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Ms. Miles

The Monkey’s Paw Assignment Direction Guide

!Background:!We!will!be!reading!the!Gothic!short!story!“The%Monkey’s%Paw”%by%W.W.%Jacobs.!Written!in!1902,!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!explores!the!ideas!of!fate!and!coincidence!within!a!suspenseful!horror!story.!Throughout!our!interaction!with!the!short!story,!we!will!be!exploring!how!W.W.!Jacobs!constructs!the!mood!and!setting!through!his!specific!use!of!words!and!phrases.!In!order!to!facilitate!your!reading!and!analysis!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”,!complete!all!below!assignments,!paying!strict!attention!to!their!specific!directions.!!Models!and!examples!for!each!of!these!assignments!will!be!discussed!in!class.!!Assignment%#1:![Independently]!Read!the!short!story.!While!reading!“The!Monkey’s!Paw,”!underline!words!or!phrases!that!describe!mood,!setting,!and!sound.!You!may!reference!the!MoodNWords!PowerPoint.!In!the!margins,!note!specific!images!or!feelings!you!experienced!while!reading.!!

After!reading,!you!will!each!be!given!one!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!to!perform!the!following!activities!with.!!Assignment%#2:![Within!your!page!number!groups]!After!reading,!use!your!underlined!and!annotated!copy!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!to!pick!out!the!author’s!words!and!phrases!that!convey!mood!through!descriptions!of!sound/natural%setting/manDmade%setting.!Note!these!words!and!phrases!within!their!categories’!box.!!Assignment%#3:![Independently]!Draft!an!Eye!Witness!Testimony!account!of!the!events!of!your!assigned!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!Use!your!descriptive!words!from!assignment!#2!to!write!yourself!into!the!story.!Create!a!first%person%narrative%account%of!your!experience!in!the!world!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!Essentially,!you!should!reNwrite!the!events!of!ONLY!your!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw”!from!your!point!of!view!as!if!you!were!a!character.!Be!sure!to!use!language!that!accurately!fits!into!the!actual!story’s!setting!and!events.!Use!descriptive!sensory!language!to!convey!atmosphere,%mood,%and%ambiance!to!your!reader.!Your!draft!should!be!handwritten!5N7!sentences.!!Assignment%#4:![Independently]!Create!a!humument!out!of!your!assigned!page!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!A!humument!is!a!“human!document,”!a!creative!practice!in!which!a!book!is!altered!combining!text!with!overlapping!drawn!images!to!create!an!original!work!of!art.!In!order!to!create!your!humument,!circle!the!descriptive!words!and!phrases!on!your!assigned!page!that!best!describes!the!mood!and!setting!of!“The!Monkey’s!Paw.”!Using!a!variety!of!artistic!materials,!draw!over!the!remaining!text!and!surface!of!the!page!so!that!the!only!words!that!“poke”!through!your!drawing!are!the!ones!that!you!have!circled.!Your!drawing!should!be!inspired!by!your!circled!descriptive!words,!and!should!create!an!image!that!conveys!the!page’s!atmosphere,!mood,!and!ambiance.!Your!Eye!Witness!Testimony!paper!will!serve!as!a!“caption”!for!this!piece!of!art.!!!Assignment%#5:!Publish!a!final!draft!of!your!Eye!Witness!Testimony!paper.!Your!paper!should!be!typed!up,!single!spaced,!and!5N7!sentences.!Your!final!draft!should!be!printed!and!cut!out!to!form!a!half!page!caption.!It!should!be!stapled!or!glued!to!the!bottom!of!your!humument.!The!humument!&!caption!will!be!presented!and!published!in!our!classroom!gallery. !

Go

th

ic S

ho

rt S

to

rie

s

Th

e M

on

ke

y’s

Pa

w

1

Th

e Mon

key

’s Paw

William

W. J

acobs

Ou

tside, th

e nig

ht w

as cold

and

wet b

ut a fire b

urn

ed b

righ

tly in

th

e small liv

ing ro

om

of

Lab

urn

um

Villa, w

here M

r Wh

ite and

his

son

H

erbert

were

play

ing ch

ess. M

rs W

hite,

a w

hite-h

aired old

lad

y, sat k

nittin

g by th

e fire, occasio

nally

com

men

ting o

n th

e gam

e.

‘Listen

to

th

e w

ind

,’ said

M

r w

hite.

He

had

m

ade

a serio

us

5

mistak

e an

d

wan

ted

to

distract

his so

n’s

attentio

n

so

that

he

wou

ldn

’t see it.

