十二生肖的中英故事

很久很久以前，有一天，人们说：“我们要选十二种动物作为人的生肖，一年一种动物。”天下的动物有多少呀?怎么个选法呢?下面小编给你找到十二生肖的中英故事，欢迎阅读。

十二生肖的中英故事【中文版】

据说，古时候，人们是没有生肖的。十二生肖是后来玉帝给排定的。

玉帝为了给人们排定生肖，决定在天廷里召开一个上肖大会。他给各种动物发了道开会的圣旨。

那时候，猫和老鼠是很要好的朋友。它们生活在一起，像兄弟一样。开上肖大会的圣旨送到了猫和老鼠那里，它们都很高兴，决定一起去参加。猫很会打瞌睡，它自己也知道这一点，所以在开会前一天，就预先和老鼠打了招呼。

“鼠弟!你知道我是很会打瞌睡的。”猫大爷客气地说，“明天去上肖的时候，倘使我睡着了，你叫我一下好不好?”

老鼠拍着胸脯说：“你放心睡好啦!到时候我会叫醒你的!”

猫大爷说了声“谢谢你。”就抹抹胡子，放心睡着了。可是，第二天早晨，老鼠很早起来，吃过早饭，独个儿上天廷去了。对正在熟睡的猫，它一声也没有叫。

住在清水潭里的龙哥哥，这天也得到了开上肖大会的通知。龙是生得很威武的：浑身有亮晶晶的鳞甲，加上一个大鼻子和一把又粗又长的大胡子。它想：这一次选生肖，自己非被选上不可。但是龙哥哥有个美中不足的地方，那就是头上光秃秃的，缺少一对美丽的角。它想：如果我再有一对美丽的角，那该有多好啊!想呀想的，它就打定主意，决心要借一对角来戴上。

正巧!它从清水潭里钻出来一看，就看见一只大公鸡，挺着胸脯，在岸边踱方步。那时候，公鸡头上是有一对大角的。龙哥哥一见，高兴极了，连忙游过去，向公鸡扫呼：“鸡公公!明天我要上肖去，把你的角借我戴一戴好吗?”

鸡公公回答说：“啊呀，龙哥哥!真对不起，明天我也要上肖去呢!”

龙哥哥说：“鸡公公，你的头太小了，戴上这么一对大角，实在很不相称，还是借给我戴吧!你看我这个光头，多么需要一对像你一样的角啊!”

就在这时候，从石头缝里钻出来一条蜈蚣。蜈蚣是很爱管闲事的。它听了龙哥哥的话，插嘴说：“鸡公公!你就把角借给龙哥哥用一回吧。如果你不放心，我来做保人，怎么样?”

鸡公公想了一想，自己就是没有这一对角，也够漂亮了，就答应由蜈蚣做保人，把角借给龙哥哥。

第二天，天廷里就开了一个盛大的上肖大会，各种动物都到齐了。玉帝在动物中选出了牛、马羊、狗、猪、兔子、老虎、龙、蛇、猴子、鸡、老鼠等十二种动物，作为人的生肖。玉帝为什么只挑这几种动物呢?譬如：挑了鸡，为什么不要鸭子?挑了老虎，为什么不要狮子?他到底是根据什么挑选的?这些，我们一点也不知道。

挑选出十二种动物以后，还有一个麻烦的问题，就是排定先后的次序。

当时，在这件事情上有了争执。特别是由谁领头的问题，议论纷纷。玉帝说：“你们中间牛最大，就让牛领头做第一肖吧!”

大家都满意，连老虎也赞成。不料小小的老鼠却翘起大拇指说：“应该说，我比牛还要大!每次，我在人们面前一出现，他们就叫起来说：‘啊呀!这个老鼠真大!’却从来也没有听见人说过：‘啊呀，这头牛真大!’可见在人们的心目中，我实在比牛大!”

老鼠这一番话，简直把玉帝弄糊涂了。玉帝说：“难道真有这样的事吗?我看不见得吧?”

猴子和马都说老鼠胡吹。但是老鼠理直气壮地说：“你们要是不相信，可以试一试!”

鸡、狗、兔、羊等都同意试一试，玉帝也同意了，他就带了十二种动物到人间去。

事情真如老鼠所说的一样，当大水牛在人们面前走过的时候，人们纷纷议论说：这头牛真大。这时，狡猾的老鼠突然爬到牛背上去，用两脚直立起来。人们一见牛背上的老鼠，果然立即就惊呼起来：“啊呀，这只老鼠真大!”

玉帝亲耳听见了人们的惊呼。他皱皱眉头，无可奈何地说：“好吧，既然人们都说老鼠大，我就让老鼠做第一肖。至于牛，就屈尊第二吧!”

