中国十二生肖排名故事课件Chinese New Year Story PowerPoint

Alongtimeago,inChina,theJadeEmperordecidedthereshouldbeawaytomeasuretime.Hetoldtheanimalsthattheyweretocompeteinarace.Thefirsttwelveanimalswouldberewardedbyhavingayearnamedafterthem.Onthedayoftherace,alltheanimalslinedupbesidetheriver.Theratandthecat,whoweregoodfriends,wereworriedastheywerenotverygoodatswimming.Theyaskedtheoxifhewouldcarrythemacrossonhisback.Theoxagreedandtheyjumpedonhisback.Whentheracestarted,theratandthecatwereverypleasedthattheoxhadtakenthelead.Theywerealmostacrossattheothersidewhentheratpushedthecatintothewaterandjumpedonthebanktofinishfirst!“Welldone!”saidtheJadeEmperortotherat.“ThefirstyearoftheZodiacwillbenamedafteryou.”ThepooroxwastrickedintosecondplaceandsothesecondyearoftheZodiacwasnamedafterhim.Shortlyafter,theexhaustedtigerarrivedontheriverbank.Swimmingtheriverhadbeenverydifficult,ashehadtofightstrongcurrents.Thenexttoarrivewastherabbit,whohadn’tswumacrossbuthoppedacrossonsomesteppingstonesandthenontoafloatinglogwhichcarriedhimtotheriverbank.“Ishallcallthefourthyearafteryou,”thesurprisedJadeEmperorsaid.Takingfifthplacewasthedragon.“Howcomeyoudidn’twintherace,whenyoucouldflyacross?”theEmperorasked.“Istoppedtohelpsomeanimals,”thedragonexplained.Headingtowardsthelinewasthehorse.JustastheEmperorthoughtthehorsewouldcross,theslysnakewriggledaroundoneofthehorse’shooves.Thehorsewassosurprisedthathejumpedbackwards,givingthesnakeachancetoslitherforwardandtakesixthplace.Thehorsemadeitfor

seventhplace.Notlongafterwards,araftarrivedcarryingthegoat,themonkeyandtherooster.Theyexplainedhowtheyhadworkedasateamtogetacross.TheEmperorwasverypleased.Hesaidthegoatwouldbetheeighthyear,themonkeytheninthandtheroosterthetenth.Thenextanimaltoarrivewasthedog.“Whattookyousolong,whenyou’resuchagoodswimmer?”askedtheEmperor.“TheriverwassocleanthatIdecidedtohaveabathalongtheway,”thedogexplained.Hewasrewardedwiththeeleventhyear.TherewasoneplaceleftintheZodiacandtheEmperorwonderedwhothelastwinnerwouldbe.Allofasudden,thepigturnedup.“Youtookalongtime.Whathappened?”theEmperorasked.“Iwashungryandstoppedtoeat,thenIfellasleep,”saidthepig.Thetwelfthyearwasgiventothepig.Asforthecat,hefinallycrawledoutoftheriver,butwastoolatetohaveayearnamedafterhim.Hewasveryangrywiththeratforpushinghiminandsincethen,cat