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    OX (CATTLE)
    Years: 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
    Traits: Patient, thoughtful, self-assured, stubborn

    It was almost curtains for an unborn baby calf and his pregnant mother when a fire destroyed their ranch and hundreds of homes in the Waldo Canyon fire last summer. The calf’s mother, unnamed but nicknamed Baby, suffered some serious injuries, including cuts from barbed wire and burns from the fire. But Baby gave birth to her own baby in the first snow of winter, and both are doing OK now. We guess it was their stubborn, never-say-die attitude that kept them going. (The Gazette)