count_words.py

import string

def read_file_content(filename):
    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
        text = f.read()
    return text

def count_words():
    text = read_file_content("./story.txt")
    words = []
    d = {}
    for line in text:
        line = text.rstrip()
        line = text.translate(
            line.maketrans("", "", string.punctuation))
        words = line.split(" ")
    for word in words:
        d[word] = 1 if not word in d else d[word] + 1
    print(d)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    count_words()