Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits.
Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside
in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India
for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal
- a monkey's paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and waits for the
door to open.