十二生肖的中英故事(2)
十二生肖的中英故事
十二生肖的中英故事【英文版】
It is said that in ancient times, people are no Chinese zodiac. Chinese zodiac is the jade emperor to scheduled afterwards.
The jade emperor in order to give people scheduled zodiac, the decision in a day at the shaw on a conference. He sent all kinds of animals, the imperial edict of meeting.
At that time, this is very good friends. They live together, like brothers. Open shaw conference on imperial edict to the cat and mouse, they are all very happy, decided to go to. Cats sleep is good, it also know this, so the day before the meeting, said hello to advance and mice.
"Brother of the rat! You know that I am very will doze off." Cat big ye politely say, "when xiao on this tomorrow, if I fall asleep, you call me good?"
Rat clap breast said: "you trust to sleep good! Then I will wake you up!"
The cat big ye say "thank you." It wipes his beard, fell asleep at ease. Early the next morning, however, mice, after breakfast, heaven alone to katyn. The sleeping cat, it was called without a sound.
Live in the brother dragon of clear water, the day also got on the shaw conference. The dragon is born very terrible, and his whole body was like a shiny scales, with a big nose and a thick and long beard. It think: this time choose Chinese zodiac, oneself must be selected. But brother dragon, where there is a fly in the ointment is that head bare, and the lack of a pair of beautiful Angle. Think of it: if I have a pair of beautiful Angle, that it would be great! Think, think, it is determined, determined to borrow a diagonal to wear.
Just in! Out a look at it from the clear water, he saw a big rooster, the chest, on the shore and measured steps. At that time, the cock head is a pair of big Angle. Brother dragon saw, extremely happy, hurriedly to swim in the past, to the cock and shout: "chicken father-in-law! Tomorrow I will go to shaw, the horn you lend me wear a?"
Chicken father-in-law replied, "oh, brother dragon! I'm so sorry, tomorrow I will go to xiao!"
Brother dragon said: "the chicken father-in-law, your head is too small to wear such a pair of big Angle, it is out of proportion, had lent me! What do you think I this baldheaded, what need a pair of horn like you!"
Just then, a centipede from inside drill out. The centipede is meddlesome. It listened to brother dragon, interrupted: "chicken father-in-law! You should cover the lend brother dragon once. If you don't rest assured, I'll do it the applicant, how?"
Chicken grandfather wanted to think, oneself is not a diagonal, also pretty enough, it promised to do the applicant by the centipede, cover the lend brother dragon.
The second day of that day were opened on a grand shaw conference, all kinds of animals here. The jade emperor in animals voted for cattle, horses, dogs, pigs, sheep, rabbit, tiger, dragon, snake, monkey, chicken, twelve animals such as mice, zodiac as a person. The jade emperor why pick these animals? For example: pick the chicken, why don't the duck? Pick the tiger, why don't the lion? He really is selected according to what? These, we don't know.
After selected twelve animals, there is a troublesome problem, is of the order of priority.
At the time, have made a dispute in this matter. Who will lead the problem, in particular, wagging. The jade emperor, said: "the biggest among you, let the cow leading do first xiao!"
Everyone is satisfied, even in favor of the tiger. But little mice become warped thumb, said: "it should be said that I'm better than cow! Every time, I appeared in front of people, they call up and say: 'oh! The mouse is really big!' but never heard people said: 'oh, this cow is big!' visible in people's mind, I really bigger than cow!"
Mice this words, can confuse the jade emperor. The jade emperor said, "is there really such a thing? I think not?"
The monkey and horse chat said the rat. But mice to confidently said: "if you don't believe, you can have a try!"
Chicken, dog, rabbit, sheep, etc all agreed to give it a try, the jade emperor also agreed, and he took the twelve animals to human.
Things really like mice, when buffalo walked in front of people, people talk about said: it's a big cow. Suddenly his cunning mouse climbed up the back of a cow, stands up on two feet. People to see the back of a bull of mice, so he immediately exclaimed: "oh, what a large rat!"
The jade emperor heard people exclaimed. He frowned, helplessly say: "well, now that people say big mouse, I will let the mouse do first shaw. As for cattle, deign to second!"
