Of Mice And Men Alternate

I walked into the barn and over to the pups. "Dang it, Lenny" I said aloud, "He took his pup and left his hat." I stooped to pick up the brown hat but paused when I saw Curley's wife's magenta shoe partially buried in the hay. I pushed straw aside; next to the shoe was Lenny's small pup, motionless. My mouth dropped in amazement. The pup wasn't the only dead thing in the barn. Curley's wife was there under the straw next to her magenta shoe. The rosey colour of her cheeks had faded into a pale bluish colour.

"Damnit, Lenny!!" I began to cry. "I hate you! I hate you!" But I really didn't hate Lenny; he was always just messing things up and making my life miserable. There I kneeled, trying to decide what to do. I acted quickly.

"Ouch!" I said aloud. My teeth clenched in pain as the bright scarlet blood seeped out of my finger. I closed my pocket knife. The pup's corpse was now covered in blood and placed next to its mother in the corner. "It's okay, Lulu," I said as I smeared blood onto her ivory teeth and golden brown fur. The pup was now taken care of. But what was I going to do with the lady's body? What

about the lady? I hid her body underneath the hay, praying that no one would find her before I came back. Then I rejoined the horseshoe contest outside.

After everybody else was asleep, I snuck out of the bunkhouse and went to the place by the river. Lenny was no where in sight. The log. That's where he is. He got in trouble, so he's at the log. Sure enough, Lenny was hiding in the brush. "You mad at me, George? Do I still get to tend the rabbits?" "Lenny!" I shouted, "What did you do it for? Why did you kill Curley's wife?!" Then I punched him in the face.

"Don't hit me, George!" He took a hold of me by the neck and started choking me. "I didn't mean