‘I’m listen

ing,’ said

his so

n, co

ncen

trating on

the ch

essboard

.

‘I shou

ldn

’t thin

k h

e’ll com

e ton

igh

t,’ said th

e father, h

is han

d

over th

e board

. 1

0

‘Ch

eckm

ate,’ replied

the so

n.

‘Th

at’s th

e tro

ub

le w

ith

livin

g h

ere,’ M

r W

hite

shou

ted

with

u

nex

pected

vio

lence.

‘Of

all th

e w

et, iso

lated

places

this

is th

e w

orst. T

he p

ath is a b

og

and

the ro

ad’s a riv

er, bu

t I sup

pose p

eop

le d

on

’t care becau

se on

ly tw

o h

ou

ses in th

e road

are occu

pied

.’ 1

5

‘Don

’t worry

, dear,’ said

his w

ife. ‘Perh

aps y

ou

’ll win

the n

ext

on

e.

Mr W

hite lo

ok

ed u

p su

dd

enly

and

saw m

oth

er and

son

look

at each

oth

er qu

ickly

. He h

id a gu

ilty sm

ile in h

is thin

grey

beard

.

‘Th

ere h

e is,’

said H

erbert,

hearin

g th

e gate

shu

t lo

ud

ly an

d

20

heav

y fo

otstep

s com

ing to

the d

oor.

Th

e old

man

stood

up

hu

rriedly

and

wen

t to o

pen

the d

oor. H

e cam

e back

with

a tall, well-b

uilt m

an w

ho h

ad sm

all, brig

ht ey

es and

a red

face.

‘Serg

eant M

ajor M

orris,’ said

Mr W

hite, in

trod

ucin

g h

im.

25

Th

e officer sh

ook

han

ds, sat b

y th

e fire, and

watch

ed co

nten

tedly

as M

r Wh

ite got o

ut so

me w

hisk

y an

d g

lasses. After th

ree drin

ks

the so

ldier’s ey

es becam

e brig

hter an

d h

e beg

an to

talk

. Th

e family

listened

with

great in

terest to th

is visito

r from

distan

t land

s wh

ile he

spok

e of h

is cou

rageo

us ad

ven

tures an

d h

is exp

eriences o

f wars,

30

plag

ues an

d stran

ge n

ation

s.

‘Tw

enty

-on

e years ag

o, w

hen

he w

ent aw

ay, h

e was ju

st a boy

in

the w

arehou

se,’ said M

r W

hite to

his w

ife and

son

. ‘Now

look

at h

im.’

‘It doesn

’t seem to

hav

e hu

rt him

,’ Mrs W

hite ag

reed p

olitely

. 3

5

‘I’d lik

e to g

o to

Ind

ia myself,’ said

the o

ld m

an, ‘ju

st to lo

ok

ro

un

d a b

it, you

kn

ow

.’

‘You

’re b

etter h

ere w

here

you

are,’

said th

e S

ergean

t M

ajor,

shak

ing h

is head

. He p

ut d

ow

n h

is emp

ty g

lass, sigh

ed, an

d sh

ook

h

is head

again

. 4

0

‘I’d

like

to

see th

ose

old

tem

ples,

and

fak

irs an

d

jugglers,’

con

tinu

ed M

r W

hite.

‘Wh

at w

as th

at ab

ou

t a

mon

key

’s p

aw or

som

ethin

g y

ou

started tellin

g m

e abou

t the o

ther d

ay, M

orris?

’

‘Noth

ing,’

said

the

other

qu

ickly.

‘Noth

ing

worth

h

earing

anyw

ay’.

45

‘Mon

key

’s paw

?’ said

Mrs W

hite cu

riou

sly.

‘Well, it’s ju

st a bit o

f wh

at you

mig

ht call m

agic,’ said

the so

ldier

casually

.

Bu

t the th

ree listeners w

ere look

ing at h

im eag

erly. M

r Wh

ite filled

his g

lass for h

im.

50

‘It’s just an

ord

inary

little paw

to lo

ok

at,’ said S

ergean

t Majo

r M

orris, tak

ing it fro

m h

is p

ock

et.

Mrs

Wh

ite m

ov

ed

back

w

ith

a d

isgu

sted

look

, b

ut

her

son

ex

amin

ed it cu

riou

sly.

‘An

d w

hat’s so

special ab

ou

t it?’ M

r Wh

ite asked

. He to

ok

it 5

5

from

his so

n, ex

amin

ed it, an

d p

ut it o

n th

e table.

