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Good evening.

I'm sorry, I was under the impression this was to be a smoker.

This jar was built in this shape, especially for me.

The jars come in one other shape.

It is 76 inches, 38 inches, and 75 inches. When he uses that jar,

he doesn't have to use his flute.

He just whistles at it.

This evening's story does not take place in India, but it has its beginnings

there. Before our friend the snake charmer would allow me to take part in

charade, he insisted that my venom be removed.

Oh, I continue to strike out at the commercials, but my insults are no

lethal.

Here comes a commercial now.

Boring, repetitive, noisy, tedious.

Soporific. You see, I'm completely harmless.

Juvenile.

Oh,

yeah, you say it, mother.

I'm with it. Now, what is that poor creature talking about?

Black magic, Bob Robb.

And you'd better believe it. Do you?

I believe in me.

I'm better than that tired -out gypsy.

I'm a...

I never shut up Selena.

Never. For nobody.

Siempre con nosotros está usted, el más venerado, el más potente rey de todo el

mundo. Un Dios que vivirá para siempre, para siempre toda la eternidad.

El Dios que todas las brujas aman y odean. El Dios que ha hecho todo en este

mundo. Siempre y siempre y siempre en el mundo que venga. Are you enjoying

yourself, mother?

Hay todo el mundo en este mundo y el mundo que viene.

Porque sabemos todos que él es Dios de todo.

Can't hear you, Fleming. Either speak up or phone me back.

Now, look, it took me four hours to place this call.

Yes, yes, that's better.

Now, just what does your cable mean?

You said last week that... Oh, yes, yes, and it's fine.

Yes, we were right to come down here for Howard's racing tour.

Yes, very nice. Yes, Howard's fiancée is letting us use one of her houses while

we're here.

Yes, it's the same number I gave you.

You watch the papers. Next race is the day after tomorrow.

You win it. That boy's coming on.

Now listen, Fleming. Fleming, about the money.

We can't need that much.

What do you mean, I need it?

Well, we're partners. What are you doing?

You had to wait until I was out of the country.

Behind my back.

How much?

All right, all right. You'll find out what I can do.

Just a minute.

Ian, please don't stay there. I'm trying to deal with this crook. Is he forcing

you out? No, I'm throwing him out. How much money? I'll tell you later. How

much, Paul?

$150 ,000.

Look, Fleming, can you hear me?

That's impossible.

And you know that's impossible.

When? Will you please let me finish this call alone?

Look, Fleming.

Fleming, can you hear me?

Now, you have got to give me a reasonable time.

Can you let me have two weeks?

One week, then?

Please.

Sentencia. Un momentito, mother.

Mucho más por el dinero.

Es todo.

Gail.

A liberal loan.

My party I paid for.

And my party we have fun, fun, fun.

See ya.

Throw out the old bag.

Es mucho dinero, you fraud.

Es todo.

Sentencia.

Muerte.

Muerte.

Sentencia.

Muerte pronto.

She's sending us up. It's part of the act.

Muerte. ¿Para qué?

Quién sabe. But she's not even kidding.

Alguien. Para ella.

Y tú, mother dear.

¿Cuánto? Muerte.

Una.

The mother says doom and death for one.

Now, I say doom and death, but I say it better.

Muerte for everybody.

Well, I guess it's you and me, darling.

Well, why won't you say who?

Perhaps we pay her more money, Mrs. White.

Gail, give her this.

Ask her who for Mrs. White.

It's too much, sweetie.

Siempre.

The monkey's paw will give you three wishes.

But the last wish will be for death.

What are the first two?

Cualquier cosa.

Anything.

This is no fun anymore.

Get him out of here, Howard.

Buenas noches. Sí.

Sí, ándate.

We don't want you to start around here.

No one wants three wishes?

How do I get what I want?

It's absurd, Paul. It's ridiculous.

Pretending to believe that gypsy woman in front of all those people.

I don't pretend to believe. I do believe.

Now, what sort of a belief is that? Three wishes on a monkey's paw.

It's sickening.

Believe in yourself, Paul. In your own ability.

Did you see Selena's face when you were poking around the fire like a monkey at

the chestnuts? Did you see my face when I hung up that phone?

Five days is what I have. No more.

Then do something about it. Don't just sit there staring at a monkey's paw as

though you were demented. I've placed every phone call I can think of. Los

Angeles, London, New York.

