Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India formanyyears. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal - a monkey´s paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and waits for the door to open.