[ti:]
[ar:]
[al:]
[00:04.50]Chapter 2
[00:08.06]After some time Tom Morris stopped talking
[00:12.18]and Mr White said to his wife and son,
[00:15.98]'Tom was a soldier in India for twenty-one years．
[00:21.01]India is a wonderful country．'
[00:24.80]'Yes,'Herbert said．'I'd like to go there．'
[00:30.12]'Oh, Herbert!' his mother cried．
[00:34.16]She was afraid because she did not want to lose her son．
[00:39.13]'I wanted to go to India too,
[00:42.23]'her husband said, 'but…'
[00:45.52]'It's better for you here!'
[00:48.02]the soldier said quickly．
[00:51.02]'But you saw a lot of strange and wonderful things in India ．
[00:55.94]I want to see them too one day,' Mr White said．
[01:01.29]The soldier put down his whisky．
[01:03.88]'No!' he cried．'Stay here !'
[01:09.07]Old Mr White did not stop．
[01:12.34]'But your stories were interesting,'
[01:15.55]he said to Tom Morris．
[01:18.30]'What did you begin to say about a monkey's paw?'
[01:23.22]'Nothing!' Morris answered quickly．
[01:26.99]'Well…nothing important．'
[01:31.13]'A monkey's paw?' Mrs White said．
[01:35.15]'Come on, Mr Morris!
[01:37.60]Tell us about it,' Herbert said．
[01:41.86]Morris took his whisky in his hand,
[01:44.94]but suddenly he put it down again．
[01:48.49]Slowly he put his hand into the pocket of his coat
[01:52.37]and the White family watched him．
[01:55.75]'What is it? What is it?' Mrs White cried．
[02:01.14]Morris said nothing．
[02:04.11]He took his hand out of his pocket．
[02:07.39]The White family watched carefully-
[02:10.66]and in the soldier's hand they saw something little and dirty．
[02:16.90]Mrs White moved back, afraid,
[02:20.09]but her son,Herbert,took it and looked at it carefully．
[02:25.82]'Well,what is it?'Mr White asked his friend．
[02:32.22]'Look at it,' the soldier answered．
[02:35.83]'It's a little paw…a monkey's paw．'
[02:40.77]'A monkey's paw!
[02:43.35]'Herbert said-and he laughed．
[02:46.52]'Why do you carry a monkey's paw in your pocket,Mr Morris?'
[02:51.01] he asked the old soldier．
[02:53.76]'Well,you see,' Morris said,
[02:57.04]'this monkey's paw is magic!'
[03:01.19]Herbert laughed again,
[03:03.59]but the soldier said,'Don't laugh,boy．
[03:07.83]Remember, you're young．
[03:11.84]I'm old now and in India I saw many strange things．'
[03:19.49]He stopped talking for a minute and then he said,
[03:24.32]'This monkey's paw can do strange and wonderful things．
[03:30.54]An old Indian gave the paw to one of my friends．
[03:35.14]My friend was a soldier too．
[03:38.58]This paw is magic because it can give three wishes to three people．'
[03:46.19]'Wonderful!'Herbert said．
[03:49.85]'But these three wishes don't bring happiness,
[03:53.99]'the soldier said．'The old Indian wanted to teach us something-
[04:00.02]it's never good to want to change things．'
[04:04.47]'Well, did your friend have three wishes?'
[04:08.96]Herbert asked the old soldier．
[04:12.14]'Yes,'Morris answered quietly．
[04:16.56]'And his third and last wish was to die!'
[04:23.13]Mr and Mrs White listened to the story and they felt afraid,
[04:29.06]but Herbert asked,'And did he die?'
[04:33.68]'Yes, he did,' Morris said．' He had no family,
[04:40.44]so his things came to me when he died．
[04:44.21]The monkey's paw was with his things,
[04:47.69]but he told me about it before he died,'
[04:51.60]Tom Morris finished quietly．
[04:54.95]'What were his first two wishes, then?'
[04:58.41]Herbert asked． 'What did he ask for?'
[05:03.22]'I don't know． He didn't want to tell me,'
[05:07.74]the soldier answered．
[05:11.09]For a minute or two everybody was quiet,
[05:14.79]but then Herbert said,' And you,
[05:18.37]Mr Morris ：did you have three wishes?'
