On Hope (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Spencer Holst
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: Anytime
- Setting: Gibraltar
- Principal Characters: A gypsy, A monkey, A shark
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: Hope, Robbery or robbers, Theft, Fate or fatalism, Animals, Precious metals or stones, Fishes, Diamonds, Gems, Gypsies, Fables, Monkeys
- Locales: Gibraltar
The Story
A gypsy has trained a monkey to sneak into the bedrooms of rich women and steal their jewelry. Without being instructed to do so by the gypsy, however, this “demon monkey” steals the “Diamond of Hope” necklace that was brought to Gibraltar for the princess of England to wear at a state function. The gypsy knows that the fabulous diamond is valueless to him because it is much too famous to be sold. He also knows that there is a curse on the necklace and that misfortune befalls whoever owns it, so he mails it back to the princess, warning her to take better care...
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