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The Cubs curse

After 108 years the Cubs have won the World Series. The curse was put on the Cubs 108 years ago but recently broken. The curse was put on the Cubs because a guy and his goat couldn't go. William Sianis approached the gate to get into the game and he was told that he wasn't able to go in because he had a goat that smelled bad. Williams goat couldn't go in because of its stench, but the goat even had its own ticket. When William was told he couldn't go in he said that the Cubs would never win a World Series ever again. William Sianis and his goat Murphy set the curse on the Cubs in 1908. William ‘billy goat’ Sianis was one of the people who set the curse. Another thing who set the curse was Williams goat, Murphy.

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