Learn English Through story level 4 🔥 | The black Cat | story for listening
Summary
TLDREl guion narra la trágica historia de un hombre que, a causa del alcohol, se transforma en un ser cruel y violento. Se enamora de un gato negro llamado Pluto, pero su adicción lo lleva a cometer actos horrendos contra él y otros animales. Tras matar a Pluto, encuentra otro gato negro con un ojo y un lunar en forma de horca en el pecho, lo que lo lleva a un remordimiento y terror. Finalmente, tras asesinar a su esposa, intenta esconder su cuerpo en un muro, pero el gato revela su crimen con un grito que atrae a la policía.
Takeaways
- 🐾 La narrativa comienza con una confesión de un acto final que conlleva a la muerte del narrador.
- 😿 El protagonista siempre ha sido amante de los animales, especialmente de un gato negro llamado Pluto.
- 🍻 El alcohol es presentado como la causa del cambio en el carácter del protagonista, llevándolo a la crueldad.
- 👹 A pesar de sus actos crueles, el protagonista mantiene una lucha interna y se arrepiente de sus acciones.
- 🔪 Se describe con gran detalle la violencia que el protagonista inflige a Pluto, incluyendo la mutilación y posteriormente su muerte.
- 🔥 La muerte de Pluto y la destrucción de la casa del protagonista parecen ser un castigo divino por sus actos.
- 🏚️ Un muro de la casa del protagonista es el único que no se destruye completamente, mostrando la forma de Pluto en el yeso.
- 🐈 El protagonista busca reemplazar a Pluto y encuentra otro gato negro con una marca en la frente que le resulta perturbador.
- 👁️ La marca en el pecho del segundo gato evoca la imagen de una horca, aumentando la sensación de horror y maldad en el protagonista.
- 🗡️ El odio que el protagonista siente hacia el segundo gato se desvanece cuando comete un asesinato y el gato desaparece.
- 🚔 La llegada de la policía y la eventual revelación del cuerpo de la esposa del protagonista son precipitadas por el gato, que se escucha dentro del muro.
Q & A
¿Cuál es la narrativa central de la historia?
-La narrativa central trata sobre un hombre que, influenciado por el alcohol, comete actos terribles contra su esposa y su gato negro, lo que finalmente lo lleva a su propia destrucción.
¿Cómo se describe el personaje principal al comienzo de la historia?
-Inicialmente, el personaje principal se describe como una persona amable y cariñosa que adora a los animales, especialmente a su gato negro llamado Pluto.
¿Qué cambio experimenta el personaje principal a lo largo de la historia?
-El personaje principal se transforma de una persona bondadosa en alguien egoísta y violento debido al consumo de alcohol, llegando a maltrato a su esposa y a su mascota.
¿Cuál es el significado simbólico del gato negro en la historia?
-El gato negro simboliza la maldición y la destrucción. Su presencia es un recordatorio constante de los actos atroces del protagonista.
¿Qué sucedió la noche que el protagonista regresó borracho y encontró al gato Pluto?
-La noche que el protagonista regresó borracho, atacó a Pluto, su gato negro, y le cortó un ojo con un cuchillo.
¿Cómo reacciona el protagonista después de haber lastimado a Pluto?
-El protagonista se despierta al día siguiente lleno de dolor y horror por lo que hizo, pero el alcohol le ayuda a olvidar rápidamente.
¿Qué conexión hay entre la muerte del gato y el incendio de la casa del protagonista?
-La muerte del gato y el incendio de la casa están conectadas porque, después de colgar a Pluto, la casa del protagonista se enciende en llamas, lo que resulta en la pérdida de su hogar.
¿Cuál es el significado de la forma negra del gato en el yeso de la pared?
-La forma negra del gato en el yeso simboliza la presencia y el castigo ineludible del gato, reflejando las acciones del protagonista y presagiando su destino.
¿Cómo se relaciona el nuevo gato con el protagonista y su esposa?
-El nuevo gato, que también es negro y le falta un ojo, se vuelve el favorito de la esposa del protagonista, pero a medida que pasa el tiempo, el protagonista comienza a odiarlo intensamente.
¿Cuál es el desenlace de la historia y cómo se relaciona con la condena del protagonista?
-El desenlace de la historia es que el protagonista es condenado a muerte, simbolizado por el gato que chilla detrás del muro donde está oculto el cuerpo de su esposa, lo que lleva a su captura y posterior ejecución.
