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 \n4  \nChapter 2Historical Cursesll  \n## Chapter 3In the Spotlight22\n\nChapter 4  \nCursed Places and Objects31  \n40  \nNotes  \n41  \nGlossary  \n42  \nFor Further Exploration  \n45  \nIndex  \n47  \nPicture Credits  \n48  \nAbout the Author  \nchapter lCursed!  \nntil 1945 the Chicago Cubs were a winningbaseball team.They had won two WorldSeries and sixteen division titles,called pen-nants.On October 6,1945,the Cubs were playingin the World Series when a man named Billy Sianisdecided to take his pet goat Murphy to the fourthgame.Sianis was hoping the goat would bring theCubs luck,but the goat's bad smell caused Sianisand Murphy to be kicked out of Chicago's WrigleyField.As the pair was leaving,an angry Sianis yelled,“Them Cubs,they aren't gonna win no more!”'TheCubs,indeed,lost that game and went on to lose theWorld Series,too.So began the Curse of the BillyGoat,which has continued for more than 65 years.  \n4  \nSince 1945,the Cubs have not won a single pennantor played in even one World Series game.  \n## What Is a Curse?\n\nThe Curse of the Billy Goat is just one of manyfamous curses.Most famous curses involve peoplewho are already in the spotlight,such as sportsteams,movie stars,and political figures.However,there are plenty of curses that affect people who arenot famous.  \nA curse usually starts when one person wishesharm to another person or group of people.The  \ncurse may be writ-ten or spoken.Some-times the personperforming the cursecalls on supernaturalpowers,such as Godor even the devil,tohelp make the cursehappen.A curse alsomay be used to pro-tect something,suchas a tomb or trea-sure.  \nVoodoo priests hold avoodoo doll,which canrepresent a person thatsomeone wants to curse.  \nAnyone can make a curse,but many people be-lieve that the curse will not work unless it comesfrom a person who can tap into supernatural pow-ers.This may be a priest,a person who believes invoodoo,or someone who claims to be a witch.Often people who perform curses have special ritu-als,such as the chanting of spells or the use of ahuman-shaped figure to represent the person beingcursed.  \nNot all curses are focused on specific people.Sometimes an object or place might be cursed.Peo-ple who come into contact with that cursed objectmay encounter misfortune or even death.Peoplewho visit cursed places might also find themselvesin danger.In some cases,a curse is not known tobe started by a particular person.It surfaces after aseries of bad luck occurs.  \n## The Power of Belief\n\nSome curses may work not because of anysupernatural power,but simply because thevictim believes in the curse.For instance,ifa man knows that a powerful ","cbCairPjpGzyUeag","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairPjpGzyUeag","pdf",2381786,56,"English","# Chapter 1 - Cursed!\n# What Is a Curse?\n# The Power of Belief\n# Chapter 2 - Historical Curses\n# Chapter 3 - In the Spotlight\n# Chapter 4 - Cursed Places and Objects\n# Notes\n# Glossary\n# For Further Exploration\n# Index\n# Picture Credits\n# About the Author","[{\"question\":\"What events led to the Curse of the Billy Goat?\",\"answer\":\"On October 6, 1945, Billy Sianis brought his pet goat Murphy to the World Series game. 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