The Ending Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Ending of Mice and Men
All the guys went outside to play horseshoes, and everyone was havin’ a good time. Curley come runin’ outside starts yelling “where’s my wife!” everyone looks at him like its nothing because she is probably foolin’ around or either looking for him too. Everyone is telling curley that they hadn’t seen her so he runs off, but he comes back and Can’t find her anywhere. As a couple of days pass and Curley gives up looking for her. Curley is all depressed and doesn’t care about anything the guys are doing so Lennie, Candy, and George have their idea all planned out for the house. A few days later George goes off with the guys in town and Lennie and Candy are still at farm. All the guys get back and everyone was laughing

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