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house the fire burned brightly . Father and son played
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“Twenty-one years of it,” said Mr. White to his wife and
son. “When he went away, he was a young man. Now look
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“I should like to see those old temples and holy men”
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“Nothing,” said the soldier quickly.
“Monkey’s paw?” said Mrs. White.
“Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic,
perhaps,” said the sergeant-major. His three listeners leaned
forward eagerly.
“To look at,” said the sergeant-major, “it’s just an
ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy.” He took
something out of his pocket and held it out. Mrs. White
drew back with a grimace.
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“And what is special about it?” asked Mr. White.
“An old holy man put a spell on it,” said the sergeant major. “He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives.
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would happen did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it
so that three men could each have three wishes from it.”
His manner was so serious that the listeners thought
their light laughter seemed out of place.
“Well, why don’t you make three wishes, sir?” said
young Herbert cleverly.
“I have,” Morris said quietly, and his reddish face turned
white.
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“And did you really have the three wishes granted?”
asked Mrs. White.
“I did,” said the sergeant-major.
“And has anybody else wished?” the old lady asked.
“The first man had his three wishes, yes. I don’t know
what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s
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“If you’ve had your three wishes, then it’s no good to you
now, Morris,” said the old man at last. “What do you keep
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“Just because I want to, I suppose,” he said. “I did think
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trouble already. Besides, people won’t buy it. Some think
the story of the wishes is a fairy tale. Those who think it
might be real want to try it first and pay me afterward.”
“Would you make three more wishes if you could?”
asked the old man.
“I don’t know,” said the other. “I don’t know.”
He picked up the paw and then suddenly threw it upon
the fire. Mr. White bent down and snatched it off.
“Better let it burn,” said the soldier solemnly.
“If you don’t want it, Morris,” said the other, “give it
to me.”
“I won’t,” said his friend. “I threw it on the fire. If you
keep it, don’t blame me for what happens. Throw it back
on the fire again like a sensible man.”
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Mr. White shook his head. “How do you make the
wishes?” he asked.
“Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud,” said the
sergeant-major, “but I warn you of the consequences.”
Mr. White pulled the paw out of his pocket. All three of
the Whites burst into laughter as the sergeant-major, with a
look of alarm on his face, caught him by the arm.
“If you must wish,” he said, “wish for something
sensible.” Mr. White put the paw back in his pocket.
Later, after their guest had gone, Herbert said, “If the
tale about the monkey’s paw is no more true than the other
stories he told us, we won’t get much out of it.”
Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it
doubtfully. “I don’t know what to wish for, and that’s a
fact,” he said. “It seems to me I’ve got all I want.”
“If you could pay off what we owe on the house, you’d
be quite happy, wouldn’t you?” said Herbert. “Well, wish
for two hundred pounds2 to do it.”
His father, smiling and embarrassed at his own credulity,
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“I wish for two hundred pounds,” said the old man.
Then he gave a horrified cry. “It moved,” he cried. “As I
made the wish, it twisted in my hand like a snake.”
“Well, I don’t see the money,” said his son, “and I bet I
never shall.”
“It must have been your imagination, father,” said his
wife, looking at him anxiously.
He shook his head. “Never mind, though; there’s no
harm done, but it gave me a shock all the same.”
They sat down by the fire again. Outside, the wind was
louder than ever, and the old man jumped at the sound of a
door banging upstairs. A silence that was both unusual and
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of your bed,” said Herbert, as he wished them good-night.
Herbert sat alone in the darkness, gazing at the dying
fire and seeing faces in it. The last face was so horrible and
so like a monkey’s it amazed him. It seemed so real that,
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The room now looked ordinary. The dirty, shriveled little
paw had been thrown aside carelessly, as if no one took it
seriously.
“The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could
wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how
could two hundred pounds hurt you?” said Mrs. White.
“Might drop on his head from the sky,” Herbert joked.
