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1  The sycamore leaves whispered in a little night breeze.
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Context   In CHAPTER 1
2  George walked to the fire pile and lighted the dry leaves.
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3  Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves.
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4  Lennie went behind the tree and brought out a litter of dried leaves and twigs.
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5  He pulled his time book out of his pocket and opened it where a pencil was stuck between the leaves.
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Context   In CHAPTER 2
6  And then from the direction of the state highway came the sound of footsteps on crisp sycamore leaves.
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7  The sycamore leaves turned up their silver sides, the brown, dry leaves on the ground scudded a few feet.
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Context   In CHAPTER 6
8  Overhead the leaves whisked again and little puffs of willow cotton blew down and landed on the pool's surface.
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9  The little evening breeze blew over the clearing and the leaves rustled and the wind waves flowed up the green pool.
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Context   In CHAPTER 6
10  On the sandy bank under the trees the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them.
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Context   In CHAPTER 1
11  A big carp rose to the surface of the pool, gulped air and then sank mysteriously into the dark water again, leaving widening rings on the water.
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12  Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunkhouse still in dusk.
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Context   In CHAPTER 3
13  When a little bird skittered over the dry leaves behind him, his head jerked up and he strained toward the sound with eyes and ears until he saw the bird, and then he dropped his head and drank again.
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Context   In CHAPTER 6