The children's story of the zodiac cow is very short.

In ancient times, cows were servants in front of the Jade Emperor's palace, and they often traveled between the Heavenly Palace and the earth. One day, the farmer sent a letter to the Jade Emperor with a cow, saying that nothing grows on the earth, which is too ugly, and asked the Jade Emperor to bring some mother grass seeds to the earth to make it look better. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he found it reasonable, so he asked His Highness who would like to plant grass on earth.

"Jade Emperor, I am willing to go to earth to sow grass seeds." The cow volunteered to say.

"You are a careless guy, I'm afraid not." The jade emperor said with trepidation.

"The Jade Emperor can rest assured that I am willing to be punished if I can't do this little thing well." Niu insisted on going. The jade emperor agreed to the request of the ox king, and let the ox walk three steps and sprinkle a handful of grass seeds after coming to earth. The cow walked out of the Heavenly Palace with grass seeds. When crossing the worse gate, she accidentally fell down and her head was dizzy. She mistakenly thought that the jade emperor's will was to spread three grass seeds one step at a time. As a result, many grass seeds were scattered on the ground.

The next year, there were so many weeds that farmers couldn't grow crops at all. They asked the Kitchen God to tell the Jade Emperor that there were too many weeds to grow crops. Knowing that something bad had happened, the Jade Emperor called Niu Yi to ask him, only to know that the careless ox king had sown three grass seeds at a time, which ruined a good thing.

"You careless old cow, the world is full of grass, how can you guarantee? From now on, you and your descendants are only allowed to eat grass and help farmers weed. At the same time, generations have been helping farmers work. " When the Jade Emperor finished, his anger did not disappear. He flew up and kicked old Niu Yi in the foot. The ox king fell from the sky with his mouth down, and a row of his upper teeth fell out. As a result, cows have been working as coolies for farmers all their lives, and people have not stopped eating grass. Until today, its row of upper teeth has not yet grown out.

However, the cow is a good animal. It is hardworking, diligent and practical, and it never lets go of pulling a cart to plow the fields. It has done a lot of work for farmers and won people's praise. When arranging the zodiac, people unanimously recommended him as the zodiac. If it weren't for the rat who was hiding in the corner and speculating, he won the first prize, the cow would definitely be the leader of the zodiac. Cows have become the human zodiac because of their contribution to mankind. 65438+ 0-3 am (also known as "ugly time"). At this time, the cow has eaten enough grass, and it is the thinnest and most comfortable to "chew backwards". When it is ugly, it is matched with the cow.

The origin of the zodiac

From 11: 00 pm to 1: 00 am the next day, it is the time for mice to move in the dead of night, and they are called "mice".

From/kloc-0 to 3 am, it's ugly. Cattle are used to eating grass at night, and farmers often get up late at night to feed them, so they are called "ugly cows".

From three to five in the morning, it belongs to Yin Shi. At this time, tigers lying during the day and walking at night are the fiercest. The ancients often heard tigers roaring at this time, so they were called "silver tigers".

From five to seven in the morning, it's Shi Mao. At dawn, rabbits leave their nests and like to eat grass with morning dew, so they are called "hairy rabbits".