The Monkey's Paw By W. Jacobs

In W.W. Jacobs ¨The Monkey’s Paw, the first man who had the monkey’s paw was an old fakir who had put a spell on it to show that fate ruled people’s lives and if you chose to interfere with it then it would bring fate upon themselves. The old fakir had already used two out of the three wishes and wished for his third wish to be death. So the old fakir died and that’s how Sergeant Morris got the paw. Mr. White was hesitant about using the paw because he thought that the magical paw would not work. So Mr. White wishes for $200 and then the paw moves in Mr. Whites hand and Mr. White freaks out and throws the paw into the fire. Then the next day after their son, Herbert, leaves for work they soon after they get a knock at the door. They open it and it is a man who probably is from the same work place as Herbert is.
and Mrs. White find out that their son has been killed by the machinery. He got caught up in the machinery and was mutated. The place where Herbert worked gave them $200 for the loss of their son and are able to pay of the rest of their house payment. By this time they have only used one of their three wishes from the magical paw. By now, ten days has gone by and then Mrs. Herbert wakes up in the middle of the night and tells Mr. White to use the last wish to bring their son back to life and so Mr. White goes downstairs and picks up the paw and says “I wish for my son to be brought back to life.” A few minutes later they hear a knock on their basement door and Mrs. White knows that it is their son, Herbert. Mr. White knows that Herbert will not look human because he was mutated so he doesn’t want his son in the house. Mrs. White goes to the basement and opens the door.To Mrs. White’s surprise no one is at the door. Mrs. White opens the door and all that comes in is a cold rush of air. Mrs. White is very sad about the fact that her son Herbert would never be back alive to live with