is really big."
Emperor met hear people exclaim. He frowned, helplessly said:. "! Well, since people say the big mouse, rat I do let Shaw As the first cow, they stoop second it."
Even so determined. Now this is the kind zodiac sign: Mouse is the first Shaw, Shaw is the second cow.
Shaw made the first mouse, triumphantly back. Hazy sleepy cat saw, surprised and asked: "?? Rat brother, how is it today, it does not open on the Shore of the General Assembly"
Mouse strutting replied: "!! Are you still dreaming on Shaw Assembly has already opened, and there are 12 kinds of animals on the Shore, I was the first."
Cats uncle really surprised, staring with eyes, asked: "? Why did you not go with me."
Mouse casually replied: "! Forgot"
Uncle angry cat curled mustache stud, shouted:!?. "Little things that you do not trust you are not personally promised to wake me do otherwise, I will not harm you boldly sleep I missed a big deal, I'll tell you afterwards! "
Mouse is also unwilling to admit. It nonchalantly said: "Well, what accounts you can count it is called, is mutual affection, do not call you, I'm not your duty attendant?.!"
This is what may be the cat uncle was furious. It "wheezes" gasped, suddenly a grinding his teeth, "call" rushed in to bite a mouse head and neck. Mouse only the hind legs bounced twice, "chirp" called twice, cut off the gas.
Since then, Tom and Jerry became bitter rivals, now or so.
Besides Cock disclosed on Shaw Assembly back, a stomach upset. It wants: the Dragon Emperor brother came in front of their own, it is likely and that a diagonal relationship. It decided to get back to that diagonal.
Chicken with water puddles father went and saw the dragon brother is happily swimming in there, it is very politely said: "! Long brother, would you please put me right back corner."
Long brother heard, ate scared, overwhelmed and said:!?. "Oh, father chicken key players to do what you tell the truth, you do not have corners, it looks more beautiful than the long corner, but for me to say a diagonal is how much we need ah! "
Chicken father listened, very unhappy to say: "! Long brother, no matter how much you need to angle, but borrowed other people's stuff, always have to repay it."
Long brother sometimes not answer. It pondered a moment, suddenly politely Chicken father bowed, said: "!.! Sorry, chicken father and now I want to rest it, we talk about it later" finished, ranging from chicken father answer, just a bored child, drill into the bottom anymore.
Chicken father anger and hate, flapping in the water puddles desperately shouting: "!! Long brother, my dragon brother angle also, horn Also I ......" But the dragon brother hiding Tandi sleep, Li also ignore.
Chicken father shouting for a long time, throat, also called dumb, lack the force. It can not be thought, I decided to go to the grantor centipede speak.
Chicken father in the rubble pile to find the centipede, the dragon brother still refuses to angle things, lay it to tell it again, and finally said:. "Centipede uncle, you are the guarantor, that thing you can not forget"
Centipede head held high like a long time, slowly, said:. "I think my brother would corner the dragon back to you if it really still refuses, then there is no way I can think of chicken father, you are understand, it hiding in the water, it told me how to find it? "
Chicken father flushed with anger, he said: "!?! But then you are done voluntarily grantor Yeah Is there such a thing on it grantor irresponsible"
Centipede is also impatient, he said: "Chicken father, it can not be said did you borrow angle to it, I plug come entirely voluntary, but to be a peace guarantor fills again, I had to do when the insurance, can not think... Long disloyal brother will not. If I can anticipate this, I did not give it insured. "
"Then how do you say it?" Chicken suppress anger father asked.
"I say it? I say if I refused also, you had to consider themselves unlucky up. It also did not think twice blame yourself, too reckless a bit." Centipede said.
"I blame myself?" Chicken staring eyes closing in a step father asked.
"Of course, he did not blame you should first think twice." Act recklessly centipede replied.
Chicken a father flushed with anger. It elongates neck, suddenly pecking live centipede brain like, dumped a few times, gargling stomach gone.
Since then, every summer, we often see rooster pecking in the yard eating centipede. And every day at dawn, chicken father to think of it lost corner, always open the throat big Jiaoji Sheng: "Long brother, horn Also I ......"
