英语翻译Long ago,people did not know how to count the years and

英语翻译
Long ago,people did not know how to count the years and so they asked the Jade Emperor for help.The Jade Emperor decided to hold a race through a forest and across a river on his birthday with all the animals as competitors and that the first twelve would have a year named after each of them.At that time,the rat and the cat were good friend and so decided to help each other,but worried that they might sleep in.So they asked the ox,an early riser,for help .On the morning of the race,the ox,seeing that the rat and the cat were too sleepy to get up,told them to jump onto his back and he would carry them.The ox was crossing the river when the rat woke up and realized that the cat.As soon as the ox reached the river bank,the rat ran as fast as he could and won the race with the ox in second place.The tiger came third and the rabbit,which jumped across the river on the backs of the other animals,came fifth.The snake and the horse were next followed by the goat,the monkey and the rooter which shared a tree trunk to cross the river.The dog came eleventh and finally the pig just managed to make last place.While these twelve animals were celebrating,the cat finally arrived.When he found he was too late,he tried to catch the rat for revenge.That is why cats,to this day,like to catch rats and mice to eat.

很久以前,人们不知道怎么记年,所以他们向Jade Emperor 寻求帮助.Jade Emperor 决定在他生日那天举行一场所有动物都参加穿过森林横渡河流的赛跑,并且决定赛跑的前12名都有以他们的名字命名的一年.在那之后,作为好朋友的老鼠和猫决定互相帮助,但是又担心他们可能会睡过头.因此他们向起得很早的牛求助.赛跑的那天早上,牛看见鼠和猫仍然在睡不想起床,便带上他们叫他们跳上自己的背.当老鼠醒的时候牛正在横渡河流,同时看到猫realized that the cat 这个句子似乎不完整!希望写完整我再翻译