There's going to be quite a phone bill for Selena to pay.

We're Selena's invited guests.

For a month, Ant. Not permanently.

fix that day after tomorrow.

$8 ,000 for first place.

And, Dad, half of that is yours if you can persuade Mom to watch my time trials

tomorrow. I want a solid cheering section behind me. I can't watch your

Oh, Mother, it's not the real race. It's for qualifications and starting

position. Well, Selina will be there.

Well, now, I love you both.

I love everybody, especially when I'm at 130 miles per hour.

So be there.

Both of you, bring her to the pit, Dad. We'll be there early.

Yes, Mother.

I don't need it, Mom. Oh, take it away. Take it out of this house.

Let Dad keep it.

I believe in charms.

We all do.

Though not necessarily monkey paws.

You get me a drink of water?

I wish for $150 ,000.

Paul!

Paul, what is it?

Paul, what happened?

Paul had moved. I

wished for $150 ,000.

I squirmed in my hand like...

I just think.

Instructions, Chief?

Now, you must increase your speed 1 .8 seconds per lap over yesterday's

time. Only 1 .8 seconds?

Aye, that'll be enough.

I'll give you two seconds more. Just ask me.

Two points? Uh -oh. 1 .8 seconds will be enough, Howard.

I love you, Howard.

Here is the official qualifying time for the... What do you think so far, Mom?

Oh, I think it's very interesting.

All the best is yet to come.

Oh, yes, you will when he gets started.

Howard.

Howard.

Remember, Howard, I love you forever and ever.

I love you, too.

On the track, please.

Don't let Mom worry, Dad. Oh, she'll be all right, but you be careful. Here.

This will make you two seconds faster.

erase Howard. Please don't.

Can she?

No.

Mercy. Must be awful to be frightened.

Your mother's afraid to see you race, isn't she?

Mother worries, but she's not afraid.

If she really wanted to know you, she'd watch you race.

That's when I see you.

See you the way you really are.

Boom!

Darling, tell me you're going to win tomorrow.

I have a chance.

Tell me.

I think I will. You know.

Tell me.

Yes, Selina, of course I will.

Yes.

Howard, you must go faster.

Faster than ever before.

You must be first.

I'll be first.

Miss Royce, without the stinger, please.

Thank you.

Then you'll be first from now on.

You're not afraid, are you?

I'm too busy to be afraid, except... No.

You're not afraid.

You are never, never afraid.

That's what I love about you.

Because I'm not afraid either.

You know, when you're on that track, I never take my eyes off you for an

instant.

There's nobody on that track but you.

I'll remember that.

And then, the faster you go, the faster you go,

the closer you come to death.

That's what makes you live so beautifully.

Oh, Howard.

Win for me tomorrow.

Win for me.

Win.

Yes, yes, this is Mr. Paul White speaking.

Yes, operator, yes, I'll wait on the line.

Dad?

Oh, yes, sir. I've got to go now. It's a 12 .30 start. Come here.

you in, Dad? Yes, operator. I am still waiting on the line.

It's just a difficulty, son.

It's not trouble.

Hello? Hello?

It's just circumstances.

They'll change.

Can I help, Dad?

Yes.

You're a winner.

I know that.

Your mother, Selina, your friends, they know that. Now you'll be a winner for

the rest of the world.

You'll be first from now on.

Never look back.

Make everybody know who you are.

I will, Dad.

Oh, if I could only talk your mother into going even for the start of the

But between her feelings and these telephone calls... Good luck to both of

Dad. Oh, you and Selina, you come back. You tell us all about it.

You can't put a hex on the Italian team.

That's done.

Hello? Oh, Ewing. Yeah, this is Paul White here.

Yeah, I'm down on the islands and, uh...

Wear something for me.

Your colors, Mom.

It's my favorite scarf.

Oh, now hold still. I know you're nothing but speed these days.

It's not very decorative, is it?

No wonder you want to cover it up. Well, it pleases Dad for me to wear it. Your

father had his day of pleasure yesterday.

Now it's my turn.

I could wear it with your scarf.

You look beautiful, Howard.

Not dashing, Mother?

Brave. Howard, we were dressed just...

I'm sorry, Sabine. I haven't any other scarf like it.

Would you care to wear this instead?

No, thank you, Mrs. White.

It's terribly sweet of you.

What on earth are you going to do with it? Mother, you're getting to be like

about that thing. I'm returning it to my husband since he dotes on it.

