There was a couple and their son. One evening the Sergeant-Major came to their house. He told the family a story of a monkey's paw which granted three wishes to three men and then revealed that he had been the second man and attempted to dispose of the paw by tossing it in the fire, but the father got to it before it burned and disregarding the sergeant's warnings, proceeded to wish for 200 pounds. His wish was granted, but at the cost of their sons life. A time later the wife made the husband wish for their son to be alive again, but before the son could enter the house the man made a final wish and the son was gone.
I think the moral of this story is the obvious: be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.
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