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1  I don't know why I can't keep it.
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2  We'll get out jus' as soon as we can.
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3  He can rassle grain bags, drive a cultivator.
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4  He threw his empty bean can off into the brush.
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5  "You can jus' as well go to hell," said George.
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6  "He can do anything you tell him," said George.
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7  That's all you ever can remember is them rabbits.
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8  If he tangles with you, Lennie, we're gonna get the can.
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9  When we get the coupla acres I can let you tend the rabbits all right.
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10  He looked into his box shelf and then picked a small yellow can from it.
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11  If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn.
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12  But don't try to put nothing over, 'cause you can't get away with nothing.'
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13  "You can have them two beds there," he said, indicating two bunks near the stove.
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14  If we can get jus' a few dollars in the poke we'll shove off and go up the American River and pan gold.
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15  The old man put the yellow can in his pocket, and he rubbed his bristly white whiskers with his knuckles.
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16  He drove his knife through the top of one of the bean cans, sawed out the top and passed the can to Lennie.
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17  The old swamper shifted his broom and held it between his elbow and his side while he held out his hand for the can.
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