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Cat vs Mouse. Hence go and find out..more lah..Managed to find out
more from the web, It stated something like that..interesting.
Allow me to quote
The 12 Animals Representing Years
The mouse, or rat, is the first in the circle of 12 animals
representing years. The others, chronologically, are the ox, the
tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the
monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig.
A popular legend says that a certain god ordered all the animals to
pay him a visit on New Years Day, that is, the first day of the
first lunar month. He said he would give the first 12 animals to
come the title King of the Animal World and let
each hold the title for one year.
When the ox heard of the Gods decree, he said to himself:
Its a long journey to visit that God. I aint a fast traveler and
Id better start early. So he set out on the eve of the Lunar New
Year. The mouse heard the ox and jumped onto his back, without
being noticed. The ox, sweating all over, was so glad to be the
first to arrive at the Gods place. But just as he was about to
express his New Year greetings to the God, the mouse jumped down
over the oxs head and became the first to kowtow to the God. So he
was appointed the first King of the Animals and consequently, the
first of the 12 animals to designate years. Then the 12 winners
happened to be those mentioned above.
A more authentic explanation says, the Earthly Branches are divided
into two categories: Yin and Yang. Each of them is paired with an
animal of the same gender. The gender of the animal is determined
by the number of a specific part of its body. Odd numbers are Yang
and even numbers are Yin. The tiger, the dragon, the monkey and the
dog, all have five toes on each foot or paw, and the horse has one
hoof. So we know they are Yang animals. The cloven-hoofed species
such as the ox, the goat, and the pig fall into the Yin category
because their hoofs are divided into two parts. The rooster is also
Yin since it has four toes on each foot. The rabbit has two upper
lips and the snake has a two-point forked tongue. So they are Yin,
too. The mouse had been a problem. It has four toes on each fore
leg and five on each hind leg. It has both Yin and Yang qualifies
and there seemed to be no place to put it. Fortunately, the first
of the Earthly Branches, Zi , can be considered both Yin and Yang.
The Branches were also used to designate days and hours, and when
symbolizing the hours, this branch covers a period from eleven in
the evening to one oclock in the morning. PM is Yin and AM is
Yang. So the mouse goes together with this first branch. It is this
double-gender feature, a kind of split personality, you might say,
that makes the little mouse the leader among his colleagues.
Now you may be wondering why there is no Year of the Cat,
especially since cats have been popular as pets for thousands of
years in China as well as in many other countries. Well, in the
legend, the Cat failed to be chosen because he was a day late
getting to the Gods place. The mouse had played a trick on him. He
lied to the Cat, telling him the wrong date for the competition.
The Cat was not pleased and has hated the Mouse ever since.
Mouse was the victor then
So
what I say more.
Be happy to be named as mouse, cause you are the winner..cat is no
even inside 