Of Mice And Men: A Short Story

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Arrays of golden barley covered the fields like a blanket. The bright California sun shone upon the rocky mountains that bordered the landscape. A jewel blue river curved gently along the edge of the field, decorated with ancient grand trees. Workers positioned in fields seemed like small ants trailing through the vast area of Soledad. George stopped bucking barley, and looked over at Lennie. That big nuisance is going to get our team in trouble again he thought. How many times a day do I find him distracted? Lennie started to sit down in the field, twisting the barley around his colossal fingers. George resumed his work, but he couldn’t seem to completely focus. Hoarse voices informed the workers that work was over for the day, and everyone