One day, the Jade Emperor decided to host a race for the animals to determine the order of the Chinese zodiac. A Dragon in the lake decided he wanted to take part in the race. The Dragon's body was covered in beautiful scales, and he had a pair of handsome whiskers. But because he was bald, it decided to ask a Rooster to lend him his horns.

The Dragon went to the bank of the lake and said to the Rooster, “Grampa Rooster! I want to be in the race tomorrow, can I borrow your beautiful pair of horns so I can wear them for one day? The Rooster replied, “I am going to the race too!” Not wishing to give up, the Dragon retorted “But your head is so small and those horns are so big! They just don't match you that well. Look at my big bald head… I can really use a pair of magnificent pair of horns like yours!” Centipede, who had been listening to the conversation up to this point, decided to jump in and said, “Come on, Grampa Rooster! Just do him this one favor; I'll be his guarantor, how does that sound?” The Rooter thought to himself, “Even without this pair of horns, I am still incredibly good looking.” So he agreed.

But when the race ended, the Dragon placed 5th and the Rooster came in at 10th place. The Rooster was very upset about this so he went to the Dragon to get his horns back. The Rooster called, “Brother Dragon, please return those horns to me!” Now unwilling to part with the horns, the Dragon answered, “But I think I am a better fit for these horns, more so than you!” The Rooster raised his voice angrily, “Those horns are MINE! Give them back to me now!" The Dragon simply dived back under the water without another word. Now fully enraged, the Rooster flapped his wings and screamed: “Brother Dragon! Give me my horns back! Brother Dragon! Give me my horns back!” But his angry calls were of no use. So he went to the Centipede. The Rooster said, “Uncle Centipede, please go and tell Brother Dragon to give those horns back to me.” The Centipede retorted, “But I can't swim! How do you expect me to look for him? You were the one who lent him your horns in the first place. If he refuses to give those back to you, you just have to live with the fact!” The Rooster became furious and ate the Centipede with one swift peck.

It was from that day onward, that people began to see Roosters eating Centipedes in the courtyards… Not only that, at the break of dawn each day, the Rooster would remember the horns he lost, and call out angrily as if to protest, “Brother Dragon, give me my horns back!”

玉帝舉辦一場排生肖順序比賽大會。清水潭裡的龍，也要去比賽，龍全身有漂亮的鱗甲，及神氣的長鬍子，只可惜頭上光禿禿的，牠便決定去向雞借角來戴。

龍游到岸邊對雞說：「雞公公！明天我要去比賽，你可不可以把美麗的角借我戴一天？」雞回答：「我也要去比賽！」龍說：「你的頭這麼小，角那麼大，實在不配，你看我這個大光頭，很需要一對大角啊！」這時，一旁的蜈蚣便插嘴說：「雞公公！你就借他一次，我來做保人，怎麼樣？」雞心想就算沒有角，自己也夠帥的，便答應了。

比賽結果龍第五名，雞第十名，雞很不甘願，便跑去找龍把角要回來。雞說：「龍哥哥，請你把角還給我吧！」龍不想還，便說：「比起你，我比較適合這對角！」雞大聲說：「角是我的，趕快還給我！」龍連忙鑽到水底去，雞氣得大拍翅膀，並大叫：「龍哥哥，角還我！龍哥哥，角還我！」叫了半天，也沒用，就去找蜈蚣。雞說：「蜈蚣叔叔，請你去叫龍哥哥把角還給我。」蜈蚣說：「我又不會游泳，怎麼去找牠呢？何況當初是你自願借角的，牠不還，就自認倒楣吧！」雞很生氣，一口就把蜈蚣吃下去。

從那時候開始，常常看見公雞在院子裏啄蜈蚣吃，而且天一亮，雞一想起失去的角，就會大叫：「龍哥哥，角還我……」