Saturday, June 05, 2010

RICHARD FREEMAN: The Monsters of Prague #15

The Black Cat

When the plague was ravaging the city a young couple who lived there died leaving two children behind them. Their greedy servant Vincenc murdered the children in order to inherit the house, claiming the children had died from the plague. Soon after he was bitten by a rabid cat and died. His ghost retruned in the form of a large black tomcat with red eyes.

The house was sold and turned into a inn. The new owner killed the cat, and served it up in a cream sauce to the guests who liked it! But next morning the phantom cat was back. Every day after that the owner killed and cooked the cat, and it when down so well that his business prospered. But after seven years the cat vanished for good.

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