Comparing How Cat And Mice Became Enemies

Two legends of two enemies

Have you ever wondered how cats and mice because enemies? I found two stories based off of figuring that out. They are very different and I will be comparing the two stories. The two stories are, “Cat and Rat the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac” and “How Cat and Mice Became Enemies”. These two stories are both legends showing how cats and mice became enemies many years ago. The two “Cat and Rat” and “Cat and Mouse” are both about mostly the same subject but when it comes to the ways it differs they are very different. The theme of these two stories are very different. “Cat and Rat” is about two animals racing for a zodiac year named after them but “Cat and Mouse” was about the two animals in a pumpkin riding to a village for food. Even though the stories seem very different they do have some things I can compare about them. One thing is how the cat in the story got angry at the small animal no matter what in the end. The Cat could also not swim in either of the stories, both cats too us they they could not swim. At the beginning of both of the stories the cat and the mouse/rat started as best friends and spent all day together but need up hating each other at the end. The last two comparisons I have are; how the animals both went across a very wide river and both of the

A big difference is what they where doing in the river, In “Cat and rat” they where in a race for a year named after them but in “Cat and Mouse” they where only going to a village. Their transportation was very different too, Cat and rat rode on a water buffalo but Cat and Mouse used a huge pumpkin carved into a boat. In both stories Cat is a different gender, in Cat and Mouse the cat is a boy but in Cat and rat they are a girl. The last comparison I have is how many characters there where in the stories, in Cat and rat there where 14 characters but only two in Cat and