If sure down. Now the Chinese zodiac is the same: mice is the first shaw, cattle is the second shaw.
Mice, made his first shaw, triumphantly returned. Sleep the faint cat saw, curiously ask a way: "brother, what's the matter? Not on shaw conference today?"
Mice jauntier replied, "are you still dreaming! Xiao on the assembly had already passed, there are twelve animals on the shaw, I was the first name!"
Uncle cat was really taken aback upon and open my eyes, asked: "then why didn't you call me to go?"
The mouse airily replied: "forget!"
Uncle cat spirit the beard is just cock and cried with a loud voice: "little thing, you don't speak credit! You are not personally promised to wake me up? If not, I will not sleep boldly. You harm I missed a big deal, I will deal with you!"
The mouse is admit he was wrong. It casually said: "well, what account is it? Call you, is to don't call you, is a duty. I'm not your classes!"
Then put the big ye angry cat. It gasped, "snorts" grinding teeth a suddenly, "shout" robot, biting the mice head and neck. Mice only played two hind legs, "chirp" called the two, is expired.
From then on, this became a Nemesis, even until now.
Besides shaw conference on chicken male released back, full of unhappy. Think of it: the jade emperor brother dragon ahead of themselves, is likely to be related to the diagonal. It decided to the diagonal get back.
Chicken father-in-law went to the water puddles, see brother dragon is happily swimming there, it's very politely said: "brother dragon, please cover the back to me!"
Hearing this, the brother dragon ate a surprised, lost ground to say: "oh, chicken father-in-law! What Angle do you want? To be honest, you don't have Angle, looks more beautiful than with Angle. But to me, what need a diagonal is!"
Chicken father-in-law listened to, very not happily say: "brother dragon, no matter how much you need Angle, but borrowed somebody else things, always want to also!"
Brother dragon can not answer at the moment. It thoughtfully for a moment, suddenly very politely to chickens grandfather made a bow, said: "I'm sorry, chicken father-in-law! Now I am going to rest. In this matter, we'll talk about it later." Say that finish, ranging from chicken father-in-law answered, just a stuffy son, drill to the bottom.
Chicken father-in-law anger and hate, wings, in the water puddles desperately shouted: "brother dragon, Angle is me!!!!!!! Brother dragon, Angle is me!!!!!!!..." But brother dragon hiding sleeping in the bottom of a pool, the reason also ignore.
Chicken father-in-law shouted along while, throat is also called the dumb, spent force. It could not be thought, decided to speak to the applicant a centipede.
Chicken father-in-law centipede was found in the stones, the brother dragon refused to return the Angle, the ability to tell again, finally said: "the centipede uncle, you are the applicant, the matter you can't no matter."
Centipede head high head think along while, said slowly: "I think it will cover the back to your brother dragon. If it really is, then, I also have no way to think. Chicken father-in-law, are you understand, it hide in the water, call I how to find it?"
Chicken father-in-law all flushed with anger, say: "but when you are do the applicant voluntarily! Don't have this kind of the applicant? Out of the things are irresponsible!"
Centipede also be able to say: "chicken father-in-law, that can't say that. Did you lend it Angle, completely voluntary. I brought up, but do a peaceful applicant. Besides, I had to do insurance, also think that brother dragon will not speak of credit. If only I could have predicted this, also won't give it."
"Then you say how to do?" Chicken asked my father-in-law pin internal heat.
"I said? I said, if it really is not willing to also, you had to think unlucky. This can only blame you didn't think twice, too reckless." Said the centipede.
"I blame myself?" Chicken father-in-law asked eyes staring into the step.
"Of course, first of all should blame you didn't think twice." The centipede replied of life.
Chicken father-in-law is flushed with anger. It elongation neck, suddenly pecking live brain like a centipede, dumped a few times, swallow into the belly.
Since then, every summer, we often see the cock in the yard pecking the centipede. And every day at dawn, chicken father-in-law reminds it lost Angle, total want to release throat shout loudly a few: "brother dragon, Angle and I..."