每天读一篇英语小故事：Four Slit Throats

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　　An Italian couple murdered four people in the house next door. They slit
the throats of their neighbor, Maria Como, and her mom. Then they slit the
throats of Mrs. Como's 2-year-old little boy, Perry, and a woman who just
happened to be visiting. Finally, they set the house on fire! This all happened
two weeks before Christmas.
        　　The couple had complained constantly to the Comos about the noise they
caused, but no one else in the neighborhood seemed to think that the Comos were
noisy.
        　　"Maria was a kind and quiet person," said one of her neighbors. "She and
her husband used to push little Perry around the neighborhood in his stroller.
They were friendly to everyone. I can't believe this happened."
        　　Police in the northern Italian town could not believe it either. A
spokesman said that never in the history of Italy had a married couple worked as
a team to slice four neighbors' throats and then try to burn their house
down!
        　　"I think if they claim temporary insanity, everyone will believe it!" said
the spokesman.
        　　After firemen found the four bodies, the couple calmly confessed to the
police.