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So today is Chinese New Year and it is the year of chicken (I know it's called sth else, whatever), it a type of meat that cats love! Has anyone ever wondered why cats are not 1 of the 12 animals? Here is a story I was told when I was a child that happens to explain why cats are so determined to kill all mice / rats in the world:
Once upon a time, Cat and Mouse were best of friends, they would sleep / eat / do everything together. One day, they found out the Chinese God was going to recruit 12 animals to represent each of the 12 years in the Chinese years cycle and the recruitment process would be on a 1st come 1st served basis on 1 particular morning.
So the night before, Cat and Mouse said to each other that they would get up super early in the morning and go queue up to be the 12 animals. They'd promised each other that they would wake up the other one and go together, that's what best friends do, right?
Mouse woke up really early in the morning, seeing Cat was still deep asleep in front of him. Mouse had no intention of waking his best buddy up, he'd left Cat behind to go beat the queue.
Mouse got there 1st, then there was Ox followed by Tiger, Rabbit etc etc... Cat woke up, realised Mouse had long gone, he ran as fast as he could, but he'd only make it to the 13th spot... which means Cat is not to be included in the 12 animals...
This is why cats hate mice so much, so I was told...