

White fumbles at the locks in a desperate attempt to open the door, Mr. An hour or so later-the cemetery being two miles away-there is a knock at the door. Reluctantly, he does so, despite great unease at the thought of summoning his son's mutilated and decomposing body. White, furious with grief, insists that her husband use the paw to wish Herbert back to life. White had wished for.Ī week after the funeral, Mrs. The company denies any responsibility for the incident, but makes a goodwill payment to the family of the deceased. That night, an employee arrives at the Whites' home, telling them that Herbert had been killed in a terrible machine accident that mutilated his body.

The next day, Herbert leaves for work at a local factory. White suddenly drops the paw in surprise, claiming that it moved and twisted like a snake. White flippantly wishes for £200, (around £6,000 today), which will enable him to make the final mortgage payment for his house. White hesitates at first, believing that he already has everything he wants. White of what might happen should he use the paw. Morris, having had a horrible experience using the paw, throws it into the fire, but the sceptical Mr. An old fakir placed a spell on the paw, so that it would grant three wishes but only with hellish consequences as punishment for tampering with fate. Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend who served with the British Army in India, comes by for dinner and introduces them to a mummified monkey's paw. He began recording music with his father as a child and previously held gigs with him at In Situ, a restaurant and bar in Manly, New South Wales.Illustration for "The Monkey's Paw" by Maurice Greiffenhagen, from Jacobs' short story collection The Lady of the Barge (1902) Singe cites his father, a singer-songwriter from New Zealand who plays guitar and bass, for his musical beginnings. He was a student at St Augustine's College in Brookvale, New South Wales. Prior to entering The X Factor, Singe worked as a bank teller at the Commonwealth Bank in Dee Why, New South Wales. Melanie Brown felt that Singe was singing the song just to her, Guy Sebastian called his added rap in the song "crazy", and Ronan Keating said it was a great audition song. Singe auditioned for the fourth season singing Justin Bieber's "One Less Lonely Girl" and received positive comments from the judges. He previously auditioned for The X Factor in season three but only made it to the end of the bootcamp stage when Guy Sebastian sent him home. William Singe, aged 20, is from Forestville, New South Wales and is the rapper of The Collective.

William Singe is 1/5 of The Collective, an Australian boy band who were formed during the fourth season of The X Factor Australia in 2012 and finished in third place.