‘An

old

fakir p

ut a sp

ell on it. H

e was a v

ery h

oly

man

and

he

wan

ted to

show

that fate ru

led p

eop

le’s lives, an

d th

at to in

terfere w

ith fate o

nly

caused

deep

sadn

ess. He p

ut a sp

ell on

it so th

at th

ree separate m

en co

uld

each h

ave th

ree wish

es from

it.’ 6

0

Go

th

ic S

ho

rt S

to

rie

s

Th

e M

on

ke

y’s

Pa

w

2

His

man

ner

was

so

imp

ressive

that

the

oth

ers realized

th

eir careless lau

gh

ter was n

ot

app

rop

riate.

‘Well, w

hy d

on

’t you

hav

e three w

ishes?

’ said M

r Wh

ite.

Th

e sold

ier look

ed at h

im as if h

e were a fo

olish

boy. ‘I h

ave,’ h

e said

qu

ietly, an

d h

is red face

w

hiten

ed.

65

‘An

d d

id y

our th

ree wish

es really co

me tru

e?’ ask

ed M

rs Wh

ite.

‘Yes.’

‘An

d h

as nob

od

y else wish

ed?’ th

e old

lady w

ent o

n.

‘Th

e first man

had

his th

ree wish

es, yes. I d

on

’t kn

ow

wh

at the

first two w

ishes w

ere bu

t the th

ird w

as for d

eath. T

hat’s h

ow

I got

70

the p

aw.’

He sp

ok

e so serio

usly

that ev

eryb

od

y b

ecame q

uiet.

‘If you

’ve h

ad y

ou

r three w

ishes, th

e paw

is no go

od

to y

ou

now

,’ said

Mr W

hite at last. ‘W

hy d

o y

ou k

eep it?

’

Th

e sold

ier shook

his h

ead an

d said

slow

ly, ‘O

h, ju

st for in

terest, 7

5

I sup

pose. I h

ad so

me id

ea of sellin

g it b

ut I d

on

’t thin

k I w

ill. It has

caused

enou

gh

trou

ble alread

y. A

nyw

ay, p

eop

le won

’t bu

y it. S

om

e th

ink

it’s all a fairy sto

ry, I an

d th

ose w

ho b

elieve it w

ant to

try it

befo

re pay

ing m

e.’

‘If you

co

uld

h

ave

anoth

er th

ree w

ishes,’

said old

M

r w

hite,

80

look

ing in

terestedly

at him

, ‘wou

ld y

ou

hav

e them

?’

‘I don

’t kn

ow

, I don

’t kn

ow

.’

Th

en h

e took

the p

aw an

d su

dd

enly

threw

it on

the fire. W

ith an

asto

nish

ed cry

Mr W

hite b

ent d

ow

n an

d p

ulled

it ou

t qu

ickly

.

‘Better let it b

urn

,’ said th

e sold

ier. 8

5

‘If you

don

’t wan

t it, giv

e it to me, M

orris.’

‘No. I th

rew it o

n th

e fire. If you

keep

it, don

’t then

say th

at it is m

y fau

lt. Be sen

sible –

thro

w it o

n th

e fire again

!’

Bu

t, exam

inin

g h

is new

possessio

n clo

sely, M

r Wh

ite shook

his

head

. ‘How

do y

ou d

o it?’ h

e asked

Morris.

90

‘Hold

it up

in y

ou

r righ

t han

d an

d w

ish alo

ud

,’ was th

e reply

. Bu

t I w

arn y

ou

of th

e con

sequ

ences.’

‘It sou

nd

s like th

e Arabian

Niqhts,’ M

rs Wh

ite said as sh

e beg

an to

p

repare th

e din

ner. ‘W

hy d

on

’t you

wish

for fo

ur p

airs of h

and

s for

me?

’ 9

5

Lau

gh

ing,

her

hu

sban

d

took

th

e talism

an

from

h

is p

ock

et to

mak

e the w

ish b

ut w

ith a lo

ok

of alarm

the S

ergean

t Majo

r caugh

t h

is arm.

‘If you

m

ust

wish

,’ h

e said

ag

gressiv

ely,

‘wish

fo

r so

meth

ing

reaso

nab

le.’ 1

00

So M

r Wh

ite pu

t it back

in h

is pock

et and

they

all sat dow

n to

d

inn

er. Th

e talisman

was p

artly fo

rgotten

for th

e rest of th

e even

ing

as the so

ldier co

ntin

ued

telling th

em ab

ou

t his ex

citing ad

ven

tures

in In

dia. W

hen

he h

ad g

on

e, Mr W

hite said

that th

e story

of th

e m

on

key

’s paw

was p

rob

ably

un

true, lik

e all the o

ther sto

ries Morris

10

5

had

told

them

.

