Some people's lives may seem dull and quite, but occasionally even the most ordinary people can behave with unexpected cleverness, stupidity or cruelty. In these short stoories we meet some respectable people who, for differnet reasons, are suddenly driven to lies, deceit, revenge or extraordinary ideas. Sometimes their behaviour is funny-sometimes sad. There is the man who is sure that he can hear plants scream, and the man who wants to hurt his friend cruelly. There is the woman who works out a clever plan to deceive her husband, another who suddenly discovers a perfect way to murder hers, and a third who finds an unusual use for a leg of lamb...