31.   His coach likes to knock on wood and worries about black cats crossing in front of him.

32.   I am surrounded by statues of black cats, blue hippos, books on how to read hieroglyphics and small-scale reproductions of Tutankhamen tombs.

33.   Hoo-Hoos came down foursquare against superstition -- and adopted a black cat as mascot to prove it.

34.   I mentioned that my cats were being visited by a black cat who had taken offense at these big-city cats moving into town.

35.   In midafternoon, the place is empty except for a big black cat that looks disconcertingly like the black feather boa hanging on the wall.

36.   It is a mirror cracked, a dead bird on the sidewalk, a black cat that crosses the TV screen, bares fangs and hisses.

37.   Ken Hill must have walked under a ladder, or maybe a black cat crossed his path.

38.   Mrs. Reksti bent to pet her long-haired black cat, whose odor filled the kitchen.

39.   Mrs. Raymondi, who is on the tenant advocacy board, has a black cat named Schultz.

40.   Once in a while, Marrujo would notice a few people trying to coax the friendly black cat to come with them, but she never would.