‘Did

you

giv

e him

anyth

ing fo

r it?’ M

rs Wh

ite asked

him

.

‘Oh

, just a b

it of m

on

ey. H

e did

n’t w

ant it b

ut I m

ade h

im tak

e it. A

nd

he tried

to p

ersuad

e me ag

ain to

thro

w th

e thin

g aw

ay.’

‘Of co

urse w

e will!’ said

Herb

ert iron

ically. ‘G

od

, we’re g

oin

g to

1

10

be rich

and

famou

s and

hap

py! W

ish th

at you

were an

emp

eror,

father, to b

egin

with

. Th

en m

oth

er won

’t ord

er you

arou

nd

.’

Mrs W

hite p

retend

ed to

be an

gry

at this an

d ch

ased h

im ro

un

d

the tab

le, wh

ile Mr W

hite lo

ok

ed at th

e paw

dou

btfu

lly.

‘I don

’t kn

ow

wh

at to w

ish fo

r and

that’s a fact,’ h

e said slo

wly

. 1

15

‘It seems to

me I’v

e got all I w

ant.’

‘If you

cou

ld fin

ish p

ayin

g fo

r the h

ou

se you

’d b

e qu

ite hap

py,

wou

ldn

’t you

?’ H

erbert said

. ‘Wish

for tw

o h

un

dred

pou

nd

s, then

. T

hat’ll ju

st do it.’

His

father,

in

an

emb

arrassed

way

, h

eld

up

th

e talism

an

as 1

20

Herb

ert, with

a win

k at h

is moth

er, sat dow

n at th

e pian

o an

d

play

ed a few

solem

n n

otes.

Go

th

ic S

ho

rt S

to

rie

s

Th

e M

on

ke

y’s

Pa

w

3

‘I wish

for tw

o h

un

dred

pou

nd

s,’ said th

e old

man

distin

ctly.

As H

erbert p

layed

a lou

d, d

ramatic ch

ord

the o

ld m

an su

dd

enly

cried

ou

t in a trem

blin

g v

oice. His w

ife and

son

ran to

ward

s him

. 1

25

‘It moved

,’ he cried

, glan

cing w

ith d

isgu

st at the o

bject o

n th

e flo

or. ‘A

s I wish

ed, it tw

isted in

my h

and

like a sn

ake.’

‘Well, I d

on

’t see the m

on

ey,’ said

Herb

ert, pick

ing it u

p. ‘A

nd

I am

sure I n

ever w

ill.’

‘It mu

st hav

e been

you

r imag

inatio

n,’ said

Mrs W

hite, lo

ok

ing

13

0

anx

iou

sly at h

er hu

sban

d.

He sh

ook

his h

ead. ‘It d

oesn

’t matter –

nob

od

y’s h

urt. B

ut it g

ave

me a sh

ock

.’

Th

ey sat d

ow

n b

y th

e fire. Wh

ile the m

en sm

ok

ed th

eir pip

es the

win

d

ou

tside

blew

h

arder

than

ev

er an

d

the

old

m

an

becam

e 1

35

nerv

ou

s at the so

un

d o

f a door b

angin

g n

oisily

up

stairs as it closed

. A

n u

nu

sual an

d d

epressin

g silen

ce fell on

the fam

ily. T

hen

the o

ld

cou

ple sto

od

up

to go u

pstairs to

bed

.

‘You

’ll pro

bab

ly fin

d th

e mon

ey in

a big

bag

in th

e mid

dle o

f you

r b

ed,’ H

erbert jo

ked

as he said

good

nig

ht to

them

. 1

40

He sat alo

ne in

the d

arkn

ess, look

ing ab

sently

into

the fire an

d

seeing faces in

it. On

e face was so

horrib

le and

mon

key

-like h

e stared

at it in am

azemen

t. Wh

en h

e realized h

e was still h

old

ing th

e m

on

key

’s paw

he q

uick

ly p

ut it d

ow

n an

d w

ith a little sh

iver w

iped

h

is han

d o

n h

is coat. T

hen

he w

ent u

p to b

ed.

14

5

✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻

Th

e nex

t morn

ing at b

reakfast H

erbert lau

gh

ed at h

is fears of th

e n

igh

t befo

re. Th

e win

ter sun

shon

e in th

e room

, wh

ich lo

ok

ed v

ery

ord

inary

now

, and

the d

irty, dried

-up

little paw

was still ly

ing w

here

he h

ad th

row

n it carelessly

.

‘I sup

pose all o

ld so

ldiers are th

e same,’ M

rs Wh

ite com

men

ted.

