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Exposition
The narrator will die tomorrow, and wants to confess before he dies. -
Exposition
The narrator liked animals as a child and adult. -
Rising action
The narrator married a woman who also loves animals. They had a lot of pets. His favorite pet was a large black cat named Pluto. -
Rising action
The narrator began to have a drinking problem and mistreated his pets. He even cut out one of Pluto's eyes. -
Climax
He hanged the cat Pluto. -
Falling action
The house burned down. -
Falling action
He found a new black cat, like Pluto but with white on the breast. The new cat's white spot looked like a gallows. -
Falling action
He wanted to ax the cat, but his wife stopped him. He axed his wife and walled her body in the basement. -
Falling action
He looked for the cat, but could not find it. -
Exposition
Four days later, the police came to investigate him. He banged on the wall and the cat screamed. The police found the wife's body in the wall.