The Mouse Became Enemies

In this essay I will be explaining the similarities and the differences in the stories. The stories I will be comparing and contrasting are “The Legend of The Cat and The Rat” and “How The Cat and The Mouse became Enemies”. Both of these stories are set in China. In this paragraph I will be explaining the plots these two stories. The plot of “How The Cat and The Mouse became Enemies”. In this story it begins with the two animals being good friends. Then one day the mouse decides to ask the cat if he will go to a village with him. “In this village there is a lot of food”, says the mouse, “There are also lots of fish in this village.” So cat agrees to go with mouse. They must cross the river in a pumpkin as a boat because cat does not like water. Then the mouse gets hungry during the journey and begins to eat the boat. The cat then wakes up and thinks mouse was trying to drown the cat. This is how the cat and the mouse became enemies.
The emperor decides to have a very large race with all the animals in the land. Rat hears this and asks cat if he wants to join. Cat agrees but he says, “ we will be among the smallest creatures in the race.” So rat comes up with a plan to ride on top of a water buffalo to get in the lead. While the two animals are crossing the river rat thinks, “If I jump off and run to the end I can easily come in first.” But then he realizes that if cat notices him running to the finish he could easily outrun rat. Rat then decides to make cat jump into the water because cat cannot swim. So rat wakes up cat and says, “ Look at all of those fish, you would have enough time to catch one and still be able to finish the race.” While cat is looking down trying to catch a fish rat shoves him into the water and begins to race towards the finish line. Cat realizes what rat did and is mad at him. This is why the cat and the rat are