15

0

‘Wh

y d

id w

e listen to

such

non

sense?

How

cou

ld w

ishes b

e gran

ted

these d

ays?

An

d if th

ey co

uld

, how

cou

ld tw

o hu

nd

red p

ou

nd

s hu

rt u

s?’

‘Well, it co

uld

dro

p o

n fath

er’s head

from

the sk

y,’ H

erbert jo

ked

.

‘Morris said

the w

ishes h

app

en n

aturally

,’ said h

is father, ‘so

you

1

55

thin

k th

ey’re ju

st coin

ciden

ces.’

‘Don

’t spen

d an

y o

f the m

on

ey b

efore I co

me b

ack,’ H

erbert said

, goin

g to

the d

oor.

His m

oth

er watch

ed h

im w

alk d

ow

n th

e road

to w

ork

. Of co

urse

she d

idn

’t believ

e that th

e talisman

cou

ld g

rant w

ishes, y

et later that

16

0

day

she ran

qu

ickly

to th

e doo

r wh

en th

e postm

an k

nock

ed an

d sh

e w

as disap

poin

ted th

at it was o

nly

a bill.

‘I exp

ect Herb

ert will jo

ke ab

ou

t it even

mo

re wh

en h

e com

es h

om

e,’ she said

at din

ner.

‘I exp

ect he w

ill,’ said M

r Wh

ite. ‘Bu

t the th

ing m

oved

in m

y

16

5

han

d –

I swear it.’

‘You

thou

gh

t it moved

.’

‘It moved

, I tell you

. I did

n’t th

ink

– w

hat’s th

e matter?

’

His

wife

mad

e n

o

reply

. S

he

was

watch

ing

the

mysterio

us

movem

ents o

f a man

ou

tside in

the street, w

ho seem

ed to

be try

ing

1

70

to d

ecide w

heth

er to o

pen

the g

ate and

enter. S

he n

oticed

that th

e stran

ger w

as well-d

ressed an

d w

ore a n

ew silk

hat. T

hree tim

es he

pau

sed at th

e gate an

d w

alked

away

. Th

e fou

rth tim

e he sto

pp

ed

and

pu

t his h

and

on

the g

ate, then

sud

den

ly o

pen

ed it an

d w

alked

u

p th

e path

. Mrs W

hite o

pen

ed th

e fron

t doo

r and

bro

ugh

t the

17

5

stranger in

to th

e room

. He seem

ed w

orried

and

un

easy, an

d lo

ok

ed

at her fro

m th

e corn

er of h

is eye.

‘I – w

as asked

to call,’ h

e beg

an h

esitantly

. ‘I am fro

m M

aw an

d

Meg

gin

s.’

Th

e old

lady lo

ok

ed su

rprised

. ‘Is anyth

ing w

ron

g?’ sh

e asked

1

80

breath

lessly. ‘H

as anyth

ing h

app

ened

to Herb

ert? W

hat is it?

’

‘Now

don

’t worry

,’ said h

er hu

sban

d. ‘I’m

sure h

e hasn

’t bro

ugh

t b

ad n

ews. H

ave y

ou

, sir?’ h

e con

clud

ed, lo

ok

ing h

op

efully

at the

visito

r.

‘I’m so

rry –

’ 1

85

Go

th

ic S

ho

rt S

to

rie

s

Th

e M

on

ke

y’s

Pa

w

4

‘Is he h

urt?

’ dem

and

ed th

e moth

er wild

ly.

Th

e visito

r look

ed d

ow

n. ‘B

adly

hu

rt,’ he said

qu

ietly. ‘B

ut h

e’s n

ot in

any p

ain.’

‘Oh

, than

k G

od

, than

k G

od

for th

at!’

Bu

t th

e sin

ister m

eanin

g

of

the

visito

r’s assu

rance

sud

den

ly

19

0

becam

e clear to th

e old

lady an

d sh

e look

ed at h

im. H

is face was

turn

ed aw

ay, co

nfirm

ing h

er worst fears. S

he cau

gh

t her b

reath an

d

pu

t her trem

blin

g han

d o

n h

er hu

sban

d’s. T

here w

as a lon

g silen

ce.

‘He b

ecame trap

ped

in th

e mach

inery

,’ said th

e visito

r in a lo

w

voice.

19

5

‘Trap

ped

in th

e mach

inery

?’ rep

eated M

r Wh

ite in a d

aze. He sat

staring th

rou

gh

the w

ind

ow

, and

takin

g h

is wife’s h

and

, he p

ressed

it as he u

sed to

wh

en th

ey w

ere you

ng lo

vers n

early fo

rty y

ears b

efore. ‘H

e was o

ur o

nly so

n,’ h

e said to th

e visito

r. ‘It is hard

.’

