Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. I'm going to do. Welcome. Welcome to another episode from one thousand one classic short stories and

tales this one titled The Monkeys Paw a classic short story from British author W.W. Jacobs.

This story is a great reminder of the old Maxim.

Be careful what you wish for.

The Monkey's Paw is set in the white family home in

England. It begins on a dark and stormy night. The whites, Mr and Mrs.

White and their adult son Herbert, are inside enjoying a cozy evening around the fire.

Soon Sergeant Major Morris arrives.

He's been in the Army in India for the past 21 years.

He tells the White's stories of his adventures in that

faraway land and shows them a monkey's paw that has the power to grant three

wishes. Mr White wants the paw, but Morris tells him it's cursed. People get hurt when their

wishes are granted. He tries to burn the paw in the fire, but Mr. White snatches it up and buys it. And that's just the beginning of their troubles.

Ready for a great classic this is your host and storyteller John Haggadorn and this is our story.

Without, the night was cold and wet, but in a small parlor of Leburnham Villa, the blinds were drawn and the

father and fire burned brightly.

Father and son were a chess, the former who possessed ideas

about the game involving radical chances, putting his king to such sharp and unnecessary

perils that had even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly

by the fire.

Park at the wind, said Mr. White, who having knitting placidly by the fire.

Park at the wind, said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late,

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