The story centres on a dried-up monkey's paw that has magical powers. The owner is granted three wishes. The monkey's paw is given to a family of three - father, mother, and son. They wish for some money, and the next day an employee of the company where the son is working arrives at the family's residence and tells the parents that their son has died in an accident and they will receive a monetary compensation, the exact amount they wished for. About a week later, the mother wishes that their son would return home alive. When knocking is heard at the door, the father realizes what has happened and before the mother can open the door, the father uses the last wish. The knocking stops and when the door is opened, no one is there.
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It's interesting Poyndexter, that you used this expression for the thread heading, when I kept thinking of it during the lead up to the result on Saturday night.
