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Yes, there is a cat in the story! There are two different versions of the story...

1. The cat was friends with the rat, and on the day of the zodiac race, the rat was supposed to wake up the cat. However, the rat didn't wake the because he was greedy. The cat was so mad that he decided that he and all of his progeny would attack rats on sight.

2. The cat and the rats were friends and both animals were afraid of water. The clever cat jumped on the Ox's back to cross the river so that he didn't have to get wet and the rat did as well. Halfway through the race, the rat pushed the cat off the Ox's back so that he could win. The cat swore revenge on the rat and to this day cats and rats aren't friends

I hope that helps. ^_^

Its interesting.Though i was not aware of any of the stories related to the chinese animals, except the names

Well, I wanted to answer the question but well, it is already been answered...so I think you know what the story is now!!!!If you would like to know how a tiny rat could win the race(another story,but I have no idea how the cat came in last...), you can e-mail me @ [email protected](letter o and number 0) thanks!!!!

the tiger ate the cat

interesting ,I am waiting other person's answer.