The Monkey's Paw by w.w. jacobs

The Monkey's Paw

"The Monkey's Paw" is a classic supernatural story that doubles as a horror story and a cautionary tale written by W.W.Jacobs. The story is divided into three parts and revolves around the White family.

'Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it'

Part I open on a dark night when three members of the White family are quite in the relaxing mood in their house and the Herbert White was playing chess with his father.

In between their family friend Sergeant Major Morris arrives for a visit and tells a story of his exploits abroad. Mr. And Mrs. White urges him to tell the whole thing. Sergeant Morris took a small mummified paw out of his pocket and explained that a fakir placed a spell on the paw to prove that people's lives are governed by fate and that it is dangerous to meddle with fate. This paw allowed three men to wish on the paw three times each. Major Sergeant shared his own experience about it and also of another man who had his third wish to ask for death. Mr. Sergeant wanted to sell this Paw but without proof of its effect no one was ready to buy it and as a result, he threw it into the fire but was rescued by Mr. White though he was warned three times by Sergeant. Then consequently. The first part ended as Mr. White wished for two hundred pounds but nothing happened and they thought that paw was a hoax.

In the second part The White's get money from Herbert's factory but later on, accidentally he was pulled into a machine and mangled to death. Because of this Mrs. White made a second wish to bring her son back from grebe as he died 10 days ago. As like earlier nothing happened immediately. After that, they heard something arriving at their door and a loud knocking began. Mrs. White felt that her son might return whereas Mr. White was not sure of it. Somehow Mrs. White wasn't able to open the door as she was dragging a chair to the door. Becoming a very furious Mr. White made the third wish to return whatever is at the door. After that Mrs. White opened the door but unfortunately she didn't find anything except a gloomy night.