There was a person who was very, very greedy when he was eating. One day, he was invited to a party.

　　He sat there as if the whole table belonged to him, even though there were many guests around him.

　　He kept eating, eating, eating, fast, fast, fast, all the time, one thing after another. The people didn't know how to stop him. Then suddenly, one person thought of a way of how to do it.

　　He asked the eating-like-mad person, "What sign of zodiac do you belong to?" This person said, "I belong to the Dog, my zodiac sign."

　　Then he asked, "We are in the middle of eating, why are you asking my zodiac sign? What for?"

　　All the people said, "Why, so that we can be prepared to protect ourselves."
　　The person who ate a lot said, "Prepare to protect yourselves from what?"
　　Then, the man who thought of the way said, "Oh! It's okay now. Luckily you were born under the sign of the Dog. If you were born under the sign of the Tiger, then we'd have to run."

　　有一个人很贪吃。有一天他被邀请参加宴会，他坐在那里好像整张桌子都属于他的，虽然身边有很多其它客人，他还是不断地吃、吃、吃，一直不停地吃，其它人不知如何让他停止。

　　突然间，有一个人想到了方法，他问那个疯狂的吃的人说：“你生肖属什么？”

　　这人说：“我属狗”，然后又说：“我们正在吃东西，为什么你问我的生肖？”

　　大家一起回答说：“为什么？好让我们能准备保护自己。”

　　那吃很多的人说：“为什么要准备保护你们自己呢？”

　　这个想到办法的人就说：“噢！现在好了，幸好你属狗，如果你是老虎，我们就要逃跑了”