Pokko and Sheep

Chinese Zodiac

In Japan, we call each year by the name of animal. There are 12 animals cyclically. The animal of 2003 will be the Sheep. It is the horse for this year 2002. (Mine is the dog, therefore I loved "Hoe dog"?) If two people show their own zodiac and they are same, that means their ages are 12, 24, 36 (or more) years different.

Rat

Tiger

Rabbit (Hare)

Dragon

Snake

Horse

Sheep

Monkey

Rooster

Dog

Boar

I am not sure that the reason I like a dog so much is because my zodiac is a dog. Some people say that the zodiac affects the characteristics of the person. Me? I don't believe it!

Pokko, our family hamster, tries to be almost the sheep for the year 2003. I hope you feel he is cute!

Looks sheep ????

Guess which are Pokko-chan's arms and legs???

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