The great race

The Jade Emperor chose the order of the animals in the Chinese zodiac. How did he decide? Watch and find out!

Traditional story adapted by Sue Clarke | Animation by Cambridge English Online

There are twelve animals in the story. Which one is your favourite? Tell us about it!

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Average: 4.2 (1313 votes)

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DivingT-RexSunbeam's picture DivingT-RexSunbeam replied on 11 November, 2010 - 12:47 Korea (South) Permalink

hi i'm dragon i'm kind
hahahahahahhahaha

FlyingFolkForever's picture FlyingFolkForever replied on 11 November, 2010 - 06:44 Korea (South) Permalink

This story is like Tom and Jerry. The rat is bad, the cat is pathetic. Cat will go down the waterfall. Rat should go to jail.

BlueAirportStream's picture BlueAirportStream replied on 5 December, 2010 - 06:54 Pakistan Permalink

yes ilike the story cat is nice

PrinceNebulaSphinx's picture PrinceNebulaSphinx replied on 4 November, 2010 - 12:02 Philippines Permalink

i am a tiger im gonna eat you all. hahaha.. ^,..,^

CaptainIconKnight's picture CaptainIconKnight replied on 2 November, 2010 - 17:37 Norway Permalink

Im Dragon. I have birthday 29 january :)

YellowGreenFly's picture YellowGreenFly replied on 2 November, 2010 - 12:10 Australia Permalink

i like the rooster

YellowGreenFly's picture YellowGreenFly replied on 2 November, 2010 - 12:06 Australia Permalink

i like a cat

CrazyPrehistoricLaser's picture CrazyPrehistori... replied on 2 November, 2010 - 09:28 Macedonia Permalink

I like it but ,what happens with the cat?

YoungBagPluto's picture YoungBagPluto replied on 1 November, 2010 - 20:15 Spain Permalink

The fantastic story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!5

QueenRainforestSeahorse's picture QueenRainforest... replied on 28 October, 2010 - 14:25 United Kingdom (Great Britain) Permalink

I've always wondered how the animals got each year.
I'm a DRAGON my Bday is 22 December.