Have you ever heard of someone getting killed with a lamb leg? The story that I recently read was Lamb to the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl. This story is a fiction short story. The main idea of this story is Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his vulnerable, pregnant wife. The theme is the usage of betrayal, and violation of marriage. “ Treat other the way you want to be treated”. In Mrs. Maloney and Mr.Maloney’s home, there was a scarcity of love in their home in the 1950s. Around 5pm is when the events went downhill; Patrick told Mary that he was leaving her. This devastates her because she was pregnant and in love with him. She went downstairs to get the leg lamb. Then, she became zealous and hit him over the head with the lamb
