Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 1: The Monkey's Paw

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. 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 for many years. 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. CEFR A1/A2Word count 4,830