"Well, I don't see any money, said his son, as he picked [the monkey's paw] up and placed it on the table. "And I bet I never shall." -W. W. Jacobs, "The Monkey's Paw"
How does this it that something bad is going to happen?
This excerpt from the Monkey's Paw using foreshadowing to show something bad is going to happen, especially to the son. We know that he indeed will never see the wish come true because is life is taken in exchange for it to come true.
