The Monkey's Paw

What could happen to the first owner of the paw to make him wish for death?

what could he had wished for before that made him him to wish for death afterwards?

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The Sargeant-Major doesn't know what happened to the first man's first two wishes. By his desire to die (third wish), we can infer that he paid a great price for the first two...... the loss of family, an accident, deformation..... anything. None-the-less, we know the result was that he wished to die.

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