"I
only thought of it," she said hysterically. "Why didn't I
think of it before? why didn't you think of it?"
"Think
of what?" he questioned.
"The other two wishes,"
she replied. "We've only had one."
"Was that
not enough?" he demanded fiercely.
"No," she
cried triumphantly: "we'll have one more.
Go down and get
it quickly, and wish our boy alive again."
W. W.
Jacobs ("The Monkey's Paw")
9:23 AM
Kenneth
slowly walked down the beach, The smell of burning oak wood was still
fresh in the air and the ashes were still hot.
The day was
overcast and breezy, The tide was in and making the smooth soft sugar
like sand look like it was made out of crystal.
Kenneth knew
deep down inside his heart that something was wrong...the same old
feeling he got when this whole thing had started around the world and
he knew his brother was out of reach and in danger.
He then
started up the soft shoulder of the hill that made it into the thick
woods of the island...he started on the path and kept
going.
"Please God...don't let me be to late..."
He
prayed...but knew he was.
