Writing HW week #4

The Monkey Paw

Well, I'm going to tell a very short story about The Monkey Paw.
There was a family, the Whites: Mr. White, Mrs. White and their son Herbert.
One day, Mr. White was playing chess with Herbert, and eventually lost. Mrs. White came and told Mr. White not to worry, that he could win next time. Mr. White said something about an old friend, Sergeant Major Morris, coming to their place. Mrs. White didn't really like this Morris man and was hoping that he wouldn't come, but he came.
Morris talked about a monkey paw who had a spell put upon it by and old fakir. It allowed it to grant three wishes to three different people. The fist person wished for death as his/her last wish. Morris's wishes are unknown, but he tried to destroy the paw in the fireplace. Mr. White didn't let this happen and took the paw. Morris warned him that if he must wish, he had to make it sensible. Also, that the wished came true very naturally, as if they happened by themselves and not as a wish.
To make a long story very, very short, Mr. White messed things up, his son died because he wished for money. The Whites then wished for their son to come back to life. Mr. White was afraid and didn't let Mrs. White open the door for her back-alive son to come in. He ended up using his last wish to take his soon back to the grave. And That's it, so that's the story.