別人看他經常放牛，就叫他牛郎。牛郎最親密的伙伴就是那頭牛，牛郎對它十分關 愛：喝清水，吃青草，曬太陽……
哥哥嫂嫂一直想把財產占為己有。有一天，哥哥嫂嫂把牛郎叫來，說：“我們把最有用的牛和破車給你，其他歸我們。天色快晚了，能走就走吧！”牛郎聽了，二話不說，牽著牛拉著破車離開了這個傷心地。
牛郎離開村子后，自己砍柴，搭成一個茅草屋。有一天晚上，牛郎走進屋子，聽到老牛說：“明天黃昏的時候，你得翻過右面的那座山。山那邊有座森林，森林前有一個湖，那時候有些仙女正在湖里洗澡。她們的衣裳放在草地上。你要撿起那件粉紅色的紗衣，跑到樹林里等著，去跟你要衣裳的那個仙女就是你的妻子。”
第二天黃昏，牛郎來到了湖邊，果然有許多仙女在洗澡，岸邊果然有好些衣裳，他找到了一件粉紅色的紗衣，走進森林里等著。過了很久，果然有一個仙女來找衣裳。
這個仙女原來叫織女，王母娘娘每天都讓織女織許多的布，并不讓她出去玩。織女一直想去人間玩耍。終于有一天，王母娘娘由于喝多了酒在打瞌睡，織女和幾個仙女就一起來到人間。
織女和牛郎在人間結為夫妻，過著幸福的生活。有一天，牛郎去給牛食物時，牛又說：“對不起，我要死了。我死后你把我的皮剝下來留著，以后遇到危險，就把皮批上。”
仙女下凡的事情終究被王母娘娘知道了，王母娘娘親自下凡去找織女。織女被王母娘娘抓走。牛郎想起老牛臨死前的話，批上了牛皮，剛走出了門就飛起來了。
牛郎的速度很快，馬上就追上了王母娘娘，眼看就要追上了，可王母娘娘把玉簪在牛郎前面劃了一道，就成了銀河，牛郎再也不能飛過去了。

　　Dear FutureMe,
　　I hope you are more excited about your 33rd birthday than you were about your 32nd birthday. 33 is your lucky number so if things have not started to look up, maybe THIS will be the year (finally!). And if things have started to look up already, hooray and congrats! Keep up the good work!
　　you had a lot of things to face at your 32nd birthday. It was a very, very hard year. I felt like I aged 10 years this past year. Hopefully you have made up some of that lost time by now.
　　I hope you are in NYC and not in this silly town. You should be closer to family.
　　Hopefully there have been some positive changes. If not, then take some time to get back on track and make a new game plan. Give yourself a break, this thing called life isn't easy but you gotta give it some true effort.The only person who can change Jill's life is Jill. You deserve the best you can give yourself.