據(jù)說，古時(shí)候，人們是沒有生肖的。十二生肖是后來玉帝給排定的。
玉帝為了給人們排定生肖，決定在天廷里召開一個(gè)上肖大會(huì)。他給各種動(dòng)物發(fā)了道開會(huì)的圣旨。
那時(shí)候，貓和老鼠是很要好的朋友。它們生活在一起，像兄弟一樣。開上肖大會(huì)的圣旨送到了貓和老鼠那里，它們都很高興，決定一起去參加。貓很會(huì)打瞌睡，它自己也知道這一點(diǎn)，所以在開會(huì)前一天，就預(yù)先和老鼠打了招呼。
“鼠弟！你知道我是很會(huì)打瞌睡的?！必埓鬆斂蜌獾卣f，“明天去上肖的時(shí)候，倘使我睡著了，你叫我一下好不好？”
老鼠拍著胸脯說：“你放心睡好啦！到時(shí)候我會(huì)叫醒你的！”
貓大爺說了聲“謝謝你?！本湍ê?，放心睡著了?？墒牵诙煸绯?，老鼠很早起來，吃過早飯，獨(dú)個(gè)兒上天廷去了。對正在熟睡的貓，它一聲也沒有叫。
住在清水潭里的龍哥哥，這天也得到了開上肖大會(huì)的通知。龍是生得很威武的：渾身有亮晶晶的鱗甲，加上一個(gè)大鼻子和一把又粗又長的大胡子。它想：這一次選生肖，自己非被選上不可。但是龍哥哥有個(gè)美中不足的地方，那就是頭上光禿禿的，缺少一對美麗的角。它想：如果我再有一對美麗的角，那該有多好?。∠胙较氲?，它就打定主意，決心要借一對角來戴上。
正巧！它從清水潭里鉆出來一看，就看見一只大公雞，挺著胸脯，在岸邊踱方步。那時(shí)候，公雞頭上是有一對大角的。龍哥哥一見，高興極了，連忙游過去，向公雞掃呼：“雞公公！明天我要上肖去，把你的角借我戴一戴好嗎？”
雞公公回答說：“啊呀，龍哥哥！真對不起，明天我也要上肖去呢！”
龍哥哥說：“雞公公，你的頭太小了，戴上這么一對大角，實(shí)在很不相稱，還是借給我戴吧！你看我這個(gè)光頭，多么需要一對像你一樣的角??！”
就在這時(shí)候，從石頭縫里鉆出來一條蜈蚣。蜈蚣是很愛管閑事的。它聽了龍哥哥的話，插嘴說：“雞公公！你就把角借給龍哥哥用一回吧。如果你不放心，我來做保人，怎么樣？”
雞公公想了一想，自己就是沒有這一對角，也夠漂亮了，就答應(yīng)由蜈蚣做保人，把角借給龍哥哥。
第二天，天廷里就開了一個(gè)盛大的上肖大會(huì)，各種動(dòng)物都到齊了。玉帝在動(dòng)物中選出了牛、馬羊、狗、豬、兔子、老虎、龍、蛇、猴子、雞、老鼠等十二種動(dòng)物，作為人的生肖。玉帝為什么只挑這幾種動(dòng)物呢？譬如：挑了雞，為什么不要鴨子？挑了老虎，為什么不要獅子？他到底是根據(jù)什么挑選的？這些，我們一點(diǎn)也不知道。
挑選出十二種動(dòng)物以后，還有一個(gè)麻煩的問題，就是排定先后的次序。
當(dāng)時(shí)，在這件事情上有了爭執(zhí)。特別是由誰領(lǐng)頭的問題，議論紛紛。玉帝說：“你們中間牛，就讓牛領(lǐng)頭做第一肖吧！”
大家都滿意，連老虎也贊成。不料小小的老鼠卻翹起大拇指說：“應(yīng)該說，我比牛還要大！每次，我在人們面前一出現(xiàn)，他們就叫起
來說：‘啊呀！這個(gè)老鼠真大！’卻從來也沒有聽見人說過：‘啊呀，這頭牛真大！’可見在人們的心目中，我實(shí)在比牛大！”
老鼠這一番話，簡直把玉帝弄糊涂了。玉帝說：“難道真有這樣的事嗎？我看不見得吧？”
猴子和馬都說老鼠胡吹。但是老鼠理直氣壯地說：“你們要是不相信，可以試一試！”
雞、狗、兔、羊等都同意試一試，玉帝也同意了，他就帶了十二種動(dòng)物到人間去。
事情真如老鼠所說的一樣，當(dāng)大水牛在人們面前走過的時(shí)候，人們紛紛議論說：這頭牛真大。這時(shí)，狡猾的老鼠突然爬到牛背上去，用兩腳直立起來。人們一見牛背上的老鼠，果然立即就驚呼起來：“啊呀，這只老鼠真大！”
