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Chapter Summary: The Monkey Paw

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This book was about and ordinary family of three the whites.The setting takes place in Laburnum villa.The main characters are mr.white,mrs.white,herbert white,sergeant -major morris,the man from maw and meggins,the monkey.First p is gonna be about tension . my second p is gonna be about suspends. In the monkey's paw there's a lot of tension.its a monkey paw that grants 3 wishes to 3 different people ´be careful for what you wish for´.when sargent Walks in mr.white makes a random comment "I should hardly think that he'd come tonight¨.The first wish was to get 200 pound to pay of the lone.The his son died so he wished him back from the dead.That example is suspended because no one knows what's gonna happen next. Then

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