OMAM A3:S2 Flashcards

1
Q

There now. Now. I won’t never tell George. He’ll know. He always knows.

A

Get in the tules-quick.

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2
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I ain’t done nothing, George.

A

Get in the tules-damn you.

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3
Q

Where is he? You want-I-should-go away?

A

Lennie!

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4
Q

Where’s them guys goin?

A

Huntin’.

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5
Q

Whyn’t we go with ‘em? I like huntin’. Is it ‘cause I done a bad thing?

A

It don’t make no difference.

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6
Q

Is that why we can’t go huntin’ with them guys?

A

It don’t make no difference. . . . Sit down, Lennie. Right there.

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7
Q

George!

A

Yeah?

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8
Q

Ain’t you gonna give me hell?

A

Give ya hell?

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9
Q

Sure. . . . Like you always done before. Like-“If I didn’ have you I’d take my fifty bucks . . .”

A

If I was alone I-could live-so easy. I could get a job and not have no mess . . .

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10
Q

Go on, go on! “And when the end of the month come . . .”

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“And when the end of the month come, I could take my fifty bucks and go to-a cat-house. . . .”

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11
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Go on, George, ain’t you gonna give me no more hell?

A

No!

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12
Q

I can go away. I’ll go right off in the hills and find a cave if you don’t want me.

A

No, I want you to stay here with me.

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13
Q

Then tell me like you done before.

A

Tell you what?

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14
Q

‘Bout the other guys and about us!

A

“Guys like us got no families. They get a little stake and then they blow it in. They ain’t got nobody in the world that gives a hoot in a hell about ‘em!”

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15
Q

“But not us.” Tell about us now.

A

“But not us.”

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16
Q

“Because . . .”

A

“Because I got you and . . .”

17
Q

“And I got you. We got each other,” that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us.

A

Take off your hat, Lennie. The air feels fine!

18
Q

Tell how it’s gonna be.

A

Look acrost the river, Lennie, and I’ll tell you like you can almost see it. “We gonna get a little place . . .”

19
Q

Go on! How’s it gonna be? “We gonna get a little place . . .”

A

“We’ll have a cow. And we’ll have maybe a pig and chickens-and down the flat we’ll have a . . . little piece of alfalfa. . . .”

20
Q

“For the rabbits!”

A

“For the rabbits!”

21
Q

“And I get to tend the rabbits!”

A

“And you get to tend the rabbits!”

22
Q

“And live on the fat o’ the land!”

A

Yes. Look over there, Lennie. Like you can really see it.

23
Q

Where?

A

Right across the river there. Can’t you almost see it?

24
Q

Where, George?

A

It’s over there. You keep lookin’, Lennie. Just keep lookin’.

25
Q

I’m lookin’, George. I’m lookin’.

A

That’s right. It’s gonna be nice there. Ain’t gonna be no trouble, no fights. Nobody ever gonna hurt nobody, or steal from ‘em. It’s gonna be-nice.