My friend Dan has many ------- that I don't agree with. When he first saw my new kitten, Midnight, he yelled, "Keep it away! Black cats cause -------- . They are bad luck." I had never seen any ----------- or proof of that, so I decided to do an ----------. I would test Dan's silly ---------- by watching what happened when Midnight went near people. At first, Midnight wouldn't cooperate, and I thought the whole thing was going to be a ----------- . Soon, however, he started walking up to people who passed our front yard. Nobody tried to run away or --------- ! Nothing bad happened! Dan was ------------ about black cats.

superstition, evidence, experiment, misfortune, beliefs, escape, failure, mistaken