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Today's story is called The Black Cat, inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe and written for you by Daniel Hines.

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The Black Cat Cat

Once upon a time, not too long ago, there was a famous thief.

They called him the rat, because he seemed to be able to get in just about anywhere

especially where he wasn't allowed. He would break into museums and steal the

paintings right out of their frames.

He would break into hospitals and steal expensive medicine out of the pharmacies.

He would even break into people's homes and steal everything they had, down to the socks in the

drawers and the food in the fridge.

He was never caught, and so the legend of the rat grew.

Soon he was famous all across the world and hunted by the police too,

but they never got close.

He was too careful, too shrewd, too downright good at being bad.

His latest job was robbing a new school that had just been built.

After the first few weeks of class, he posed as a janitor and got in after hours.

Once everyone had left, he stole all the computers and tablets and even the bell.

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