WHAT DETAILS IN THE STORY CONVINCE YOU OF YOUR RESPONSE ?
I would say it is not a good idea based upon the previous owner's (Sargeant Major Morris) warnings.
“The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.”
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“If you could have another three wishes,” said the old man, watching him carefully, “would you have them?”
“I don’t know,” said the other. “I don’t know.”
He took the paw, and holding it between his front finger and thumb, suddenly threw it upon the fire. Mr. White, with a slight cry, quickly bent down and took it off.
“Better let it burn,” said the soldier sadly, but in a way that let them know he believed it to be true.
The Monkey's Paw