Outlines
🐾 La tragedia del gato negro Pluto
El narrador comparte una historia verdadera que culmina con su propia muerte. Se describe a sí mismo como una persona bondadosa y amante de los animales desde su infancia. Con su esposa, cuidaban de una variedad de animales, incluyendo a un gato negro llamado Pluto. A lo largo de los años, el alcohol lo transforma en un hombre egoísta y violento, incluso hacia sus animales. Recuerda la noche en que, bajo la influencia del alcohol, le arrancó un ojo a Pluto. Al día siguiente, se despierta con remordimiento, pero el alcohol le ayuda a olvidar. Más tarde, en un arranque de ira, cuelga a Pluto de un árbol hasta matarlo. La casa del narrador se incendia esa noche, y la única pared que queda de pie al día siguiente muestra la silueta de un gato negro colgando, lo que lo llena de horror.
🔥 El incendio y la búsqueda de un nuevo gato
Después del incendio, el narrador se siente triste y luego enfadado al perder a Pluto. Decide buscar un nuevo gato negro similar a Pluto. En un bar oscuro, encuentra a un gato negro con una mancha blanca en el pecho que parece a Pluto, pero con una mancha blanca en lugar de pelo negro. El gato le muestra afecto y lo sigue a casa, donde rápidamente se convierte en el nuevo favorito de su esposa. Sin embargo, el narrador comienza a detestar al nuevo gato, especialmente porque le recuerda a Pluto y tiene solo un ojo.
😈 El odio y el horror crecientes
El narrador expresa su creciente odio hacia el nuevo gato, que parece amarlo más cada día, a pesar de que él lo evita. La mancha blanca en el pecho del gato se asemeja cada vez más a una horca, lo que aumenta el miedo y el horror del narrador. Finalmente, en un arranque de ira, asesina a su esposa con un hacha cuando intenta proteger al gato. Decide ocultar el cuerpo en una pared del sótano, asegurándose de que todo parezca normal antes de que los policías lleguen.
🕊️ La revelación final y el castigo
Después de ocultar el cuerpo de su esposa, el narrador intenta encontrar y matar al gato, pero este desaparece. Durante tres días, el narrador se siente aliviado y feliz sin el gato. En el cuarto día, los policías vienen a investigar y, mientras están en el sótano, el narrador, lleno de confianza, golpea la pared donde está el cuerpo. La voz del gato responde desde la pared, lo que lleva a los policías a romper la pared y descubrir el cuerpo de su esposa. El gato está sobre la cabeza de su esposa, con la boca abierta y el ojo brillante, y su voz es la que condenará al narrador a ser ejecutado.
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Keywords
💡alcoholismo
💡remordimiento
💡abuso
💡Pluto
💡superstición
💡castigo
💡obsesión
💡asesinato
💡ocultación
💡justicia
💡conciencia
Highlights
El narrador admite desde el principio que la historia es verdadera y que terminará con su muerte.
El narrador describe su amor por los animales desde su infancia y cómo creció entre ellos.
Casó joven y descubre que su esposa también ama a los animales, lo que les lleva a adoptar varios, incluyendo a un gato negro llamado Pluto.
El narrador se describe a sí mismo como una persona bondadosa y amorosa, pero admite que su adicción al alcohol lo cambió radicalmente.
Afectado por el alcohol, el narrador comienza a maltratar a su esposa y a los animales, incluyendo a Pluto, a quien finalmente hiere gravemente.
El narrador se despierta al día siguiente de su acto atroce, horrorizado y arrepentido, pero el alcohol lo hace olvidar pronto.
Pluto, el gato, se recupera físicamente, pero emocionalmente ya no se acerca al narrador, lo que causa resentimiento y finalmente otro acto de crueldad.
El narrador asesina a Pluto, ahorcándolo, y luego sufre una serie de eventos trágicos que incluyen un incendio en su casa.
Durante el incendio, el narrador y su familia logran escapar, pero descubren una forma negra en el yeso que parece ser la silueta de un gato.
El narrador se obsesiona con encontrar otro gato negro similar a Pluto, lo que lo lleva a un bar donde encuentra uno con un lunar blanco en el pecho.
El nuevo gato se convierte en el favorito de la esposa del narrador, pero el narrador comienza a odiarlo, especialmente por su amor hacia él y por tener un ojo.
El narrador describe cómo el lunar blanco en el pecho del gato parece cambiar de forma y adoptar la silueta de una horca, lo que aumenta su horror y obsesión.
El narrador asesina a su esposa en un ataque de ira, motivado en parte por el comportamiento del gato, y luego esconde su cuerpo en un muro del sótano.
Trata de matar al gato, pero este desaparece, permitiendo al narrador dormir tranquilo por primera vez en mucho tiempo.
Después de varios días sin ver al gato, el narrador se siente aliviado y cree que su suerte cambiará.
La policía visita la casa y, aunque el narrador está sereno, el gato revela la ubicación del cuerpo de la esposa del narrador al responder a un golpe en el muro.
