When Xue was about forty, he got a strange disease. His mouth started to jut out(伸出) , and his jaw got longer. He had a dumb(哑的，不说话的) look in his eyes. Actually, all in all, he looked just like a goat!

　　Pretty soon all the local people knew that Xue Qingguan was looking just like a goat. They all came to see for themselves. They wouldn't say anything to him, but every day, crowds of people came to look at Xue. Then they would turn to their friends and whisper to each other and nod their heads. Xue got tired of that in a hurry! None of the doctors could do anything for him, but they all agreed that he sure did look just like a goat.

　　Xue was so frustrated that he thought he would lose his mind, but he was too stubborn(顽固的，顽强的) to admit that he might have been wrong. He refused to admit that maybe he shouldn't kill so many goats.

　　Finally, on a business trip to Anhui, he fell in a river and drowned. They never did find his corpse.

　　The sad thing is that Xue didn't have to suffer humiliation and a sudden death. If he had been less greedy, and more willing to consider the requirements of our conscience, he could have lived a long and happy life.

　　But money, stupidity, and stubbornness were more valuable to him than happiness, good health, and wisdom.

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