Handmade with love using crochet technique. We hope this lucky mouse would bring you a lucky and weathy life. In Asian culture, Mouse is the first animal that kicks off the Asian Zodiac cycle. Have you ever wondered why mice, a small creature, could beat the other animals and being the first known zodiac animal? According to legend, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac animals, the quick-witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on a ride to cross the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line, so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals. People born in 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996 or 2008 can all say to have been born in the year of the mouse.