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American Horror
(Three Terrifying Tales)
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Contents
The Black Cat 3
Chapter One 3
Chapter Two 5
Chapter Three 8
The Oval Portrait 11
Chapter One 11
Chapter Two 13
The Tell-tale Heart 15
Chapter One 15
Chapter Two 17
Chapter Three 20
Track 1: Horror sounds: an audio glossary 23
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The Black Cat
Chapter One
I do not think people will believe my story. But I am not mad, and I am not dreaming. Tomorrow I will die and I want to make a confession confession：承认自己的罪过。
. The events which I am going to describe here have terrified terrified：惊吓。
me, have tortured tortured：折磨。
me, have destroyed me. To me they seemed horrible and supernatural, but perhaps somebody who is calmer and more rational rational：理性的。
will find a logical logical：合逻辑的。
explanation. This is my story.
I was a very kind and gentle child who loved animals. As I grew up this love for animals became greater. This is easy to understand: it is difficult to trust trust：信赖。
people, but you can always trust a faithful dog.
I married when I was young and my wife liked animals too. We had birds, gold-fish, a dog, rabbits, a small monkey, and a cat. This cat was quite large, beautiful, completely black and extremely intelligent. In fact, my wife sometimes said that our cat was probably a witch in disguise in disguise：伪装。
. She was not really serious about this, and I mention it now only because by chance by chance：偶然。
I remember it. Pluto — this was the cat's name — was my favorite pet and playmate playmate：玩伴。
. He followed me everywhere.
Unfortunately, I became a victim of alcohol. I drank more and more. Of course, my personality changed. I became moody
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moody：情绪化的。
and irritable with my wife and pets. At the beginning, though, I respected Pluto and never hurt him. But one night I returned home very intoxicated intoxicated：酩酊大醉。
. I thought that Pluto was avoiding me.