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In "The Monkey's Paw", a 1902 horror short story by author W. W. Jacobs, the paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an enormous price. In the story, the recipient of the monkey's paw wishes for £200, only to learn that his son has been killed in a terrible work accident, for which ...
In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. [3] It has been adapted many times in other media, including plays, films, TV series, operas, stories and comics, as early as 1903. [4]
Three Wishes is a 1995 American fantasy drama film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Joseph Mazzello. Plot
The Ridiculous Wishes or The Three Ridiculous Wishes (French: Les Souhaits ridicules) is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault published in 1697 in the volume titled Histoires ou contes du temps passé. It is Aarne-Thompson type 750A. [2]
The Monkey's Paw is a 2013 American horror film based on the 1902 short story by author W. W. Jacobs. [3] The film revolves around Jake Tilton, who receives a mysterious monkey's paw talisman that grants him three wishes. [4] The film was directed by Brett Simmons, written by Macon Blair, and produced by Ross Otterman for TMP Films.
The 1940 British movie The Thief of Bagdad borrows elements of the Aladdin story, although it also departs from the original story fairly freely: for instance the genie grants only three wishes and the minor character of the Emperor's vizier is renamed Jaffar and becomes the main villain, replacing the sorcerer from the original plot.
An episode of the Disney TV cartoon Timon and Pumbaa titled "Be More Pacific" is based on this story, with Pumbaa's role paralleling the fisherman's and Timon's role paralleling the wife's. Pumbaa finds and rescues a magical whale named Lester, who grants him three wishes.
Three Wishes (Chinese: 三个愿望) is a Singaporean television drama series produced by Wawa Pictures.Starring Huang Biren, Thomas Ong, Julie Tan, Shane Pow, Zhu Houren, Jin Yinji and Tan Junsheng as the main characters in the story.