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༄ 45. The Story of The Fox

ɢᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴢᴏᴅɪᴀᴄ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ, ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɢᴏ. ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ. ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴɪᴛʏ. ɴᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʀᴇʙᴏʀɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏᴅ'ꜱ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ. ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ... ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ. ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ʙᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɴᴏᴡ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ɪᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴢᴏᴅɪᴀᴄ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀꜱ. ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ, ᴀ "ʙᴏɴᴅ" ᴍᴀʏ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʙᴜʀᴅᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴᴀᴄʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ "ᴄᴜʀꜱᴇ"

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Long ago, God told all the animals he was throwing a banquet the next day and not to be late. The mischievous rat told his neighbors, the cat and the fox, that the banquet was the day after tomorrow. So, the next day, all the animals lined up for the banquet, and the rat rode there all the way on the cow's back.

All the animals had fun, except for the cat and the fox, who were at home sleeping and dreaming for a banquet that would never come. So then the cat and the fox fought the rat every time they saw him so they would be accepted with the others.

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In the Chinese legend, God had 12 places to be taken for the 14 animals he invited to his Chinese New Year celebration.

The animals were:

The Fox
The Cat
The Rat
The Cow
The Tiger
The Rabbit
The Sheep
The Dragon
The Pig
The Dog
The Rooster
The Snake
The Monkey
The Horse

Back then, the cat and the rat were the best of friends. However, upon receiving the words of the race, the rat wanted to win the race. It didn't even want its best friend to win. The cat wanted to race too. It told the rat that he would sleep and trusts the rat to wake him up in the morning of the race. However, on the morning of the race, the rat slyly didn't do it and ran off.

At the last leg of the race, the ox had taken over the rat instead of the fox. Even more determined to win, the rat jumped onto the ox's back and pushed the fox in a pool of mud. The ox was oblivious of the scene on his back and carried on running, leaving his friend behind. At the finishing line, the rat jumped off the ox's back to win the first place of the Zodiac, while the poor fox didn't make it in time.

When the dragon finished the race, God wondered why he had not taken first place. In reply, the dragon said that he had to first bring rain to crops and help the people. God was pleased with that. the

The pig was far too lazy to wake up. However, its friend, the dog, woke it up and told him to get going. That's why the dog and the pig's positions are close: the dog ran in front of the lazy pig who walked all the way in the race.

As for the cat, he remained sleeping, waiting for his best friend, the rat to wake him up.

Only after God declared the Zodiac did the cat wake up and did the fox arrived at the top of the mountain. The cat rushed to the end of the race, only find out the rat betrayed him. From that day onwards, the fox and cat's relationship with the rat soured.

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