The two parts of this excerpt from W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" show that show the White family doesn't believe in the talisman's power are:
"Sounds like the 'Arabian Nights,'" said Mrs. White, as she rose and began to set the supper.
The 'Arabian Nights' were stories made up by the narrator Scheherazade and told to the King over 1001 nights so that he would not kill her as he had done with so many other women in the past. In this way, it signifies that Mrs. White believes this story to be a made-up tale.
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"Don't you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me." Her husband drew the talisman from his pocket, and all three burst into laughter
Mr. White is jokingly asking to be given four pairs of hands, something that isn't sensible or realistic, because he does not believe in the power of the talisman to grant wishes. In the end the three burst in laughter as they do not take the talisman, or the story of it's power, seriously.
Answer:
Lunch Money
Life Lesson for Greg and Maura:
Making money is not a means to an end. Happiness in life does not depend on making more money per se. Happiness depends on giving out value. When you give out value, you will likely receive value in return. Sometimes, the value is monetary and some other times, it is pure bliss, i.e. the satisfaction one gets from knowing that he or she had been of tremendous help to another human being.
Importantly, creativity is a good skill which is quite emulatable. It involves thinking outside the box to marshal out solutions to people's problems with a win-win outcome.
Explanation:
"Lunch Money" was a children-targetted novel written by Andrew Clements in 2005. Its protagonist was Greg Kenton, a "shylock kind of kid" despised by Maura Shaw, who unfortunately duplicates Greg's comics.
B-the story from genesis of adam and eve in the garden of eden