El gato está sentado sobre la cabeza de la esposa muerta, con su boca roja y su ojo dorado brillando, mientras que el narrador es arrestado por el asesinato.
Transcripts
the black
cat you are not going to believe this
story but it is a true
story as true as I sit here writing
it as true as I will die in the
morning yes this story ends with my end
with my death
tomorrow I have always been a kind and
loving person everyone will tell you
this they will also tell you that I have
always loved animals more than
anything when I was a little boy my
family always had many different animals
around the
house as I grew up I spent most of my
time with them giving them their food
and cleaning
them I married when I was very young and
I was happy to find that my wife loved
all of our animal friends as much as I
did she bought us the most beautiful
animals we had all sorts of birds
goldfish a fine
dog and a cat
the cat was a very large and beautiful
animal he was
black black all
over and very
intelligent he was so intelligent that
my wife often laughed about what some
people
believe some people believe that all
black cats are
evil enemies in a cat's body
Pluto this was the cat's name was my
favorite it was always I who gave him
his food and he followed me
everywhere I often had to stop him from
following me through the
streets for years he and I lived happily
together the best of
friends but during those
years I was slowly changing
it was that evil enemy of man called
drink who was changing
me I was not the kind loving person
people knew
before I grew more and more
selfish I was often suddenly angry about
unimportant
things I began to use bad language most
of all with my
wife I even hit her
sometimes and by that time of course I
was often doing horrible things to our
animals I hit all of them but never
Pluto but my illness was getting worse
oh yes drink is an
illness soon I began to hurt my dear
Pluto
too I remember that night night very
well I came home late full of drink
again I could not understand why Pluto
was not pleased to see
me the cat was staying away from
me my Pluto did not want to come near
me I caught him and picked him up
holding him strongly he was afraid of me
and bit my hand suddenly I was not
myself anymore
someone else was in my body someone evil
and mad with
drink I took my knife from my pocket
held the poor Animal by its neck and cut
out one of its
eyes the next morning my mind was full
of pain and horror when I woke up I was
deeply
sorry I could not understand how I could
do such an evil
thing but drink soon helped me to
forget slowly the cat got
better soon he felt no more pain there
was now only an ugly dry hole where the
eye once
was he began to go around the house as
usual again he never came near me now of
course and he ran away when I went too
close
I knew he didn't love me
anymore at first I was sad then slowly I
started to feel
angry and I did another terrible
thing I had to do it I could not stop
myself I did it with a terrible sadness
in my heart because I knew it was
evil and that was why I did it yes I did
it because I knew it was
evil what did I
do I caught the cat and hung him by his
neck from a
tree until he was
dead that night I woke up
Suddenly my bed was on
fire I heard people outside shouting
fire
fire our house was burning I I my wife
and our servant were lucky to
escape we stood and watched as the house
burned down to the
ground there was nothing left of the
building the next
morning all the walls fell down during
the night except one a wall in the
middle of the
house I realized why this wall did not
burn because there was new plaster on
it the plaster was still quite
wet I was surprised to see a crowd of
people next to the wall they were
talking and seemed to be quite
excited I went closer and looked over
their
shoulders I saw a black shape in the new
white
Plaster it was the shape of a large
cat hanging by its
neck I looked the shape with complete
horror several minutes passed before I
could think clearly
again I knew I had to try to think
clearly I had to know why it was
there I remembered hanging The Cat In
The Garden of a house next
door during the fire the garden was full
of people probably someone cut the dead
cat from the tree and threw it through
the window to try and wake
me the falling walls pressed the
animal's body into the fresh
plaster the cat burned completely
leaving the black shape in the new
plaster yes I was sure that was what
happened but I could not forget that
black shape for
months I even saw in my
dreams I began to feel sad about losing
the animal so I began to look for
another
one I looked mostly in the poor parts of
our town where I went
drinking I searched for another black
cat of the same size and type as
Pluto one night as I sat in a dark and
dirty drinking house I noticed a black
object on top of a cupboard near some
bottles of
wine I was surprised when I saw it I
looked at those bottles a few minutes
ago I thought and I'm sure that object
was not there
before I got up and went to see what it
was I put my hand up touched it and
found that it was a black
cat a very large one as large as Pluto
he looked like Pluto too in every way
but
one Pluto did not have a white hair
anywhere on his
body this cat had a large white shape on
his
front he got up when I touched him and
pressed the side of his head against my
hand several
times he liked
me this was the animal I was looking for
he continued to be very friendly and
later when I left he followed me into
the
street he came all the way home with me
we now had another house and came
inside he immediately jumped up onto the
most comfortable chair and went to
sleep he stayed with us of course he
loved both of us and very soon he became
my wife's favorite animal
