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The pit and the pendulum 1
I woke up in a dark place, I was afraid, I didn't know where I was. I tried to remember why I was here, but I didn't remember anything, I just remember I was in Toledo. I started going through the dark room, but I still didn't know where I was. I closed my eyes and fell asleep, when I woke up there was a jug of water and bread, I realized that I was in a room with a hole in the center. I ate some bread, but it was salty, I quickly drank water and I fell asleep again. -
The pit and the pendulum 2
When I woke up I was tied to a wooden bed. I looked at the ceiling and I saw the image of an old man with a long beard. I had scythe but it wasn't part of the picture. He began to move back and forth. Suddenly I saw rats the scythe moved faster and faster. One of the rats jumped on my hand, I started screaming to scare them. I had an idea, I put the meat on the rope so the rats could bite it. I lay on the floor, and I saw my torturers staring at me, they had seen me slipping away. -
The pit and the pendulum 3
Suddenly I notice heat, the walls, the floor... everything was getting hot, my torturers wanted me to jump into the well or die of heat. I decided to throw myself because I was going to burn but just before you jumped, someone grabbed my arm, looked at him and was a French soldier. The French soldiers had captured the city of Toledo and all the prisoners were freed. -
The gold bug 1
Legrand had no family and lived with a servant named Jupiter. When I visited him we talked about a lot of things and he told me he had found a different insect. I wanted to see the bug, but I wouldn't let myself see it. I draw on a paper the error of the insect: a beetle with six legs and three strange marks. I approached a fire so I could see the stains well and I also saw some strange letters. -
the gold bug 2
I went home and the next month Jupiter told me that Legrand was sick of the mind. He showed me the golden beetle. We went on a boat to the north, we stood on an old tree, and Jupiter climbed and saw a caravel. Legrand told Jupiter to throw the insect and when he fell to the ground it glowed. He measured 50 feet of the tree and dug to find bones. We dig to find a box. -
the gold bug 3
We opened the box and there were gold and silver coins, and beautiful jewels. We took things to Legrand's house. I asked him that because he knew there was a treasure and he told me that I gave him the clues when he put the paper near the fire and thanks to the newspaper he realized that Captain William buried his treasure and to discover it had to decipher the message and now we have the treasure. -
The facts in the case of Mr Valdemar 1
I'm a scientist and I'm a hypnotist. Hypnotism helps sick people in their sleep. Some patients have a disease in their bodies and others are sick in their minds. Some people are easier to hypnotize than others. But I can't hypnotize a person who doesn't want to be hypnotized. A few years ago, he wanted to hypnotize a dead person, to know about his body and mind. -
the facts in the case of Mr Valdemar 2
Ernest was very ill from a disease in his lungs. He was in a lot of pain and didn't want to have a painful death. He wanted to be hypnotized, and I agreed. he was sitting on his bed was very pale and thin. He could see the bones of his skull under his skin and his skin was gray. I hypnotized him, but I didn't know if he was alive or dead. Ask him if he was asleep and said yes. A voice came out of him and he said I've been sleeping, but now I'm dead." -
thefacts in the case of Mr Valdemar 3
I didn't know if he was really dead or not. The doctor told us we'll wait one more day. He told us that when he was black, it would be when he was dead. It's been seven months and it was still the same, so I decided to hypnotize it again. But a yellow liquid came out of his ears. I heard a voice coming from the depths of his body and More liquid yellow came from Mr. Valdemar's body. Mr. Valdemar's body disappeared and there was only one yellow pool and some bones left. -
The fall of the house of usher 1
A few weeks ago, a man got a letter from Roderick saying: I'm very sick, come and see me. I knock on the front door and a servant opened it. I take his horse to a stable and then I take him inside the house. I arrive in a room and did not recognize his friend, he was pale. They greeted each other and rodrerick told him that he had no one to talk to, he lived with his sister Madeleine but she was sick. Rodrerick told him that his sister had a strange illness and that she was going to die soon. -
The fall of the house of usher 2
The man stayed in that house for several days, they had a great time until one day he told her that his sister had died. The two friends then carried Madeleine's body to a coffin that was in a room under the house. Putting Madeleine's body in, that man realized Madeleine wasn't dead. After that, rodrerick did not sleep, friends heard noises at night. -
The fall of the house of usher 3
Rodrerick said the noises were from Madeleine coming for him. Madeleine hugged with her bloody rodrerick hands, then I screamed and both fell to the ground, the two brothers were dead. The man ran out of there, and saw the wind, black and terrible. Lightning hit the house and fell into the lake. -
Down into the maelstrom 1
A man wanted to see the big swirl, so he went to Norway. When I got to Nordland, I found a guide. The guide took him to the top of a cliff one early morning because it was the best time to see the swirl. It was very high and the tide was changing. The dark water began to move in a huge circle. He moved very quickly. He turned around and around. The edge of the circle was white with foam. It was unbelievable. That was the maelstrom. The guide told a story to the man. -
Down into the maelstrom 2
He was a fisherman once, and the fishermen know when the tide rises and when they come down. They come out when the sea is calm and soft. Then they come back twelve hours later. Many boats get lost out there, because fishermen make mistakes. A man came out of there alive. One day in the summer, my brothers and I went out on our fishing boat. It was seven o'clock on the morning of July 10. The sea was calm and soft. -
Down into the maelstrom 3
We sailed past Moskoe Island to look for fish. When I looked at my watch, I saw it was six o'clock in the afternoon. The sea began to move, but it was impossible because it was the safe time of day. We fell into the sea and my brothers grabbed a barrel and I tie myself up. The barrel stayed on top of the water. I saw my brothers fall into the pit. We were turning around in the whirlpool. My brothers never came back. Our boat never came back. -
The masque of the red death 1
A disease called Red Death came to a country. The disease killed half the country. The ruler of this country, he wanted to escape the disease. He called all his courtiers and closed all the doors. The prince said to forget about red death, the most important thing is that they were happy. They all had their masks. -
The masque of the red death 2
There were rooms of one color each, the first was blue, the second purple, the third green, the fourth orange, the fifth white, the sixth violet and the seventh black. In the last room there was an old clock that sounded every hour. Everyone was passing through the different rooms, but the last one no one wanted to go through. -
The masque of the red death 3
At 12 o'clock the bell rang and they saw a stranger, his clothes full of blood. The prince reminded him of death, so I commanded him to kill him, but no one wanted to touch the stranger. The prince chased him and pulled out a knife and fell into his hand, the principal died, and the courtiers fell to the ground. Red death was the country's new ruler. -
The oblong box 1
A ship was sailing from Charleston in June. His fate was to be New York. A man looked at the list of passengers and there was a name he knew: Cornelius Wyatt. They had studied together and Cornelius had recently married a beautiful woman. When they met, they barely recognized each other and spoke almost nothing. Two men took a box to the third cabin, the box smelled bad. -
The oblong box 2
The man told Cornelius that he knew what was in the box and he fainted. Cornelius did not sleep or eat, and the man thought that what was in the box should be too valuable. Suddenly a storm began and the captain sent everyone to the small boats. -
The oblong box 3
Cornelius was carrying the box and the captain told him to leave the box and get on the boat. His box was too important and he couldn't leave without his box. Cornelius and the box fell into the sea. A few months later the man met the captain and told him that in the box was his wife's body.
