Python: put each line of words in a list
<p><strong>problem:</strong></p>

<p>I am trying to append words in the animals.txt into myList. The <code>animals.txt</code> file looks like something below.</p>

<p><strong>code tried:</strong></p>

<pre><code>opena = open('animals.txt')
aread = opena.read() 
myList = []
    for line in aread:
        myList.append(line.split("\n"))

print(myList)
</code></pre>

<p><strong><em>animals.txt</em></strong></p>

<pre><code>COW
CHICKEN
DOG
RAT
MOUSE
</code></pre>

<p><strong>expected output for myList:</strong></p>

<pre><code>myList = ['COW', 'CHICKEN', 'DOG', 'RAT', 'MOUSE']
</code></pre>