生肖
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生肖动物纪年法的英文小故事有很多版本，这里提供一个简单的：In ancient China, the Jade Emperor wanted to organize a race to determine the order of the animals in the Chinese zodiac. All the animals gathered at the riverbank, and the race began. The rat, being small and weak, asked the ox to carry him across the river. When they reached the other side, the rat jumped off the ox and ran ahead to finish the race first. The ox came in second. Thus, the rat became the first animal of the zodiac, followed by the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, and the pig.
