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The monkey’s paw by W.W Jacobs. This happy family who lived in a small parlor in in laburnum. One night they had a guest who brought the monkey’s paw to the family’s house. Everything was all good until they made one wish. A man named sergeant major morris had came to the whites family house and he brought a monkey’s paw with him. Sergeant major morris had threw the monkey’s paw in the trash but mr.white had wanted the monkey’s paw. The first thing mr.white wished for was 200 pounds. The next day when their son had went to work and then someone from their son job to tell them some news about their son. The whites family had found out their son had died from 200 pounds. Mrs.white was sad because their son died. Then mrs.white thought about the

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