Webb’s eighth graders gather around the campfire

Clockwise, from left: Chloe Peters, Keylen Jeffrey, Claire Kane, Barrett Wiebe, Angel Segovia, Webb, Kane Waters, Ava Kate Inman and Caleb Colson.
Clockwise, from left: Chloe Peters, Keylen Jeffrey, Claire Kane, Barrett Wiebe, Angel Segovia, Webb, Kane Waters, Ava Kate Inman and Caleb Colson.

Jamie Webb’s eighth-grade English and Reading Class gather around the campfire for a reading of “The Monkey’s Paw,” a short horror story by W.W. Jacobs about a cursed talisman that grants three wishes, each with disastrous consequences, Friday, Oct. 31. A cautionary tale, “The Monkey’s Paw” relates the dangers of greed and interfering with fate.