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The narrator will die tomorrow, and wants to confess before he dies.
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The narrator liked animals as a child and adult.
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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.
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The narrator began to have a drinking problem and mistreated his pets. He even cut out one of Pluto's eyes.
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He hanged the cat Pluto.
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The house burned down.
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He found a new black cat, like Pluto but with white on the breast. The new cat's white spot looked like a gallows.
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He wanted to ax the cat, but his wife stopped him. He axed his wife and walled her body in the basement.
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He looked for the cat, but could not find it.
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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.