As the story goes, Yudi, or Jade Emperor,1of the heavens, wanted to devise a way to measure time. So he organized a2. Because the rat was small and couldn't3 very well, he asked the bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse4, the kind-hearted ox agreed to carry the rat across. Yet, just as they were about to reach the other side, the rat5 off the ox's head and secured first place. The final spot was6by the pig, who had gotten hungry and stopped to eat and nap before finally wadding across the7 line.