That night, Slim gave Lennie of his newborn puppies. Lennie was so happy that he stayed out in the barn half the night petting it. While Lennie was in the barn, something was going on in the bunk house. Carlson was trying to persuade Candy to let him shoot his dog. Carlson said that the dog was old, sick and miserable and that ending its suffering would be the best thing to do for the dog. After a few minutes Candy agreed, so Carlson took the dog outside put a gun to the back of the dog's head and pulled the trigger.
             A few minutes later, Lennie returned to the bunk house from the barn. Then he asked George to repeat their dream as he often did. So George began, "When we get enough money we are going to have a little house, a few acres of land, and a few animals. We will be our own bosses and do what we want to do." Candy was still in the room and got interested at hearing this and he asked if he could help them. George hesitated until he heard how much money Candy had saved up and then he agreed that he could be included in their dream.
             When Curley came back into the bunk house, Lennie was still smiling at the thought of his dream. Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him and began to pick a fight. Before long Lennie had a bloody nose. He looked to George for help while Curley continued to hurt him. Suddenly, George screamed, "get him". Then Lennie grabbed Curley's hand right as he was t
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