https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/144-short-stories-with-peter-the-monkeys-paw-by-w-w-jacobs/
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\r\nWhat would you wish for if one small object promised to change your life?
On a cold and stormy night, the White family receives a strange object from an old friend: a dried monkey’s paw said to grant three wishes.
Sergeant-Major Morris warns them not to use it.
Mr White makes one simple wish anyway.
The wish comes true, but the price is far greater than the family imagined.
In this abridged adaptation of W. W. Jacobs’s classic 1902 story, Peter guides you through a carefully paced tale of temptation, grief and consequences. The horror is suggested rather than shown, and the final moment preserves the original story’s unsettling ambiguity.
After the story, Peter explores four useful expressions:
You will also examine how English uses wish to describe something unreal or contrary to present reality.
This is a slow, atmospheric listening experience for B1–B2 learners who want richer narrative English, natural dialogue and a classic story with a powerful ending.
The Monkey’s Paw — an abridged adaptation of the original story by W. W. Jacobs (1902). Adapted for B1–B2 English learners by Your English Toolbox. The original work is in the public domain in Spain.
Content note: grief, death described without graphic detail, and supernatural suspense.
Level: B1–B2 · Focus: listening comprehension · supernatural suspense · wishes and consequences · useful expressions · grammar with wish · classic literature abridged for English learners
Keywords: English short stories, learn English with stories, The Monkey’s Paw, W W Jacobs, B1 B2 English listening, horror story in English, English vocabulary in context, wish grammar, classic literature adapted, slow English podcast, Your English Toolbox
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