He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it." He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. "It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant major, "a very holy man. White, as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table. "And what is there special about it?" inquired Mr. White drew back with a grimace, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously. He took something out of his pocket and proffered it. "To look at," said the sergeant major, fumbling in his pocket, "it's just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy." The visitor absentmindedly put his empty glass to his lips and then set it down again. ![]() His three listeners leaned forward eagerly. "Well, it's just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps," said the sergeant major offhandedly. "What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkey's paw or something, Morris?" "I should like to see those old temples and fakirs and jugglers," said the old man. He put down the empty glass, and sighing softly, shook it again. "Better where you are," said the sergeant major, shaking his head. ![]() "I'd like to go to India myself," said the old man, "just to look round a bit, you know." "He don't look to have taken much harm," said Mrs. "When he went away he was a slip of a youth in the warehouse. The sergeant major shook hands, and taking the proffered seat by the fire, watched contentedly while his host got out whisky and tumblers and stood a small copper kettle on the fire.Īt the third glass his eyes got brighter, and he began to talk, the little family circle regarding with eager interest this visitor from distant parts, as he squared his broad shoulders in the chair and spoke of strange scenes and doughty deeds, of wars and plagues and strange peoples. "Sergeant Major Morris," he said, introducing him. White said, "Tut, tut!" and coughed gently as her husband entered the room, followed by a tall, burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of visage. The new arrival also condoled with himself, so that Mrs. The old man rose with hospitable haste, and opening the door, was heard condoling with the new arrival. "There he is," said Herbert White, as the gate banged to loudly and heavy footsteps came toward the door. The words died away on his lips, and he hid a guilty grin in his thin grey beard. White looked up sharply, just in time to intercept a knowing glance between mother and son. "Never mind, dear," said his wife soothingly "perhaps you'll win the next one." I suppose because only two houses on the road are let, they think it doesn't matter." I don't know what people are thinking about. Pathway's a bog, and the road's a torrent. White, with sudden and unlooked-for violence "of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live in, this is the worst. "That's the worst of living so far out," bawled Mr. ![]() "I should hardly think that he'd come tonight," said his father, with his hand poised over the board. "I'm listening," said the latter, grimly surveying the board as he stretched out his hand. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the whitehaired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Lakesnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Simply by visiting the Houston Zoo, guests also help to save howler monkeys in the wild.EnglishClub : Learn English : Reading : Stories : The Monkey's Paw The Monkey's Paw These trees offer the necessary habitat howler monkeys need to survive in the wild. They also provide support for planting trees in Colombia. The Houston Zoo provides support and training for education campaigns that reduce hunting and trapping of howler monkeys in Colombia. The dimorphic monkeys -males are black, females are gold -rarely come down from the trees they live in and use their strong prehensile tail as a fifth limb, allowing them greater versatility when climbing. Their call can be heard more than three miles away. This “dawn chorus” announces the howlers’ position to avoiding conflict with other groups. Named for their vocalizations, howler monkeys are heard most often around sunrise. Both mom and baby are healthy, and after spending time together bonding, they can now be seen with the rest of the howler monkey family in South America’s Pantanal. A baby howler monkey, named Marlie, was born on Nov. There’s a new bundle of joy at the Houston Zoo just in time for the holidays. Zoo News Blog Howler Monkey Family Grows by One
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