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Of Mice and Men

Chapter 7

The sun was low. The sky seemed dull and the trees swayed in the brisk wind, and the leaves rustled. The sound of whistles seemed to echo through the hills and the Gabilan Mountains now looked cold and frightening. The rabbits were burrowing and hiding underground for the night to come.

        George trundled along the road, accompanied by Slim, rather slowly with past memories going through his mind. Slim finally broke the silence,

        “You were right to do it George, don’t worry.”

George slowly mumbled a reply,

        “Mm… Yea…”

        “Come on lad, we’ll go back to the ranch and settle down and we can have a drink of whisky or sumin’ before work in the morning.”

        “Yea…” George mumbled again.

        They got back to the ranch, late into the darkening night and walked steadily through the swinging doors. Slim and George both took off their jackets and placed them on the wall. George sat down at a table whilst Slim went behind the bar to make them both a drink.

        He settled down gradually next to George and calmly passed him his drink.

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        “Thanks…” George murmured. Slim went to speak,

        “So, are…”

        All of a sudden, before Slim could finish his sentence, there were loud crashing noises outside. They both sharply got up and as they moved closer, the sound of gun shots could be heard.

        Both George and Slim, quickly moved to the door but Slim ushered George inside whilst he checked out what was happening outside…

        Slim opened the door and was instantly horrified by what he saw. There were dead bodies scattered brutally across the ranch. He twisted his head around to see a group of hooded men ...

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