The Monkey's Paw (Part I)
The Blessing and the Curse of Interest
The Monkey’s Paw
The story of the monkey’s paw is a creepy old campfire legend. Perhaps you’ve heard it? In the tale, a mummified monkey’s paw grants three wishes to each person that comes to possess it. The catch is that the wish is always granted in some horrific way. In the 1902 original, a man wishing for enough money to make a mortgage payment gets …