It can be fun joining your Western Zodiac sign together with your Eastern Zodiac sign to see what kind of hybrid you get. Mine is "bull dog" which is easy to remember.
Anyway, soon starts the Chinese Year of the Snake. There's an anecdote about that.
A race was held to cross a great river, and the order of the animals in the cycle was based upon their order in finishing the race. In this story, the snake compensated for not being the best swimmer by hitching a hidden ride on the Horse's hoof. When the horse was about to cross the finish line, the snake jumped out, scaring the horse, and thus edging it out for sixth place.
I guess you could call this cheating. I probably would. But it's also kind of ballsy. If you're a snake there's a certain risk inherent in freaking out a horse.
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A bull dog sounds okay but a cross between a dog and a scorpion doesn't sound like a particularly pattable creature but then again I can't think of any creature that makes a friendly matchup with a scorpion. Clever idea, though.
You probably remember the story of the scorpion who wanted to cross the river. Being unable to swim he asked a frog to carry him. Naturally enough, the frog refused but after being importuned by the scorpion who swore on a stack of whatever happened to be holy at that time he wouldn't sting the frog. He promised. Well, unsurprisingly, when they got halfway across the scorpion stung the frog. As they both drowned the frog cried out 'Why/' to which the scorpion replied, 'It is my nature'.
Nice snake emoji..
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