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Would you go fishing on Halloween night? That's when demons walk the Earth, and nobody is truly safe... But Murdo McTaggart doesn't believe in superstitions like that, and he heads out to catch fish while the other villagers go to church. He'll come to regret that mistake as the Devil - Auld Clootie himself - comes to him in the form of 13 tone-deaf cats.
Have a spooky time with today's Scottish folk tale! Apologies for the changes to the usual schedule - I'm recovering from an appendicectomy (having my appendix removed) so I've had to move things around a bit.
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Level: Beginner
Genre: Horror.
Vocabulary: Demon, Fisherman, Superstition, Fur, Disappear, Bone, Stab, Scratch, Bite, Priest, Holy water.
Setting: Scotland.
Word Count: 1423.
Author: Ariel Goodbody.
00:00 Intro
01:09 Pumpkin Day?
02:28 Vocabulary descriptions
02:32 Demon
03:12 Fisherman
03:30 Superstition
04:10 Fur
04:24 Disappear
04:47 Bone
05:09 Stab
05:35 Scratch and bite
06:01 Priest
06:16 Holy water
06:52 The Demon Cats
08:02 Murdo ignores the warnings
09:14 Something dark is coming...
10:13 The cats sing a cumha
11:48 The first gift
12:32 Another 'song'
13:20 Another offering
13:54 More singing?!
14:57 A clever trick
16:11 A fight to the death?
17:07 A cry for help
18:01 Just in time!
19:32 Outro
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