Strange, isn't it, what some people become violently attached to?

Bye, Mother.

Powered. Done.

Yes, yes, I'll hold on the line.

What's the matter?

Selina, why are you here?

Tell me what's happened.

Eh?

Oh, oh, is that you? Yeah.

I, uh, thought I heard you talking to someone.

What is it?

Oh.

Oh, they were here.

They all came to tell me something just a second ago.

Who? Well, didn't you see them?

No. Well, they were here. They, they were there.

I was asked to call.

You are Mr. and Mrs. Paul White?

Yes.

I come from Marcy and Megan's. What's the matter?

Is it about Howard?

I'm sorry.

Has something happened to Howard?

Is he hurt?

How badly?

Near the finish line, there was an accident.

An accident?

Yes.

Marcy and Megan's, the firm whose car your son drove, wish me to convey their

sincere sympathy for your great personal loss.

I beg that you understand I'm only their servant and merely obeying orders.

I am to say that your son's fiancée, Miss Selina Royce, had the foresight to

obtain insurance in the event of your son's death, payable to you, his

I am very sorry for your loss.

It's for $150 ,000.

I figured out something I would like to tell you.

I'm too intelligent to be in love.

I feel ugly in love.

I think it's marvelous, Mr.

and Mrs. White, to have asked us here for the seance.

You know, I had a feeling about the race.

I get premonitions about things.

I had a feeling there was death in it.

I think there's something splendid about speed.

Howard died a hero's death.

This car going around the curve?

And it became something else, a sheet of flame.

A funeral pyre.

But I don't see what goodness abs is going to do.

Well, it should be some fun, huh?

Howard was a very pretty boy, but he's not coming back.

Well, I think our gypsy lady is a witch. Anything can happen.

Are you strong enough for this, dear?

Oh, yes.

You'll sit by me and together we... Thank you, Selina, for finding her, for

bringing her here.

And for asking Howard's friends to join us.

I felt we had to come.

I wanted to explain why we turned away from the garden just after Howard was

killed.

And why we weren't at the funeral.

I was frightened.

Frightened? Well, I guess it would... It was because of the way it all started.

The way somebody said it was the paw, the monkey's paw. After the race, when

came into the garden, we were afraid to say how sorry we were. It was that paw.

Mrs. White, I want to help today.

Do you?

Oh, yes, you do.

You love Howard.

I think we should begin.

Does she know what I want?

Yes, I told her.

I don't want messages or secret writings.

I want to hear my son.

I want to hear Howard's voice.

She must make him speak to me.

She can do that, can't she?

It's possible.

If there are enough strong believers.

I believe.

Isn't that enough?

Please,

bring me my son.

She doesn't understand you, dear.

She does. She knows.

Maybe he'll speak.

Only maybe.

Oh, Paul.

Don't you believe?

Don't you want to hear Howard?

Sit down and you don't chatter.

Make it quiet, she wants you on her right.

I'll be right next to you, dear.

Am I too late?

No, join the group.

Todos los que veramente creen se tienen que sentar más cerca de mí.

Y ahora, juntamos las manos.

Los dedos tocando.

I believe in Taha, the God with the face of flowers, the perfume of lilies.

He is the king of hell and the heavens.

The author of death, of terror, and of the dark darkness of the soul.

He is the God to whom everyone has to obey and bless.

Taha, the king of everything. King of the sun, king of the moon, king of men

women, king of everything that lives, king of everything that is dead.

Taha, the magnificent.

Daja el Superbio. Daja el Potente.

Daja el Supremo. El Rey de todo mundo que vive.

Y todos los que están muertos. Se están en el infierno.

Se están quemando.

Más y más y más se están quemando.

Espera.

¿Hay alguien?

What? What?

Someone in the distance.

The shape of a motor car.

On the road.

What?

The car's going very fast.

I can hear it. Please, please.

Oh, no.

Car's going faster.

It's moving away.

No, no, bring him back.

Let him speak to me.

The best I could.

We almost heard him.

Dear, I am so terribly sorry.

Are you sure you didn't hear anything more?

No, it was something like a car.

It was his car.

Yes, it could have been.

I know it was Howard.

Why didn't he speak?

Why? I don't know. He was so close.

Ann, dear, Ann, come to bed. No.

I want to stay up.

But, dear, we need the rest. I can't rest.