Th

e oth

er cou

gh

ed an

d w

alked

slow

ly to

the w

ind

ow

. ‘Th

e firm

20

0

wish

me to

exp

ress their sin

cere sym

path

y w

ith y

ou

in y

ou

r great

loss,’ h

e mu

rmu

red, w

ithou

t look

ing at th

e old

peo

ple.

Th

ere was n

o rep

ly. M

rs Wh

ite’s face was p

ale, her ey

es staring.

Th

e exp

ression

on

Mr W

hite’s face w

as dark

and

seriou

s.

‘I hav

e to tell y

ou

that M

aw an

d M

eggin

s do n

ot h

old

them

selves

20

5

respon

sible fo

r wh

at has h

app

ened

,’ the v

isitor co

ntin

ued

. ‘Bu

t in

con

sideratio

n o

f you

r son

’s services th

ey w

ish to g

ive y

ou

a certain

amou

nt o

f mon

ey as co

mp

ensatio

n.’

Dro

pp

ing h

is wife’s h

and

, Mr W

hite sto

od

up

and

stared at th

e m

an w

ith a lo

ok

of h

orro

r. 2

10

‘How

mu

ch?’ h

e said.

‘Tw

o h

un

dred

pou

nd

s.’

Th

e old

man

smiled

faintly

, pu

t ou

t his h

and

s like a b

lind

man

, an

d fell to

the flo

or, u

nco

nscio

us.

Hav

ing b

uried

their so

n in

a hu

ge n

ew cem

etery tw

o m

iles away

, 2

15

the o

ld co

up

le came b

ack to a h

ou

se full o

f shad

ow

and

silence. It

was all o

ver so

qu

ickly

that at first th

ey h

ardly

realized it; th

ey

exp

ected so

meth

ing else to

hap

pen

, som

ethin

g th

at wou

ld lift th

e in

tolerab

le weig

ht fro

m th

eir old

hearts.

Bu

t the d

ays p

assed an

d th

eir exp

ectation

chan

ged

to resig

natio

n.

22

0

Th

ey h

ardly

talked

– th

ey h

ad n

oth

ing to

talk ab

ou

t now

– an

d th

eir d

ays w

ere lon

g an

d em

pty.

It was ab

ou

t a week

later that th

e old

man

wok

e up

sud

den

ly in

th

e nig

ht an

d h

eard th

e so

un

d o

f qu

iet cryin

g co

min

g fro

m th

e w

ind

ow

. He sat u

p an

d listen

ed.

22

5

‘Com

e back

to b

ed,’ h

e said ten

derly

. ‘You

’ll get co

ld.’

‘It is cold

er for m

y so

n,’ said

his w

ife, wh

o con

tinu

ed w

eepin

g.

Th

e sou

nd

of it g

radu

ally fad

ed as th

e old

man

fell asleep ag

ain,

un

til a sud

den

wild

cry fro

m h

is wife w

ok

e him

up

with

a start.

‘Th

e paw

!’ she cried

wild

ly. ‘T

he m

on

key

’s paw

!’ 2

30

‘Wh

ere?

Wh

ere is

it?

Wh

at’s th

e m

atter?’

the

old

m

an

said,

alarmed

.

Sh

e came to

ward

s him

. ‘I wan

t it. You

hav

en’t d

estroyed

it?’

‘It’s in th

e livin

g room

,’ he rep

lied, am

azed. ‘W

hy?

’

Mrs w

hite lau

gh

ed an

d cried

at the sam

e time, an

d k

issed h

is 2

35

cheek

.

‘I’ve o

nly

just th

ou

gh

t of it,’ she said

hysterically

. ‘Wh

y d

idn

’t I th

ink

of it befo

re? W

hy d

idn

’t you

thin

k o

f it?’

‘Th

ink

of w

hat?

’

‘Th

e oth

er two w

ishes. W

e’ve o

nly h

ad on

e.’ 2

40

‘Wasn

’t that en

ou

gh

?’ h

e dem

and

ed fiercely

.

‘No, w

e’ll hav

e on

e more. G

o d

ow

n an

d g

et it qu

ickly

and

wish

ou

r boy aliv

e again

.’

Th

e old

man

sat up

in b

ed an

d th

rew th

e bed

cloth

es from

his

tremb

ling b

od

y.

24

5

‘Good

God

, you

are mad

!’ he cried

.

