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    Have you ever been to a Chinese restaurant that handed you a paper with a bunch of random animals and years on it? Most people will just throw it away and not pay that much attention to it. That little piece of paper contains a basic information about the Chinese Zodiac just enough to get you hooked. There are many people all over the world that very much believe in the ancient Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese Zodiac can be helpful for finding the current Chinese year, what animal people are, and can

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    The Chinese Zodiac, also known as Shang Xiao, has been used for thousands of years, and it is still used by millions of people across the world (History & Origin). The Chinese Zodiac is based on the year an individual is born rather than the month and day (Western Zodiac). Legends and mythology are a tremendous part of Chinese culture, especially in the Chinese Zodiac (Chinese Zodiac History). The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve-year cycle in which each year is related to an animal sign. There

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    Have you ever read a Chinese legend? I have, I've read two. The first legend we read was “Cat and Rat: Legend of the Chinese Zodiac” about how Rat cheated his friend Cat. The second one I read was called “How cat and rats became enemies”.They became enemies because the mouse cheated in the race in the first story, the second story the mouse almost killed the cat by eating the boat when the cat was sleeping. In this essay i will compare and contrast these stories. In this story I am going to compare

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    where it gets difficult for me. So to assist me in describing my personality I will use my Greek and Chinese zodiac descriptions. I think that both of these signs matches my personality. Even though I think that horoscopes are useful l, I’m not the kind of person that would check my daily horoscope in fear that if I don’t I’ll die or something. It’s just something that I enjoy reading. The Chinese zodiac had determined that snakes are, sensitive, humorous, and soft-spoken. I know these are mostly true

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    Have you ever heard of a cat and a mouse being friends? I’m going to compare and contrast the stories “ Cat and Rat The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac” and “How Cats and Mice became enemies,” telling you their similarities and differences.These two stories explain why cats and rats are not friends. In this paragraph I’m going to talk about similarities. The similarities in the stories are that the cat and rat start as best friends, then they become enemies. The cat is bribed with fish in both of

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    Have you ever read a boom about “Cat and Rat:The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac.” I’ve read it and it is a great book. There is another one to it is also a great book it’s called “How cats and mice became enemies.” This essay will show the similarities and differences of “The Legend Of The Chinese Zodiac”, and the book called “How cat and rat became enemies”. In this paragraph some reasoning, In these Legends I'm going to tell you some things that in the stories “How cats and rats became enemies”.

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    My Totem Pole Essay

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    My Totem Pole A totem pole is a tall log carved mainly by the indigenous people of Alaska and British Columbia. The poles tell stories that have been passed down from generation to generation as legends and myths. However, that is not the only type of totem pole, there are totems that tell the carver’s history, their family’s history and some are even used to honor the dead. Additionally, some totem poles were made to show respect to an important tribal member. Totem poles feature animals and

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    My Totem Pole A totem pole is a colossal log carved mainly by the indigenous people of Alaska and British Columbia. The poles tell stories that have been passed down from generation to generation as legends and myths. However, that is not the only type of totem pole, there are totems that tell the carver’s history, their family’s history and a few are even used to honor the dead. Additionally, multiple totem poles were made to show respect to an important tribal member. Totem poles feature

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    In the “Cat and the Rat-Legend of the Chinese zodiac” it states that the cat is resourceful.The cat is also trusting i think thats why she got tricked so easily.She was also hopeful when she was trying to cross the river. The rat in that story was selfish and very easily betrayed his friend. He was also very smug as it states.Although he betrayed his friend it was still a smart idea so i think he is clever. The main setting is on the river that they had to cross to win the race. The other setting

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    The Round Robin Standing in the Brown County Fair Swine barn arena, I stood in line with seven other girls waiting to hear the results. Our hands were drenched in sweat as the announcer complimented us on a job well done. The crowd stomped their feet as a drum roll, “And our grand champion is…” The round robin is a livestock show at the Brown County Fair where kids 7th grade and older show a variety of different animals. It’s a large showmanship contest where a person is judged on how they show

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