David Quantick

The Paw's Monkey

There was a knock at the door...

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David Quantick
Mar 19, 2026
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When I was at school, our English teacher read THE MONKEY’S PAW out loud to the class. We were engrossed - so much so that when he said, “There was a knock at the door” and a moment later someone knocked at the classroom door, we screamed like gibbons.

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