‘Get it,’ h

is wife said

, breath

lessly. ‘G

et it qu

ickly

and

wish

Oh

, m

y b

oy, m

y b

oy!’

Go

th

ic S

ho

rt S

to

rie

s

Th

e M

on

ke

y’s

Pa

w

5

Mr W

hite lit th

e cand

le with

a match

. ‘Get b

ack to

bed

. You

d

on

’t kn

ow

wh

at you

’re sayin

g.’

25

0

Bu

t the o

ld w

om

an said

feverish

ly, ‘O

ur first w

ish w

as gran

ted.

Wh

y n

ot th

e secon

d?’

‘A co

incid

ence,’ th

e old

man

stamm

ered.

‘Go

and

get

it an

d

wish

.’ M

rs W

hite

was

tremb

ling

with

ex

citemen

t. 2

55

Th

e old

man

look

ed at h

er and

his v

oice sh

ook

. ‘He h

as been

d

ead ten

day

s, and

also –

I cou

ld o

nly

recogn

ize him

by h

is cloth

es. H

e was to

o h

orrib

le for y

ou

to see th

en. W

hat d

o y

ou

thin

k h

e look

s lik

e now

?’

Bu

t his w

ife pu

lled h

im to

ward

s the d

oor. ‘B

ring h

im b

ack. D

o 2

60

you

thin

k I’m

frigh

tened

of m

y o

wn

son

?’

He w

ent d

ow

nstairs in

the d

arkn

ess, and

felt his w

ay to

the liv

ing

room

, an

d

then

to

the

man

telpiece.

Th

e talism

an

was

there.

Su

dd

enly

he w

as possessed

by a h

orrib

le fear that h

is un

spok

en

wish

mig

ht b

ring h

is mu

tilated so

n b

ack b

efore he co

uld

escape

26

5

from

the ro

om

. In a co

ld sw

eat he g

rop

ed h

is way

rou

nd

the tab

le an

d alo

ng th

e wall u

ntil h

e was in

the sm

all passag

e. Th

e dirty

, tw

isted, d

ried-u

p, th

ing w

as in h

is han

d.

Even

his w

ife’s face seemed

differen

t as he en

tered th

e bed

room

. It w

as wh

ite and

exp

ectant, an

d h

er exp

ression

seemed

un

natu

ral. 2

70

He w

as afraid o

f her.

‘Wish

!’ she cried

in a stro

ng v

oice.

‘It is foolish

and

wick

ed,’ h

e stamm

ered, h

esitating.

‘Wish

!’ repeated

his w

ife.

He raised

his h

and

. ‘I wish

my so

n aliv

e again

.’ 2

75

Th

e paw

fell to th

e floor. H

e look

ed at it in

fear. Th

en h

e fell trem

blin

g in

to a ch

air. With

bu

rnin

g ey

es his w

ife walk

ed to

the

win

dow

and

raised th

e blin

d.

Mr

Wh

ite sat

un

til h

e w

as ch

illed

to

the

bon

e, glan

cing

occasio

nally

at his w

ife wh

o w

as peerin

g th

rou

gh th

e win

dow

. Th

e 2

80

cand

le-flame, w

hich

had

bu

rned

low

, threw

pu

lsating sh

adow

s on

th

e ceiling an

d w

alls, un

til it slow

ly w

ent o

ut. T

he o

ld m

an, feelin

g an

inex

pressib

le relief that th

e wish

had

not w

ork

ed, crep

t back

to

bed

. A

few

m

inu

tes later

his

wife

also

came

to

bed

, silen

t an

d

dep

ressed.

28

5

Neith

er sp

ok

e, b

ut

lay

silently

listenin

g

to th

e tick

ing

of

the

clock

. A stair creak

ed; a sq

ueak

y m

ou

se ran n

oisily

thro

ugh

the

wall. T

he d

arkn

ess was o

pp

ressive. A

fter bu

ildin

g u

p h

is cou

rage

for so

me tim

e, Mr W

hite lit a m

atch an

d, tak

ing th

e match

box

with

h

im, w

ent d

ow

nstairs fo

r a cand

le. 2

90

At th

e botto

m o

f the stairs th

e match

wen

t ou

t. He p

aused

to

strike an

oth

er on

e, and

at the sam

e mom

ent th

ere was a k

nock

at th

e door, a k

nock

so q

uiet it w

as almost in

aud

ible.

Th

e match

es fell from

his h

and

. He sto

od

like a statu

e, his b

reath

susp

end

ed. T

he k

nock

came ag

ain. H

e turn

ed an

d fled

back

to th

e 2

95

bed

room

, clo

sing

the

door

beh

ind

h

im.

