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with White Swan and that because of that event I was

punished seriously. Then I told her how I was teased

by the students and fellow teachers and how I was

discriminated against. I told her how working in a

middle school as a teacher was the worst job ever. I

told her that I was rude and I even beat my fellow

teacher and I was suspected to be a spy because I

listened to VOA… Suddenly she stood up and flared

up without waiting for me to finish my stories.

She uttered a loud and angry cry and said, “I

know you university students have a lot of tricks. If

you don’t like me, be frank. Why find an excuse? I

would’ve been a beautiful girl, but I got a burn scar

that spoiled my beauty. I have become an ugly girl

since then. No man likes me. I know that you don’t

like me too.” She finally looked at me face to face.

At that moment I saw her whole face. I discovered on

her right cheek there was a burn scar twice as large

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