{"id":3287,"date":"2019-05-29T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2021-05-28T23:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:00:41","slug":"the-monkeys-paw-part-1-of-3-scary-chat-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/29\/the-monkeys-paw-part-1-of-3-scary-chat-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monkey&#8217;s Paw, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1 of 3 scary stories <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By W. W. Jacobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">format by Captivated Chat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monkeys-Paw-part-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_34559\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jHnKuK_Jg1w?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-vol=\"50\"  title=\"The Monkey&#039;s Paw by W. W. Jacobs Ghost Story Short Film 1988\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Perfect weather for a visit from our friend from my old regiment, and to listen to his scary chat stories from India.  Hear that wind!  \n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I&#8217;m listening . . . Check!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I almost doubt that he&#8217;ll come tonight in this rain.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Mate.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> That&#8217;s the worst of living so far out. Of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live. Pathway&#8217;s a bog, and the road&#8217;s a torrent. I suppose because only two houses in the road are rented, the council thinks it doesn&#8217;t matter.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Never mind, dear, perhaps you&#8217;ll win the next one.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> There he is now. I hear heavyweight footsteps.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I should like you both to meet Sergeant-Major Morris.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Have a whiskey?\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taken much harm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>(Ten minutes later, at a third glass, the visitor&#8217;s eyes brightened and he began to talk, and the family regarded with eager interest this visitor from distant parts. For he spoke of wild scenes and doughty deeds; of wars and plagues and strange peoples.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Twenty-one years of it. Now look at him.\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He don&#8217;t look to have taken much harm.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I&#8217;d like to go to India myself, just to look round a bit, you know.\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Better where you are.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I should like to see those old temples and fakirs and jugglers. What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkey&#8217;s paw or something, Morris?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Nothing. Certainly nothing worth hearing.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Monkey&#8217;s paw? Another one of your scary chat stories?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Well, it&#8217;s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Have one more.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Here it is. To look at, it&#8217;s just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy. Have a look.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A spell on it<br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Thanks! Vile-looking thing, this!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> And what is there special about it? Let me see it, son.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It had a spell put on it by an old fakir. A very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people&#8217;s lives, and that those who interfered did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so three men could each have three wishes from it.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Heh-heh-heh, Ah-hem.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Well, why don&#8217;t you have three wishes yourself, sir?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Because I have done, sad to say.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> And did you really have the three wishes granted?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I did, uh, yes, in a way.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> And has anybody else wished?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> &nbsp;The first man had his three wishes. Yes. I don&#8217;t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That&#8217;s how I got the paw.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Oh dearie, dearie me. Sad, that is, the poor man going mad! \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enough mischief<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> If you&#8217;ve had your three wishes, it&#8217;s no good to you now, then, Morris. What do you keep it for?\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Fancy, I suppose, uh, I did have some idea of selling it, but I don&#8217;t think I will. It has caused enough mischief already. \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Besides, people won&#8217;t buy. They think it&#8217;s just one of those scary stories for kids; some of them, and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> If you could have another three wishes, would you have them?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> &nbsp;I don&#8217;t know, now. I don&#8217;t know&#8230;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don&#8217;t blame me for what happens<br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It&#8217;s no good throwing it in the fire. Ouch, ouch, hot, but no real harm to it.\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Better to let it burn.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> If you don&#8217;t want it, Morris, give it to me.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I won&#8217;t. I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don&#8217;t blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again like a sensible man.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> How do you do it?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud, but I warn you of the consequences.\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Sounds like the Arabian Nights, or one of the scary stories for kids you like me to tell. You and your scary stories! But it&#8217;s meal time. Don&#8217;t you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you must wish<br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I guess I would wish for\u2026 \n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-1415856-4220139919-1558637330409.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Sergeant-major<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Hold up there, that man. If you must wish, wish for something sensible.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Dinner is ready in any case. Come and be seated, please.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(30 minutes later)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Well, thanks for visiting, and goodbye Sergeant-Major!\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> If the tale about the monkey&#8217;s paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us, we sha&#8217;nt make much out of it.\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Did you give him anything for it, father?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> A trifle. He didn&#8217;t want it, but I made him take it. And he pressed me again to throw it away.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But wait!<br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Why, we&#8217;re going to be rich, and famous and happy. Wish to be an emperor, father, to begin with; then you can&#8217;t be henpecked.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Why you young upstart! I&#8217;ll have your guts for garters!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Put down that carving knife! A man&#8217;s entitled to have a little laugh.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Quiet! I must think of the wish. Look at it now and help me think upon it proper. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t know what to wish for, and that&#8217;s a fact. I&#8217;ve got all I want.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> If you only cleared the house, you&#8217;d be quite happy, wouldn&#8217;t you? \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Certainly.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Well, wish for two hundred pounds, then; that&#8217;ll just do it.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> I wish for two hundred pounds.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> &nbsp;Eww-ugh! \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> What is wrong?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It moved! As I wished, it twisted in my Nohand like a snake.\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You dropped it!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BankClerk-e1558638022510.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Herbert<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Well, I don&#8217;t see the money, and I bet I never shall.&#8221;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-2269732-3198584581-1558637209760.jpeg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Mrs. White<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> It might have been your fancy, father.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Unh-uh, but never mind; there&#8217;s no harm done. 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