i could take my pay at the end of every month and go into town to enjoy I could drink whisky, play card myself. anything.' Lennie looked terrified. "But what have I got? George continued. "I've got you. You can't keep a job and I lose eve job I get because of you. We have to go all over the country looking for new jobs all the time. You get into trouble, and have to get you out of it. You fool. You cause trouble for me all the time. Then George started talking about the girl Lennie had met in weed."You just wanted to touch that girl's dress,' said George. 'You wanted to stroke her dress like stroking a mouse. She didn't know that you only wanted to touch her dress. She tried to move away, but you held her dress as if it was a mouse. She started screaming and we had to run away. We had to hide all day while men were looking for us. It's like that all the time with you. I wish I had a cage with a million mice in it. I'd put you in it and let you have fun. George looked across the fire at Lennie. Suddenly he felt ashamed that he had made Lennie feel afraid. Lennie crawled slowly round the fire and sat close to George. George turned the cans of beans so that the other sides faced the fire. George looked into the fire. He spoke to Lennie. "When think I how I could enjoy myself without you, I nearly go mad. I never get any peace with you. George, do you want me to go away and leave you alone? "Where would you go? asked George. could go to the hills over there and find a cave, replied I Lennie "Could you? How would you eat? You wouldn't find anything to cat. I'd find things, George. George said, 'I was unkind to you just now Lennie. I was only joking. I want you to stay with me. You always kill mike, so I'll give you a puppy as soon as I can,