Why couldn't we have tried again?

Please, dear.

If you can only get some sleep.

We can't ask Selina to arrange another seance. Don't say that.

We can't. You're denying Howard.

You're denying the dead.

Anne.

Howard is dead.

Please, you've got to accept that sooner or later.

I know you didn't see him.

But I did.

In the hospital.

Before the casket was closed.

Look.

Yes.

He's dead.

All right. Is that better?

You say you saw him, Paul.

I believe you.

But listen.

What is it?

The paw.

What? The monkey's paw.

Where is it?

Why?

I want it, that's all.

You didn't destroy it.

No. Oh, I'm so glad.

I'm so glad.

Now tell me where it is.

It's in the desk in the study.

Why, the other two wishes, dear.

We've only had one.

Now, where is it?

Tell me where it is.

Where is it? We've only had one wish.

It killed our son.

But you can make three wishes on the poor.

We've only had one.

Now, where did you put it?

Tell me where it is.

Where is it? Tell me.

We've only had one.

Yes, one.

You got the money, didn't you?

The wish came true.

The paw is true.

Do it.

I can't.

It's madness.

Howard's death was madness.

Make one more wish.

Oh, my darling, do it.

Wish ours... son alive again.

Wish.

I wish.

I wish our son alive.

talk to you.

Won't you sit down? No, thank you. I realize you're both under a great

and I'm terribly sorry that the seance this afternoon didn't offer you more

satisfaction. We were close, weren't we?

I don't know.

Oh, speaking for Anne and myself, we certainly do appreciate all the help and

kindness. I'm glad you've had some help. I was just wondering if I could do

anything else for you before you leave.

Leave here.

You've used it.

You've wished on it, haven't you?

Mr. White, this is my house.

I'll expect you to leave as soon as possible.

Of course, Selina.

We'll pack tonight and leave in the morning.

That'll be fine.

No!

Tomorrow morning.

I'm not leaving.

Mrs. White, I'm going to rent this house starting tomorrow.

Robin wants it.

I'll stay in my own place.

Robin, dear, you said you wanted to rent the house from me.

No, I don't want to. Not when they wished on the pub.

I, uh, didn't wish.

You did.

Oh, Paul, tell them how you wished.

You wished Howard alive.

Yes.

Wouldn't you wish that?

Wouldn't you wish for Howard?

Don't you want him here so that you can tell him how much you love him?

That's what we want.

We love Howard.

We want him back.

No, he can't come back.

He'll walk through that door and I'll be standing here waiting.

But you won't be here.

You were Howard's friend, his girlfriend.

You said you loved him.

He believed you.

He loved you.

Since you're leaving him now, forgetting him, I want him back.

Everything he gave you, every ounce of love you took from him, give him

back to me.

You want to know what I took from Howard?

No, you're not ready for that yet, Mother.

But I'll tell you this.

He was beautiful.

He was the most beautiful man I ever saw.

And the best part of it was when you looked at him up close.

I mean really close.

He still had the most beautiful face in the world.

Selina, we'll go in the morning if you leave us alone now.

That'll be fine.

Come along, Robin. Aren't you going to wait for him?

Aren't you going to wait for Howard?

Robin. Selina.

Did you... Ever love my son.

I want you both out of here tomorrow morning.

Goodbye, Mother.

What about Howard?

You want him out of here, too?

You only said that to get them out of this house.

That was very good of you, dear.

Very understanding.

You know how much I want to be alone.

Almost finished with the packing, dear.

You haven't packed Howard's things.

I can do that while I wait for him. Anne, his things are already packed.

Oh?

In crates.

My son's clothing in crates?

Yes. Then I shall unpack them.

He'll be here, you'll see.

It was a car. There's nothing. Howard. Now, there's no one. Now, wait. I knew

it. Ann. I'll see him. Listen to me. You will not see him. The accident, his car

turned over. He was trapped for an hour before they could cut him free. I saw

him in the hospital, Ann. I saw him.

He's here. No, no, you can't look at him.

He was crushed by the car.

He has no face.

Howard.

tonight's entertainment.

Next week we shall return with another story.

Our original plans called for me to make my exit by scrambling up this rope and

disappearing. The rope, however, seems to have other ideas.

I don't intend to remain here and be insulted.

I shall disappear in the conventional way. By the way, during this program,

sponsor was granted three wishes.

Here is the last of them.

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