“Well, don’t start spending the money before I come back
from work.” His mother laughed. She watched him leave
and go down the road.
“Herbert will make more jokes about this when he
comes home,” she said as they sat down to dinner.
“I dare say,” said Mr. White, “but the paw moved in my
hand; that I’ll swear to.”
“You thought it did,” said the old lady soothingly.
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“I say it did,” replied the other. “What’s the matter?”
His wife did not answer. She was watching a welldressed man outside who was trying to make up his mind
to enter their gate. He paused three times. Finally, he came
through the gate and knocked at the door. She brought
the stranger, who seemed ill at ease, into the room. He was
strangely silent at first.
“I—was asked to call,” he said at last. “I come from
Maw and Meggins.”
“Is anything the matter?” Mrs. White asked breathlessly.
“Has anything happened to Herbert? What is it? What is it?”
“You’ve not brought bad news, I’m sure, sir,” said
Mr. White.
“I’m sorry—” began the visitor.
“Is he hurt?” demanded the mother wildly.
The visitor nodded. “Badly hurt,” he said quietly, “but
he is not in any pain.”
“Oh!” said the old woman. “Thank goodness for that!
Thank—” She broke off suddenly as the terrible meaning
of what he had said dawned upon her. She saw the awful
truth as the man looked away from her. She laid her
trembling old hand upon her husband’s.
“He was caught in the machinery,” said the visitor
finally, in a low voice.
“Caught in the machinery,” repeated Mr. White, in
a dazed fashion, “yes.” He sat staring blankly out the
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“He was the only child we had left,” he said. “It is hard.”
The man said, “The company wished me to convey their
sincere sympathy for your loss. I beg you to understand I
am only obeying their orders.”
Mr. and Mrs. White were silent. They were in shock.
“Maw and Meggins will take no responsibility for the
accident,” continued the other. “But they wish to present
you with a certain sum as compensation.”
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“Two hundred pounds,” was the answer.
He did not hear his wife’s shriek. Mr. White had fainted.
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They buried their dead son two miles away in the
cemetery and returned to a dark, silent house. As the days
passed, they hardly spoke, for now they had nothing to talk
about. Their days were long to weariness.
About a week after, the old man was woken by a sudden
cry from his wife. “The paw! ” she cried wildly. “The
monkey’s paw!”
He started up in alarm. “What’s the matter?”
“I want it,” she said quietly. “You didn’t destroy it?”
“It’s downstairs,” he replied, amazed. “Why?”
She cried and laughed at the same time. “Why didn’t
we think of it before? The other two wishes,” she replied.
“We’ve only used one.”
“Was one not enough?” he demanded fiercely.
“No,” she cried triumphantly; “we’ll have one more. Go
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was afraid of her.
“Wish! ” she cried.
“It is foolish and wicked,” he said.
“Wish! ” repeated his wife.
He raised his hand. “I wish my son alive again.” The
paw fell to the floor, and he sank trembling into a chair.
Mrs. White looked out the window.
They waited. The candle had burned almost all the
way down. It threw moving shadows on the ceiling and
walls, until it suddenly went out. The old man was deeply
relieved at the failure of the monkey’s paw. He and his wife
went back to bed.
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A stair creaked, and a squeaking mouse scurried noisily
behind the wall. Mr. White finally lit a match and went
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was repeated. Then he ran back to the bedroom and closed
the door. A third knock sounded through the house.
“What’s that? ” cried the old woman.
Another loud knock echoed through the house. “It’s
Herbert!” she screamed. “It’s Herbert!”
She ran to the door, but her husband got there first.
Catching her by the arm, he held her tightly. “What are
you going to do?” he whispered. “It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!”
she cried, struggling in his arms. “I forgot the cemetery is
two miles away. Let go. I must open the door.”
“Don’t let it in,” cried the old man, trembling.
“You’re afraid of your own son,” she cried, struggling.
“Let me go. I’m coming, Herbert.” The old woman
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can’t reach it.”
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