这样就算确定下来了。现在的十二生肖就这是样：老鼠是第一肖，牛是第二肖。

老鼠做了第一肖，得意洋洋地回来了。睡眼蒙胧的猫看见了，奇怪地问道：“鼠弟，怎么啦?今天没有开上肖大会吗?”

老鼠神气活现地回答道：“你还在做梦呢!上肖大会早已开过了，有十二种动物上了肖，我是第一名!”

猫大爷着实吃了一惊，圆睁着两眼，问道：“那你为什么没叫我一道去?”

老鼠轻描淡写地回答道：“忘记了!”

猫大爷气得胡子根根翘起，大声嚷道：“小东西，你不讲信用!你不是亲口答应叫醒我的吗?要不然，我也不会放胆睡着。你害我误了一件大事，我要跟你算账!”

老鼠一点也不肯认错。它满不在乎地说：“哼，有什么账可算呢?叫你，是情分，不叫你，是本分。我又不是你的跟班!”

这一下可把猫大爷气坏了。它“呼哧呼哧”地喘着气，突然把牙齿一磨，“呼”的扑上去，咬住老鼠的头颈。老鼠只把后腿弹了两下，“唧唧”叫了两声，就断了气。

从此，猫和老鼠就成了死对头，直到现在还是这样。

再说鸡公公开了上肖大会回来，一肚子不高兴。它想：玉帝把龙哥哥排在自己前面，很可能和那对角有关系。它决定把那对角讨回来。

鸡公公走到清水潭边，看见龙哥哥正在兴高采烈地在那里游水，它就很有礼貌地说：“龙哥哥，请你把角还给我吧!”

龙哥哥一听，吃了惊，不知所措地说：“啊呀，鸡公公!你要角做什么呢?说实在的，你没有角，看起来比长着角更美丽。可是对我说来，一对角是多么需要啊!”

鸡公公听了，很不高兴地说：“龙哥哥，不管你多么需要角，可是借了人家的东西，总是要还的呀!”

龙哥哥一时答不上来。它沉吟了一下，忽然很有礼貌地对鸡公公鞠了一个躬，说：“对不起，鸡公公!现在我要休息去了。这件事，我们以后再谈吧!”说完，不等鸡公公回话，就一个闷子，钻到水底下去了。

鸡公公又气又恨，拍着翅膀，在清水潭边拚命地叫喊：“龙哥哥，角还我!龙哥哥，角还我!……”可是龙哥哥躲在潭底睡大觉，理也不理。

鸡公公叫喊了半天，喉咙也叫哑了，力也乏了。它无法可想，决定去找保人蜈蚣说话。

鸡公公在乱石堆里找到蜈蚣，把龙哥哥不肯还角的事，一五一十地告诉了一遍，最后说：“蜈蚣叔叔，你是保人，这件事你不能不管。”

蜈蚣昂着头想了半天，慢吞吞地说：“我想龙哥哥会把角还给你的。如果，它真的不肯还，那么，我也没有办法可想。鸡公公，你是明白的，它躲在水里，叫我怎么去找它呢?”

鸡公公气得满面通红，说：“可是当时你是自愿做保人的呀!难道有这种保人吗?出了事情就不负责任了!”

蜈蚣也发急说：“鸡公公，那可不能这样说。当初你借角给它，完全出于自愿。我插上来，不过做个太平保人罢了。再说，我当初做保的时候，也想不到龙哥哥会不讲信用的。要是我能预料到这一点，也就不会给它做保了。”

“那你说怎么办呢?”鸡公公压住火气问。

“我说吗?我说它要是真不肯还，你就只好自认晦气了。这也只怪你自己当初没有三思而行，太鲁莽了些。”蜈蚣说。

“怪我自己?”鸡公公瞪着眼睛逼进了一步问。

“当然，首先应该怪你自己没有三思而行。”不知死活的蜈蚣回答说。

鸡公公气得满脸通红了。它伸长了颈，一下子就啄住蜈蚣的脑像，甩了几下，吞到肚子里去了。

从那时起，每到夏天，我们就常常看见公鸡在院子里啄蜈蚣吃。并且每天天一亮，鸡公公就想起了它失去的角，总要放开喉咙大叫几声：“龙哥哥，角还我……”

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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&39;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&39;t rest assured, I&39;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&39;t the duck? Pick the tiger, why don&39;t the lion? He really is selected according to what? These, we don&39;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&39;m better than cow! Every time, I appeared in front of people, they call up and say: &39;oh! The mouse is really big!&39; but never heard people said: &39;oh, this cow is big!&39; visible in people&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;t call you, is a duty. I&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;m sorry, chicken father-in-law! Now I am going to rest. In this matter, we&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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&39;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..."