A

third

k

nock

so

un

ded

th

rou

gh

the h

ou

se.

‘Wh

at’s that!’ sh

ou

ted th

e old

wom

an, sittin

g up

sud

den

ly.

‘A rat.’ M

r Wh

ite’s voice

shook

. ‘A rat. It p

assed m

e on

the

stairs.’ 3

00

His w

ife sat listenin

g. A lo

ud

kn

ock

echoed

thro

ugh

the h

ou

se.

‘It’s Herb

ert!’ she scream

ed. ‘It’s H

erbert!’

Sh

e ran to

the b

edro

om

door, b

ut h

er hu

sban

d w

as faster than

h

er. He cau

gh

t her b

y the arm

and

held

her tig

htly

.

‘Wh

at are yo

u g

oin

g to do?’ h

e wh

ispered

. 3

05

Mrs W

hite stru

ggled

to free h

erself. ‘It’s my b

oy, it’s H

erbert! I

forg

ot it w

as two m

iles away

. Wh

at are you

hold

ing m

e for?

Let g

o.

I mu

st op

en th

e door.’

‘For G

od

’s sake d

on

’t let it in!’ cried

the o

ld m

an, trem

blin

g.

‘You

’re afraid o

f you

r ow

n so

n. L

et me g

o. I’m

com

ing, H

erbert,

31

0

I’m co

min

g!’

Go

th

ic S

ho

rt S

to

rie

s

Th

e M

on

ke

y’s

Pa

w

6

Th

ere was an

oth

er kn

ock

, and

anoth

er. With

a sud

den

vio

lent

movem

ent th

e old

wom

an b

rok

e free and

ran fro

m th

e room

. Mr

Wh

ite follo

wed

her to

the to

p o

f the stairs an

d ap

pealed

to h

er to sto

p as sh

e hu

rried d

ow

nstairs. H

e heard

the ch

ain rattle b

ack; th

e 3

15

Stiff b

olt at th

e botto

m o

f the d

oor w

as slow

ly p

ulled

op

en. T

hen

M

rs Wh

ite’s voice cam

e, strained

and

breath

less:

‘Th

e bolt at th

e top

! I can’t reach

it. Com

e dow

n!’

Bu

t Mr W

hite w

as on

his h

and

s and

kn

ees, gro

pin

g w

ildly

on

the

floor, try

ing to fin

d th

e paw

. If he co

uld

on

ly fin

d it b

efore th

e thin

g 3

20

ou

tside

got

in!

Now

a

con

tinu

ou

s k

nock

ing

echoed

th

rou

gh

th

e h

ou

se. He h

eard th

e sou

nd

of a ch

air scrapin

g acro

ss the p

assage

floor as h

is wife p

ulled

it again

st the d

oor. H

e heard

the creak

ing o

f th

e bolt as it w

as slow

ly o

pen

ed, an

d at th

e same m

om

ent h

e fou

nd

th

e mon

key

’s paw

and

frantically

breath

ed h

is third

and

last wish

. 3

25

Th

e k

nock

ing sto

pp

ed su

dd

enly

, th

ou

gh

it

still ech

oed

in

th

e h

ou

se. He h

eard th

e chair scrap

ing b

ack fro

m th

e door; h

e heard

the

door o

pen

. A co

ld w

ind

rush

ed u

p th

e stairs and

a lon

g, lou

d w

ail of d

isapp

oin

tmen

t and

misery

bro

ke fro

m h

is wife. It g

ave h

im th

e co

urag

e to ru

n to

her sid

e, then

to th

e gate o

utsid

e. Th

e street lamp

3

30

op

posite th

e hou

se shon

e flickerin

gly

on

a qu

iet and

deserted

road

.

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Assignment #3 Eye Witness Testimony DRAFT

SOUND words/phrases describing MOOD: -EXAMPLE: “the clock ticked slowly”

NATURAL SETTING words/phrases describing MOOD:

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! Teacher Example: Final Copy Humument Caption

The Monkey’s Paw: Humument: Page 5 By: Hillary Miles

I was trembling with fear as I watched Mrs. White’s eyes grow mad with the chance of her dead son coming back. As I walked down the cramped stairs into the oppressive darkness, my hands shook, possessed by a horrible fear. A faint knock pulsated throughout the gloomy house. The knock became louder and louder, as if the sound was closing in on me. I was chilled to the bone. Mr. White, filled with horror, quickly grabbed his wife from the splintered wood door. As they struggled, I prepared to face whatever mutilated being came knocking for me.