玉帝親耳聽見了人們的驚呼。他皺皺眉頭，無可奈何地說：“好吧，既然人們都說老鼠大，我就讓老鼠做第一肖。至于牛，就屈尊第二吧！”
這樣就算確定下來了?，F(xiàn)在的十二生肖就這是樣：老鼠是第一肖，牛是第二肖。
老鼠做了第一肖，得意洋洋地回來了。睡眼蒙朧的貓看見了，奇怪地問道：“鼠弟，怎么啦？今天沒有開上肖大會(huì)嗎？”
老鼠神氣活現(xiàn)地回答道：“你還在做夢呢！上肖大會(huì)早已開過了，有十二種動(dòng)物上了肖，我是第一名！”
貓大爺著實(shí)吃了一驚，圓睜著兩眼，問道：“那你為什么沒叫我一道去？”
老鼠輕描淡寫地回答道：“忘記了！”
貓大爺氣得胡子根根翹起，大聲嚷道：“小東西，你不講信用！你不是親口答應(yīng)叫醒我的嗎？要不然，我也不會(huì)放膽睡著。你害我誤了一件大事，我要跟你算賬！”
老鼠一點(diǎn)也不肯認(rèn)錯(cuò)。它滿不在乎地說：“哼，有什么賬可算呢？叫你，是情分，不叫你，是本分。我又不是你的跟班！”
這一下可把貓大爺氣壞了。它“呼哧呼哧”地喘著氣，突然把牙齒一磨，“呼”的撲上去，咬住老鼠的頭頸。老鼠只把后腿彈了兩下，“唧唧”叫了兩聲，就斷了氣。
從此，貓和老鼠就成了死對頭，直到現(xiàn)在還是這樣。
再說雞公公開了上肖大會(huì)回來，一肚子不高興。它想：玉帝把龍哥哥排在自己前面，很可能和那對角有關(guān)系。它決定把那對角討回來。
雞公公走到清水潭邊，看見龍哥哥正在興高采烈地在那里游水，它就很有禮貌地說：“龍哥哥，請你把角還給我吧！”
龍哥哥一聽，吃了驚，不知所措地說：“啊呀，雞公公！你要角做什么呢？說實(shí)在的，你沒有角，看起來比長著角更美麗?？墒菍ξ艺f來，一對角是多么需要啊！”
雞公公聽了，很不高興地說：“龍哥哥，不管你多么需要角，可是借了人家的東西，總是要還的呀！”
龍哥哥一時(shí)答不上來。它沉吟了一下，忽然很有禮貌地對雞公公鞠了一個(gè)躬，說：“對不起，雞公公！現(xiàn)在我要休息去了。這件事，我們以后再談吧！”說完，不等雞公公回話，就一個(gè)悶子，鉆到水底下去了。
雞公公又氣又恨，拍著翅膀，在清水潭邊拚命地叫喊：“龍哥哥，角還我！龍哥哥，角還我！……”可是龍哥哥躲在潭底睡大覺，理也不理。
雞公公叫喊了半天，喉嚨也叫啞了，力也乏了。它無法可想，決定去找保人蜈蚣說話。
雞公公在亂石堆里找到蜈蚣，把龍哥哥不肯還角的事，一五一十地告訴了一遍，最后說：“蜈蚣叔叔，你是保人，這件事你不能不管。”
蜈蚣昂著頭想了半天，慢吞吞地說：“我想龍哥哥會(huì)把角還給你的。如果，它真的不肯還，那么，我也沒有辦法可想。雞公公，你是明白的，它躲在水里，叫我怎么去找它呢？”
雞公公氣得滿面通紅，說：“可是當(dāng)時(shí)你是自愿做保人的呀！難道有這種保人嗎？出了事情就不負(fù)責(zé)任了！”
蜈蚣也發(fā)急說：“雞公公，那可不能這樣說。當(dāng)初你借角給它，完全出于自愿。我插上來，不過做個(gè)太平保人罷了。再說，我當(dāng)初做保的時(shí)候，也想不到龍哥哥會(huì)不講信用的。要是我能預(yù)料到這一點(diǎn)，也就不會(huì)給它做保了?！?BR> “那你說怎么辦呢？”雞公公壓住火氣問。
“我說嗎？我說它要是真不肯還，你就只好自認(rèn)晦氣了。這也只怪你自己當(dāng)初沒有三思而行，太魯莽了些?！彬隍颊f。
“怪我自己？”雞公公瞪著眼睛逼進(jìn)了一步問。
“當(dāng)然，首先應(yīng)該怪你自己沒有三思而行?！辈恢阑畹尿隍蓟卮鹫f。
雞公公氣得滿臉通紅了。它伸長了頸，一下子就啄住蜈蚣的腦像，甩了幾下，吞到肚子里去了。
從那時(shí)起，每到夏天，我們就常?？匆姽u在院子里啄蜈蚣吃。并且每天天一亮，雞公公就想起了它失去的角，總要放開喉嚨大叫幾聲：“龍哥哥，角還我……”