In these stories Legend of the Cat and Rat and How Cat and Mice Became Enemies. It explains why these animals are enemies, And why they don't like each other. The stories are alike and different.The Rat and cat were freinds in the beginning of the book then they done mean things to each other that they did not like and that is why they became enemies. In both of the stories they are alike.They are the same because in both stories they both are freinds in the beginning and at the end they became enemies.In both they try crossing a river. In one of the stories they crossed the river in a pumpkin and in the other story they crossed the river by having a buffalo help them get across. The rat bribed the cat into fish by saying “Look