but as the weeks passed I began to
dislike the animal more and
more I do not know why but I hated the
way he loved
me soon I began to hate him but I was
never unkind to him yes I was very
careful about
that I kept away from him because I
remembered what I did to my poor
Pluto I also hated the animal because he
only had one eye I noticed this the
morning after he came home with me of
course this only made my dear wife love
him
more but the more I hated the cat the
more he seemed to love me he followed me
everywhere getting under my feet all the
time when I sat down he always sat under
my
chair often he tried to jump up on my
knees I wanted to murder him when he did
this but I did
not I stopped myself because I
remembered
Pluto but also because I was afraid of
the
animal how can I explain this
fear it was not really a fear of
something
evil but then how else can I possibly
describe
it slowly this strange fear grew into
horror
yes
horror if I tell you why you will not
believe
me you will think I am
mad several times my wife took the cat
and showed me the white shape on his
chest she said the shape was slowly
changing for a long time I did not
believe her butow slowly after many
weeks I began to see that she was
right the shape was
changing its sides were becoming
straighter and straighter it was
beginning to look more and more like an
object after a few more weeks I saw what
the shape was it was impossible not to
see there on his front was the shape of
an object I am almost too afraid to
name it was that terrible machine of
pain and
death
yes The
Gallows I no longer knew the meaning of
happiness or rest during the day the
animal never left me at night he woke me
up nearly every
hour I remember waking from terrible
dreams and feeling him sitting next to
my face his heavy body pressing down on
my
heart I was now a very different
man there was not the smallest piece of
good left in me I now had only evil
thoughts the darkest and the most evil
thoughts I hated everyone and everything
my dear wife too
one day she came down into the cellar
with me to cut some wood we were now too
poor to have a
servant of course the cat followed me
down the stairs and nearly made me fall
this made me so angry that I took the
axe and tried to cut the animal in
two but as I brought the axe down my
wife stopped my arm with her
hand this made me even more angry and I
pulled her hand away from my wrist
lifted the tool again brought it down
hard and buried it in the top of her
head I had to hide the
body I knew I could not take it out of
the house the neighbors noticed
everything I thought of cutting it into
pieces and burning it I thought of
burying it in the Floor of a Cellar I
thought of throwing it into the river at
the end of the
garden I thought of putting it into a
wooden box and taking it out of the
house that
way in the
end I decided to hide the body in one of
the walls of the
cellar it was quite an old building near
the river so the walls of a Cellar were
quite wet and the plaster was
soft there was new plaster on one of the
walls and and I knew that underneath it
the wall was not very strong I also knew
that this wall was very
thick I could hide the body in the
middle of
it it was not difficult I took off some
plaster took out a few stones and made a
hole in the earth that filled the middle
of the
wall I put my wife there put back the
stones made some new
plaster and put it on the
wall then I cleaned the floor and looked
carefully
around everything looked just as it did
before nobody would ever
know next I went
upstairs to kill the
cat the animal was bringing me bad luck
I had to kill it
I searched everywhere but I could not
find him I was sure it was because of my
wife's murder he was too clever to come
near me
now I waited all evening but I did not
see the evil animal he did not come back
during the night
either and so for the first time in a
long time I slept
well when I woke up the next morning
morning I was surprised to see that the
cat still was not
there 2 3 days
passed and there was still no
cat I cannot tell you how happy I began
to feel I felt so much better without
the cat yes it was he who brought me all
my
unhappiness and now without him I began
to feel like a free man again it was
Wonder beautiful no more cat never
again several people came and asked
about my wife but I answered their
questions
easily then on the fourth day the police
came I was not worried when they
searched the house they asked me to come
with them as they searched they looked
everywhere several
times then they went down into the
Cellar I went down with them of course I
was not a bit
afraid I walked calmly up and down
watching them
search they found nothing of course and
soon they were ready to
go I was so happy that I could not stop
talking as they went up the
stairs I did not really know what I was
saying good day to you all dear sir I
said yes this is a well-built old house
isn't it yes a very well-built old house
these walls are you going gentlemen
these walls are strong aren't
they I knocked hard on the part of the
wall where my wife
was a voice came from inside the wall in
answer to my
knock it was a
cry like a
child's quickly it grew into a long
scream of pain and
horror I saw the policeman standing on
the stairs with their mouths open
suddenly they all ran down in a great
hurry and began breaking down the
wall it fell
quickly and there was my wife standing
inside there she
was with dried blood all over her head
looking at
them and there was the
cat standing on her head his red mouth
wide open in a scream and his one gold
eye shining like
fire the clever
animal my wife was dead because of
him and now his evil voice was sending
me to The Gallows
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