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1  George looked away from her and then back.
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2  Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him.
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3  Men were calling back and forth from the teams.
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4  In a moment Lennie came crashing back through the brush.
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5  There's plenty right up against the back of that sycamore.
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6  He went back to the table and set out a new solitaire hand.
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7  George watched him out, and then he turned back to the swamper.
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8  The old man looked uneasily from George to Lennie, and then back.
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9  He threw them in a heap on the old ash pile and went back for more and more.
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10  Far off toward the highway a man shouted something, and another man shouted back.
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11  Then he replaced his hat, pushed himself back from the river, drew up his knees and embraced them.
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12  He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them, looked over to George to see whether he had it just right.
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13  Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.
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14  He threw a scoop of water into his face and rubbed it about with his hand, under his chin and around the back of his neck.
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15  Lennie dipped his whole head under, hat and all, and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran down his back.
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16  George lay back on the sand and crossed his hands under his head, and Lennie imitated him, raising his head to see whether he were doing it right.
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17  Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes; rings widened across the pool to the other side and came back again.
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