{"id":3430,"date":"2019-05-21T16:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2021-01-28T18:58:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T00:58:43","slug":"the-monkeys-paw-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/21\/the-monkeys-paw-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monkey&#8217;s Paw, Part 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\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 alignright\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monkeys-Paw-part-3.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Tap icon at top of page to pause or resume listening to The Monkey&#8217;s Paw being read aloud. Tap arrow above to play music.<\/figcaption><\/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=\"\"> Come back. You will be cold.\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 is colder for my son.\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=\"\"> But we must sleep.\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=\"\"> (A few minutes later, after giving a sudden wild cry.) The paw! The monkey&#8217;s paw!\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=\"\"> Where? Where is it? What&#8217;s the matter?\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=\"\"> I want it. You&#8217;ve not destroyed it?\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 not; it&#8217;s in the parlour, on the bracket. Why?\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=\"\"> I only just thought of it. Why didn&#8217;t I think of it before? Why didn&#8217;t you think of it?\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=\"\"> Think of what?\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=\"\"> The other two wishes. We&#8217;ve only had one.\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=\"\"> Was not that enough?\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=\"\"> No. Above all, we&#8217;ll have one more. Go down and get it quickly, and wish our boy alive again.\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=\"\"> Good God, you are mad!\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=\"\"> Go get the monkey&#8217;s paw, get it quickly, and wish \u2014 Oh, my boy, my boy!\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=\"\"> Get back to bed. You don&#8217;t know what you are saying.\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=\"\"> We had the first wish granted. Why not the second also?\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 c-c-coincidence.\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=\"\"> Go and get it and wish.\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-uh, hate to say it, but he has been dead ten days, and besides he\u2014I would not tell you else, but\u2014I could only recognize him by his clothing. If he was too terrible for you to see then, how now?\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=\"\"> Bring him back. Do you think I fear the child I have nursed?\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 am going downstairs to get it, but\u2026\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>An unnatural look<\/h4>\n<p>In the dark room he found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/talisman\">talisman<\/a> in its place, and a horrible fear seized him that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could escape from the room.<\/p>\n<p>Even his wife&#8217;s face seemed changed as he entered the room. It was white and expectant, and to his fears seemed to have an unnatural look upon it. He was afraid of her.<\/p>\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\/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=\"\"> Wish!\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 is foolish and wicked.\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=\"\"> Wish!\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 my son alive again.\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&#8217;ve dropped it!\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=\"\"> (Whispering to himself) A knock at the door!\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=\"\"> Another!\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The matches fell from his hand and spilled in the passage. He stood motionless, his breath suspended until the knock was repeated. Then he turned and fled swiftly back to his room, and closed the door behind him. A third knock sounded through the house.<\/p>\n<h4>Another knock<\/h4>\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\/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=\"\"> What&#8217;s that sound?\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 rat \u2014 a rat. It passed me on the stairs.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>(Loud knock resounds through the house)<\/p>\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\/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&#8217;s Herbert! It&#8217;s Herbert! (She ran to the door, but her husband was before her, and catching her by the arm, held her tightly.)\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=\"\"> What are you going to do?\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&#8217;s my boy; it&#8217;s Herbert!. I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.\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=\"\"> For God&#8217;s sake d-don&#8217;t let it in!\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&#8217;re afraid of your own son. Let me go. I&#8217;m coming, Herbert; I&#8217;m coming.\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=\"\"> The bolt! Come down. I can&#8217;t reach it.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>Long loud wail<\/h4>\n<p>There was another knock, and another. Finally the old woman, with a sudden wrench, broke free and ran from the room. Therefore her husband followed to the landing, and called after her appealingly as she hurried downstairs. But he heard the chain rattle back and the bottom bolt drawn slowly and stiffly from the socket. Then the old woman&#8217;s voice, strained and panting.<\/p>\n<p>But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in.<\/p>\n<p>A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door. Finally, he heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey&#8217;s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.<\/p>\n<p>The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back, and the door opened.<\/p>\n<p>A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. 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