双语故事|夫人属“牛”

In the past, an official celebrated^{1 his birthday.}

A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of the rat. To curry^{2 the official's favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to the official's house to congratulate him on his birthday.}

The official was very pleased at the sight of the gold rat and said: Do you know? In a few days my wife will celebrate her birthday too. She was born in the year of 'the ox'.

以前，有个官员生日。

他手下的一个小官听说他生肖鼠，为了巴结他，铸了一只金鼠作为寿礼，登门祝寿。

这个官员一见金鼠，非常是开心，说：你们知不知道？过几天，我的夫人也要生日了，她是生肖牛。