<P> "The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W.W. Jacobs first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902 . </P> <P> In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate . </P> <P> It has been adapted scores of times in other media, including plays, movies, TV shows, operas, stories and comics, as early as 1903 and as recently as 2017 . </P> <P> The short story involves Mr. and Mrs. White and their adult son, Herbert . Sergeant - Major Morris, a friend who served with the British Army in India, introduces them to a mummified monkey's paw . An old fakir placed a spell on the paw, so that it would grant three wishes . The wishes are granted but always with hellish consequences as punishment for tampering with fate . Morris, having had a horrific experience using the paw, throws the monkey's paw into the fire but Mr. White retrieves it . Before leaving, Morris warns Mr. White that if he does use the paw, then it will be on his own head . </P>

What happens at the end of the monkey's paw