Chang Tsai

Chang Tsai's mother smoked an incredible amount of opium while she was pregnant with him, causing him to be the ugliest human being on the face of the earth. When he was born, his mother took one look at him and died. Of course he did not know that his mother was the single healer left in the entire village and was the only one capable of healing people of their illnesses. The prophet of the village said that the only way for another healer to be found was if the ugly offspring was killed. So once everyone in the village began dying of an epidemic, they stoned Chang Tsai to death hoping they might be saved.

(Old exercise from creative writing class)