Chapter 65 The Monkey's Paw and the Tale of Three Wishes

The Monkey's Paw and the Tale of Three Wishes Jacobs in the UK has a short story titled "Monkey's Paw", which is the only Western short story I have ever read. One of the most successful ghost stories ever written. The story of "Monkey's Paw" is obviously born out of the famous Indian story of three wishes.this is ancient A typical story in India; a certain kind of object can make a man fulfill his wishes at will, But this wish comes in three degrees.Originally, if a person has the opportunity, he can choose from three wishes. It seems to be completed, logically speaking, he should have a very satisfactory ending, but in fact, once

Given such opportunities, one often does not know what to choose, and, as the saying goes, Buying an official job, but also buying a horse to ride, the result is often that the choice is always a ridiculous wish, so there is Desire is equal to no desire, and the result is missed opportunities in vain.These are the three wishes of Indian classical A thought-provoking place for stories.There are many variations of them, but the result always points out that, Even if you have the opportunity to make three wishes come true at will, you often still get nothing, or the gain is not worth it lose.

This "Monkey's Paw" by Jacobs adopts this typical Indian story style, Applied to ghost stories.He probably didn't want to hide that this was born out of the Indian classical story of three wishes Yes, I specifically explained that the "Monkey's Paw" he was talking about was brought back by a veteran from India. of.This is a monkey's paw with incredible magical powers. You hold it in your hand and say a wish. Hope, it can make your wish come true.Needless to say, the desired wish is measured in three times. The soldier who brought the monkey's paw back said that it was really an unlucky "treasure" because

Although it is very effective, it is very effective, often in very weird and terrible ways. Make your wish come true. The veteran wanted to throw the unlucky monkey's paw into the fire, but for his friend Stopped it, saying it was taken back as a plaything.This is an old couple with only one child. The old couple and his child were playing with the monkey's paw in their own home, and they told a half-truth A wish, said to need a windfall of two hundred pounds.Because the family needs to repair the house, this money is needed Additional charges. The son of the old couple worked in a factory, but he was killed at work the next day

accident.The compensation sent by the factory afterwards was exactly 200 pounds.Elderly couple's first wish come true But it was in exchange for the life of his son. Of course the two were heartbroken and remorseful.On the night of returning from the funeral, my mother was eager to think about her son, and suddenly Remembering that Monkey's Paw still had two wishes to come true, she begged her husband to say the second wish, asking them to child resurrected. The husband refused at first, but later he couldn't resist his wife's pleading, so he made his wish.At this time is already

In the middle of the night, soon there was a knock on the door downstairs, and the hair was terrified. The mother said that the son had come back to life after resurrection. Come, rush downstairs to open the door.But the father had seen his son die, he was run over by a machine, Bloody and bloody, even if he really walks out of the grave now, he can't see anyone, so he went downstairs when his wife When opening the door, he picked up the monkey's paw and said his last wish, asking his son to go back to the grave. So after the wife opened the door, she saw nothing but the empty street, and went home with a disappointed wail.

upstairs. There is also a story of "Three Wishes". According to textual research, many of the stories in the book are squeezed out of India, because India is really the main source of ancient stories and legends. One of the main sources, many collections of stories that are popular in various parts of the world today, they are always originally written by Indians. Ancient popular stories evolved. The story of "Three Wishes" is the most popular story in ancient India. One of Ying's story styles, it is naturally organized into a large-scale collection of oriental stories "One Thousand Stories".

Go inside Zero One Night. In the "Three Wishes" story, it is Princess Shanachard who died in the fifth hundred One of a group of short stories told to King Sarjaer at Zero Erye, called "Several satires from the Fragrant Garden" Anecdotes in the world”. She made a statement to King Sarjaer before she said it, which is extremely morally persuasive. and therefore may sound a little obscene to the ears of the narrow minded.Salya King Ear told her not to worry, so Princess Shamchad spoke out, and said; In the eyes of a pure person, everything is pure and pure.And, mentioning those below the waist eye

There is nothing to be ashamed of.” Therefore, the story of "Three Wishes" that appeared in "Three Wishes" is a It's a bit like a sarcastic joke in the Chinese "Xiao Lin Guang Ji".It means that in those engaged in In the scriptures believed by alchemist Daoliu who practiced, there was a record of a kind of day called "nothing". The Impossible Holy Day of All Souls". If a cultivator encounters such a day by chance, he can ask God asks for his wishes to be fulfilled, and everything is done immediately.Naturally, the requested wishes are limited to three.

So, a self-professed cultivator, who had a sudden whim one night, expressed Saying that he had received a revelation and had met "All Souls' Day", he woke up his wife and fellow She negotiated, saying that he had three chances to grant any wish, and asked her what she should ask for first. The wife said that the greatest happiness and joy in life comes from the love between men and women.After the husband listened to his wife, he asked Ask God to enlarge his sexual organs to an astonishing extent. His wish came true immediately, but it was too big, bigger than himself, and he couldn't even walk.

Road is also impossible.This is of course useless, so under the wife's complaints and the husband's remorse, he had no choice but to He asked the god for the second time to take back his "gift".Needless to say, his wish was granted again at once, But he didn't expect that the god even took back the principal and interest, making him a "eunuch".nature, This is even worse. The wife thinks that if the husband is like this, even if he has other prosperity and wealth, he will have nothing to do. Life was fun, so I had to ask my husband to use his last wish and ask the gods to restore his "originality". Come face to face". Of course, the god fulfilled his wish again.So this man of virtue, even though he met The once-in-a-thousand-year "All Souls' Day" has made the gods realize his wish three times, but the result The result is still "Still the same".