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Fearful Wishing "The Monkeys Paw"     What if in this world there is an item that send away grant anybody any three wishes? There may even be serious and dangerous consequences to every wish. The strange thing about the ability to have any three wishes that one wants is that its true."The monkeys paw" written by W.W. Jacobs uses the well known story of being granted 3 wishes but puts a crook on the story creating a horror type story. In the small parlor of Lakesnam Villa a visitor comes named Sergeant Major Morris. The Sergeant Major visits the menage of Mr. and Mrs. snow-clad and their son Herbert. The sergeant pulls out the monkeys paw and talks about its magic before throwing it in the fire where Mr. white takes it out so that he could keep and use the monkeys paw. One should work for what he wants not wish for it but if one does then be careful what you wish for.     If the wish is lax then there must be a consequence because nothing is truly free. Mr. and Mrs. White are sitting there at their piano and Mr. White wishes for two hundred pounds with the monkeys paw. The next day Edward got caught in the machinery and died leaving his parents compensation money. His dry lips shaped the words, "How much?" "Two hundred pounds," was the set (Jacobs 7). Mr. White wished for 200 pounds and it took a day but he got it at the cost of his sons life however. No matter how harmless the wish sou...