[05:22.83]'Yes, I did,' Morris answered．'I was young．
[05:29.47]I wanted many things-a fast car,
[05:33.84]money… 'Morris stopped for a minute
[05:39.72]and then he said with difficulty,
[05:42.79]'My wife and my young son died in an accident in the car．
[05:49.59]Without them I didn't want the money,
[05:53.72]so, in the end, I wished to lose it．
[05:57.72]But it was too late．
[05:59.86]My wife and my child were dead．'
[06:04.52]The room was very quiet．
[06:07.41]The White family looked at the unhappy face of the old soldier．
[06:12.83]Then Mr White said,'Why do you want the paw now?
[06:19.05]You don't need it．
[06:21.44]You can give it to someone．'
[06:24.37]'How can I give it to someone?'
[06:27.15]the soldier said．'The monkey's paw brings unhappiness with it．'
[06:33.28]'Well, give it to me,' Mr White said．
[06:37.14]'Perhaps this time it…'
[06:39.13]'No!' Tom Morris cried．
[06:42.59]'You're my friend． I can't give it to you．'
[06:48.42]then,after a minute,he said,
[06:51.47]'I can't give it to you,
[06:54.45]but,of course you can take it from me．
[06:59.09]But remember-this monkey's paw brings unhappiness!'
[07:05.78]Old Mr White did not listen and he did not think．Quickly,
[07:11.64]he put out his hand,
[07:13.01]and he took the paw．
[07:15.86]Tom Morris looked unhappy,
[07:18.20]but Mr White did not want to wait．
[07:22.52]'What do I do now?' he asked his friend．
[07:26.99]'Yes, come on, Father,
[07:29.95]Herbert said．'Make a wish!' And he laughed．
[07:35.78]The soldier said nothing and Mr White asked him again,
[07:40.64]'What do I do now?'
[07:44.40]At first the old soldier did not answer,
[07:48.20]but in the end he said quietly,'OK．
[07:53.24]But remember! Be careful!
[07:57.10]Think before you make your wish,'
[08:00.80]'Yes, yes,' Mr White said．
[08:05.47]'Take the paw in your right hand and then make your wish,
[08:11.15]but…'tom Morris began．
[08:14.49]'Yes, we know,'
[08:16.77]Herbert said．'Be careful!'
[08:21.08]Just then old Mrs White stood up
[08:24.72]and she began to get the dinner．
[08:27.33]Her husband looked at her．
[08:29.88]Then he smiled and said to her,
[08:32.92]'Come on．Help me !What can I wish for?
[08:38.13]We need money,of course．'
[08:41.64]Mrs White laughed,
[08:43.98]but she thought for a minute and then she said,
[08:47.63]'Well, I'm getting old now and sometimes it's difficult to do everything．
[08:55.95]Perhaps I need four hands and not two．
[09:00.25]Yes, ask the paw to give me two more hands．'
[09:05.98]'OK, then,' her husband said,
[09:09.72]and he took the monkey's paw in his right hand．
[09:13.71]Everybody watched him and for a minute he waited．
[09:18.94]Then he opened his mouth to make his wish．
[09:22.84]Suddenly Tom Morris stood up．
[09:25.93]'Don't do it!'he cried．
[09:29.52]The old soldier's face was white．
[09:32.81]Herbert and his mother laughed,
[09:35.24]but Mr White looked at Tom's face．
[09:39.31]Old Mr White was afraid
[09:41.75]and he put the monkey's paw into his pocket．
[09:45.61]After a minute or two they sat down at the table
[09:48.76]and began to have dinner．
[09:51.59]The soldier told the family many strange
[09:54.04]and wonderful stories about India．
[09:57.11]They forgot the monkey's paw,
[09:59.74]and because the soldier's stories were interesting,
[10:03.08]they asked him many questions about India．
[10:06.75]When Tom Morris stood up to leave,
[10:09.81]it was very late．
[10:12.58]'Thank you for a very nice evening,'
[10:15.62]Morris said to the family．'
[10:17.74]And thank you for a very good dinner,
[10:21.15]'he said to Mrs White．
[10:24.09]'It was a wonderful evening for us, Tom,'
[10:28.08]Old Mr White answered．'Your stories were very interesting．
[10:35.68]Our life isn't very exciting and we don't have the money to visit India,
[10:41.72]so please come again soon．
[10:44.85]You can tell us some more stories about India．'
[10:49.54]Then the old soldier put on his coat．
[10:53.07]He said goodbye to the White family,
[10:55.66]and went out into the rain．