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The Norwegian Forest cat explored the world with the Vikings and was used to protect the grain stores, both at sea and on land. This breed has amazing bright emerald green eyes that have a band of gold. During the winter months, the Norwegian Forest cat can have a very impressive coat. It is long and thick and its tail can be fanned to twelve inches or more. The appearance of the cat is a customization to the wintry climate of Scandinavia. The coarse double layered coat protects it from cold and the large size retains warmth better as in case of the Maine Coon. In fact many consider the Norwegian Forest Cat to be an ancestor of the Maine Coon, even as the former is slightly smaller in size. Males reach close to twenty pounds in weight occasionally, with females being half that size. Coat exists in a variety of colors and patterns and is woolly underneath and glossy on the surface. Profile is straight and hind legs are longer than front legs. Face is triangular with almond shaped eyes, tufted ears and an overall expression that is quite sweet and endearing.

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American poet, critic, short story writer, and author. Poe wrote novels, short stories and poems, exerting a large influence on key players like Baudelaire, Maupassant and Dostoevsky. But he admits that his greatest talent was in writing short stories. He wrote tales of horror or "Gothic" tales and analytical police. The tales of horror have characters invariably unhealthy, obsessive, fascinated by death, dedicated to the crime, dominated by inherited curses, creatures ranging from the lucidity and madness, living in a kind of trance, as frightening specters of a nightmare. Among the stories stand out The Black Cat.