One day, a family friend, Sergeant Morris, arrives to visit White's house. He takes out a mummified monkey's paw from his pocket and mentions that it contains a charm to grant three wishes and that it is dangerous. Mr. White took it and wished he would get 200 pounds. The next day, a man came to the house and said that their son had died and not...  The company only gave them 200 pounds. The next day, Mrs. White asked her husband to wish for their son’s return. They heard the sound of knocking on the door. Mr. White quickly took the claw before his wife opened the door and made one last wish. Then the knocking stopped, then he went to open the door and found that the street was empty.