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Faculty. Leavery Davidson. English Resources. Lamb to the Slaughter (pdf) Text piece for Lamb to the Slaughter. To print or download this file, click the link below: lamb-to-the-slaughter.pdf — PDF document, 51 KB (52516 bytes)
T he room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work. Now and again she would glance up at the clock, but ...
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leg of lamb. All right, then, they would have lamb for supper. She carried it upstairs, held the thin end with both her hands. She went into the living room, saw him standing by the window with his back to her, and stopped. "I've already told you," he said. "Don't make supper for me. I'm going out."
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Literary Skills Understand situational irony and dramatic irony. Reading Skills Make predictions. Vocabulary Skills Use context clues to understand the meanings of words. The wife loves her husband and eagerly waits for him to come home from work each day at 5:00 P.M. The house is clean and well run. The ...
“Lamb to the Slaughter” is a short story by Roald Dahl that was first published in the September 1953 issue of Harper’s magazine. The story is one of suspense with strong elements of the black humor for which the author is noted in his works for both adults and children.
