Lamb to the Slaughter

             The amazing short story Lamb of the Slaughter cleverly writen by the well known british author Roald Dahl. This is a short story is about a seemingly happily married couple who are the Maloneys. The writer goes onto great detail describing the main character Mary Maloney he desribes her as a gently, warm,caring and a loving person towards other people and especially to husband Patrick Maloney.
             It was coming up to ten minutes to five she knew her husband would be home any minute now. When ahe heared her husband walk up the path leading to the door she would go and make him a drink of whisky with ice as he open the closet door to hung his jacket up she would say "hullo darling" he replied "hullo". she gave him the larger whisky she had made him he drunck it extremly fast compare to normal he then got up made himself another large glass of whisky he also drunk it very quicklyshe then immediatly realized there was someone or something on his mind. Time had past he eventually he broke the devestating news to her that was leaving her because he felt he was protected so much it to the point he had to break free and that he had found someone else. After he told her she was in the state of shock and the she whispered I'll get supper. When she return from the freezer with a leg of lamb to find looking out of the window he said Don't make me any supper I'm going out she walks up behide him rising the piece of lamb then she hits on the back of the head as hard as she could he stood there for few second before falling to the ground.
             I did not expect and think that Mary Maloney was that kind of person because at the beginnig the story she seemed to be a very kind and caring person who loved her husband more than anything.
             She tired to convince herself all right I have killed him it had become clear in her mind then all of sudden she realized what she had done and began to panic wondering about what would happan to her and her unborn chi
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