Mice
Examples
Page 5-6
Lennie held his closed hand away from George's direction. "It's on'y a mouse, George."
"A mouse? A live mouse?"
"Uh-uh. Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it, honest! I found it. I found it dead."
"Give it here!" Said George.
"Aw, leave me have it, George."
"Give it here!"
Lennie's closed hands slowly obeyed. George took the mouse and threw it across the pool to the other side, among the brush. "What you want of a dead mouse, anyways?"
"I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along," said Lennie.
"Well, you ain't pettin' no mice while you walk with me. You remember where we're goin' now?"
Page 8-9
George said coldly, "You gonna give me that mouse, or do I have to sock you?"
"Give you what, George?"
"You know god damn well what. I want that mouse."
Lennie reluctantly reached into his pocket. His voice broke a little. "I don't know why I can't keep it. It ain't nobody's mouse. I didn't steal it. I found it lying right beside the road."
George's hand remained outstretched imperiously. Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again. George snapped his fingers sharply, and at the sound Lennie lay the mouse in his hand.
Page 85
And Lennie said softly to the puppy, "Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. I didn't bounce you hard."
Page 90
"I like to pet nice things. Once at a fair I seen some of the long-hair rabbits. An' they was nice, you bet. Sometimes I've even pet mice, but not when I could get nothing better."
Lennie held his closed hand away from George's direction. "It's on'y a mouse, George."
"A mouse? A live mouse?"
"Uh-uh. Jus' a dead mouse, George. I didn't kill it, honest! I found it. I found it dead."
"Give it here!" Said George.
"Aw, leave me have it, George."
"Give it here!"
Lennie's closed hands slowly obeyed. George took the mouse and threw it across the pool to the other side, among the brush. "What you want of a dead mouse, anyways?"
"I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along," said Lennie.
"Well, you ain't pettin' no mice while you walk with me. You remember where we're goin' now?"
Page 8-9
George said coldly, "You gonna give me that mouse, or do I have to sock you?"
"Give you what, George?"
"You know god damn well what. I want that mouse."
Lennie reluctantly reached into his pocket. His voice broke a little. "I don't know why I can't keep it. It ain't nobody's mouse. I didn't steal it. I found it lying right beside the road."
George's hand remained outstretched imperiously. Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again. George snapped his fingers sharply, and at the sound Lennie lay the mouse in his hand.
Page 85
And Lennie said softly to the puppy, "Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. I didn't bounce you hard."
Page 90
"I like to pet nice things. Once at a fair I seen some of the long-hair rabbits. An' they was nice, you bet. Sometimes I've even pet mice, but not when I could get nothing better."