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Candy

Well here I am again on the same old ranch! But I seem to have lost so much. I lost my dream, my friends and my only ever companion. When I had it, made me feel kinda special, I s’pose, ain’t too many guys around here who have friends; who have dreams especially these days. They’re too busy slouching around, roaming the streets alone, goddam depression. Anyhow, Lennie’s gone now. I gotta say even if he was a crazy bastard that shattered my dream, he was someone to talk to, in fact; he was the one that told me about the dream in the first place. I will miss him.

Ways are back to what they were before George and Lennie turned up. The same old people as before. Curley is still cocky except he has a screwed up hand. I heard Curley say to Carlson that if he comes across another girl that he likes his hand is going into that glove again. And the other difference is that my companion is not here. I remember how he used to follow me everywhere even if he was getting a bit old and did not look like he used to; but that was hardly his fault.

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Still if it had to be done I ought to have done it myself. He was my dog, my companion, my friend. I don’t know how I am going to get through the last few years of my life without him. I shoulda done it myself. They would let me leave this ranch but where would I go. I can’t go to the farm on my own can I. The thought of leaving my dog behind, is just too powerful so I’ve decided I’m not going anywhere. My dog jus goes round and round in my head. I mean, ...

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