The Two Stubborn GoatsBased on a Russian Fable Once there were two stubborn goats. One goat lived on top of a mountain in the East and the other lived on top of a mountain in the West. In between the two mountains there was a river. Across the river there was a narrow bridge. For as long as they could remember, the eastern goat woke up at 8 in the morning and crossed the bridge to eat the grass in the western pastures. At quarter past 8, the western goat would wake up, cross the bridge and graze on the grass in the eastern pastures. That's how it always was. One day the western goat woke up 15 minutes early. Both goats approached the bridge and began to cross at the same time. They met in the middle of the bridge and, because they were both very stubborn, neither would move to let the other one pass. They pushed and pushed at each other until they both fell off the bridge and into the river. Angry and wet, the goats trampled out of the river and back up to the top of their mountains. They were both hungry because they hadn’t eaten. Each goat blamed the other for what happened, saying, "See what his stubbornness caused?"
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