"But is your friend, Tom Morris, coming tonight?"/ "Yes, that's right."

"The monkey's paw brings unhappiness with it."

"What were his first two wishes, then?"/ "I don't know. He didn't want to tell me."

"Thank you for a nice evening", Morris said to the family. "And thank you for a very good dinner", he said./ "It was a wonderful evening for us, Tom."

"An old Indian gave the paw to one of my friends./ His things came to me when he died."

"Old Mr. White did not listen and he did not think. Quickly, he put out his hand, and he took the paw."

"Old Mr. White and his son, Herbert, played chess and Mrs. White sat and watched them."

"Take the paw in your right hand and then make the wish."

"We were friends when we were young."

"It was cold and dark out in the road and the rain did not stop for a minute."

"What did you begin to say about a monkey's paw?"

"Tom stood up.'Don't do it!', he cried."/ "Old Mr. White was afraid and he put the monkey's paw into his pocket."

"Tom was a ........ in India for 21 years."