摘要
BEATEN BY A NOSE Way back when,the Jade Emperor called a meeting on the other side of a river;decree-ing that the years on the calen-dar would be named for each animal in the order they arrived.Most people know the story of sneaky Rat jumping off Ox's head to take first place.It is less known that Horse was headlng into sixth spot,but hidden in its hoof was Snake,whose sudden appearanee gave Horse a fright,making it fall back and allowing Snake to slither into sixth,Horse forlornly trotting in seventh.
