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Speaker 1: If you were an animal, what would you be? Some

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Speaker 1: people believe that your birthday can affect who you are

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Speaker 1: as a person. Born one day and you're shy like

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Speaker 1: a mouse. Born another day and you're playful like a chimpanzee.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Storytime by Lingo. Kids. Subscribe or follow us

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Speaker 1: so you never miss one of our episodes. Story Time

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Speaker 1: Today is inspired by a tale that explains how twelve

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Speaker 1: animals were chosen for the lunar calendar. Each animal represents

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Speaker 1: one year in a twelve year cycle. We hope you

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Speaker 1: enjoy the story. Long ago in China, the Jade Emperor,

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Speaker 1: also known as Mister Heaven, held a race to decide

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Speaker 1: which animals in the kingdom would earn a seat at

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Speaker 1: the royal table. The race followed a long, winding path

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Speaker 1: through the forest, and the animals had to cross a

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Speaker 1: big river. Thirteen animals signed up. The emperor asked his

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Speaker 1: three daughters to be in charge of the race. The

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Speaker 1: youngest would be at the starting line, the middle one

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Speaker 1: would stand at the river, and the oldest would watch

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Speaker 1: as finishers crossed the palace gate. On the day of

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Speaker 1: the race, twelve animals gathered at the starting line. The

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Speaker 1: youngest daughter called their names dog, dragon, horse, monkey, Ox, pig, rabbit, rat, rooster, sheep, snake,

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Speaker 1: and tiger. Hmm, it looks like cat is ing. The

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Speaker 1: air was filled with anticipation. The youngest daughter spoke to

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Speaker 1: the animals. In addition to giving you a seat at

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Speaker 1: the royal table, the Emperor will include each of you

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Speaker 1: in the calendar, my oldest sister will record your position

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Speaker 1: as you finish the race. The animals were excited to begin.

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Speaker 1: They stood at the starting line ready to go. The

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Speaker 1: cannon fired and they burst into action. Believe it or not,

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Speaker 1: Rat got to the river first, but the water was

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Speaker 1: flowing too fast. He couldn't make it across. The middle

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Speaker 1: daughter saw this and was worried, how are you ever

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Speaker 1: going to get across? Rat? But Rat was clever. As

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Speaker 1: Ox stepped into the river, Rat jumped on his back.

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Speaker 1: Horse and sheep were next to get to the river.

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Speaker 1: The middle daughter looked scared. The river was strong and

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Speaker 1: it made her very nervous. Being good natured, Horse and

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Speaker 1: sheep stayed with the daughter for a while to calm

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Speaker 1: her nerves. Thank you, Horse and sheep, you're so kind.

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Speaker 1: Rabbit was the next to arrive with confidence. She crossed

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Speaker 1: the river by hopping from rock to rock. Then Tiger appeared.

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Speaker 1: He bravely jumped in the strong current started to carry

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Speaker 1: him away. This made the middle daughter cry out, Oh no,

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Speaker 1: I hope tiger is strong enough to swim across. Then

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Speaker 1: she saw that Ox reached the other side of the river. Phew.

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Speaker 1: She watched as Rat jumped off Ox and ran down

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Speaker 1: the trail. Before long, all twelve animals had made it

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Speaker 1: across the river. Now each was focused on the palace gate,

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Speaker 1: the finish line. The oldest daughter was waiting to report

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Speaker 1: the winners in order. First to enter the gate is Rat,

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Speaker 1: next Ox. So Rat became the first animal of the

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Speaker 1: Chinese lunar calendar, with Ox second. Third to arrive Tiger,

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Speaker 1: followed by rabbit. Dragon came in fifth. You might wonder

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Speaker 1: what took him so long. Well, this dragon had a

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Speaker 1: big heart. He left the race to put out a

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Speaker 1: fire burning in the forest. Animal number six to finish snake, Yes, snake.

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Speaker 1: She wrapped herself around horse's leg to hitch a ride.

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Speaker 1: As horse got close to the palace gate, snake uncoiled

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Speaker 1: and frightened Horse. Snake slithered into sixth and horse followed

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Speaker 1: in seventh place. Sheep arrived shortly after. I see monkey

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Speaker 1: heading this way. Monkey came in eighth. She might have

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Speaker 1: come in sooner had she not stopped to play in

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Speaker 1: the trees after monkey came in Rooster as number ten,

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Speaker 1: only two left Dog and Pig. Where can they be?

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Speaker 1: It turned out playful Dog had been running through the

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Speaker 1: tall grass by the river. Finally he came bounding down

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Speaker 1: the path to finish as number eleven. One more, I

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Speaker 1: don't see pig anywhere. Pig had left the train and

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Speaker 1: spent much of the day snacking on apples. She finally

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Speaker 1: made it to the gate and was given the final

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Speaker 1: space in the calendar. And if you were wondering why

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Speaker 1: cat never showed up for the race, well he was

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Speaker 1: taking a cat nap in the sunshine, and that is

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Speaker 1: how the Lunar Calendar got its twelve animals. We hope

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Speaker 1: you liked the story. What animal represents the year you

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Speaker 1: were born? In the Chinese calendar? You can look it up. Goodbye,

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Speaker 1: until next time,