"This scene shows how powerful the dream is that George and Lennie (and now Candy) share."
" "
"At first Crooks is suspicious and cynical. However, he too gets caught up in the dream, and offers to work on the farm."
5
9
"Lennie leaned towards the old __?_?_?__. 'About them __?_?_?__,' he insisted."
"Candy smiled. 'I got it __?_?_?__ out. We can make some on them rabbits if we go about it right.'"
"'But I __?_?_?_ 'em,' Lennie broke in. '__?_?_?__ says I get to tend 'em. He promised.'"
"Crooks interrupted brutally. 'You guys is just kiddin' yourself. You'll talk about it a hell of a lot, but you won't get no __?_?_?__. You'll be a swamper here until they carry you out in a __?_?_?__.'"
"'Hell, I seen too many guys. __?_?_?__ here'll quit and be on the road in two, three weeks. Seems like ever' guy got land in his __?_?_?__.'"
SWAMPER,7,40
RABBITS,8,10
FIGURED,9,34
TEND,11,17
GEORGE,11,51
LAND,15,17
BOX,16,23
LENNIE,17,39
HEAD,19,14
4
7
"Candy rubbed his cheek __?_?_?__. 'You god-damn right we're gonna do it. George says we are. We got the money right now.'"
"'Yeah,' said Crooks. 'An' where's George now? In town in a whore-house. That's where your money's goin'. Jesus, I seen it happen too many __?_?_?__. I seen too many guys with land in their head. They never get none under their __?_?_?__.'"
"Candy cried, 'Sure they all want it. Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus' som'thin' that was his. Some'thin' he could live on and there couldn't nobody __?_?_?__ him off it."
"I never had none. I __?_?_?__ crops for damn near ever'body in this state, but they wasn't my crops, and when I harvested 'em, it wasn't none of my __?_?_?__. But we gonna do it now, and don't you make no __?_?_?__ about that.'"
ANGRILY,7,33
TIMES,11,26
HAND,12,54
THROW,15,53
PLANTED,17,30
HARVEST,19,36
MISTAKE,20,32
5
7
"'George ain't got the money in town. The money's in the __?_?_?__. Me an' Lennie an' George. We gonna have a __?_?_?__ to ourselves. We'r gonna have a __?_?_?__ an' rabbits an' chickens. We're gonna have green corn and maybe a __?_?_?__ or a goat.'"
"He stopped, overwhelmed with his __?_?_?__."
"Crooks asked, 'You say you got the money?'"
"'Damn right. We got __?_?_?__ of it. Just a little bit more to get. Have it all in one __?_?_?__. George got the land all picked out, too.'"
"Crooks reached around and explored his spine with his hand. 'I never seen a guy really do it,' he said. 'I seen guys nearly crazy with loneliness for land, but ever' time a whore-house or a blackjack game took what it takes.'"
BANK,8,10
ROOM,8,63
DOG,9,42
COW,10,59
PICTURE,12,43
MOST,14,30
MONTH,15,34
1
3
"He __?_?_?__. '... If you ... guys would want a hand to work for nothing - just his __?_?_?__, why I'd come and lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't __?_?_?__ like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to.'"
