Story time...

i received an email the other day detailing an old fable and i thought i would share my own with you. This one is about how the luna years of the Chinese new year cycle were decided (if you arent familiar there are 12 animals and each year it the year of a different animal).

On the day that the order of the calender was to be decided all the animals lined up hoping to be the first in line when the guard arrived. When he did it was the wise owl who was at the front of the queue ready to be the leading symbol for the chinese new years calender.

However, the mouse was extremely jealous and wanted to be the first. So he climbed up the trunk of the elephant behind him just as the owl was about the stamp the page with his claw claiming his victory. The elephant sneezed a great sneeze and shot the mouse all the way to the front landing straight on the page where the stamp needed to be, technically making him the first in line!

The wise owl was furious and tried to scratch the mouse but missed and clawed the guard across the eyes. Now the guard was mad and blind and he punched the air in front of him squarely hitting the wise owl in the face.

And that is why the owl has a flat face.

oh wait, what the hell was my point?