The Monkey's Paw And The Third Wish

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Dare to Wish Do wishes come true? Are wishes really? The short stories The Monkey’s Paw and The Third Wish the wishes come true and are real. The Monkey’s Paw and The Third Wish are different in many ways, but are similar in some ways. For example the object used for wishes are were different, the person gave the object. There is one similarity is the wish granted.
The items they used for wishes are different. For instance in The Monkey’s Paw the Whites giving a monkey paw to wish on. In contrast The Third Wish Mr. Peter’s got three leaves to wish on.
Another dissimilarity is the person giving them the object to wish on. In The Monkey's Paw the sergeant gives the White’s a monkey paw. Unlike The Third Wish the King of the forest gave Mr.

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