Page 121. 3rd Paragraph. It is at the line where george tells Lennie "yo go hide in that bush."
In "Of Mice and Men," George tells Lennie to go hide in the brush in Chapter 1, on page 15. This happens after Lennie panics and holds on too tight to a woman's dress, prompting George to advise him to hide if anything goes wrong.
George told the guys that Lennie went south to the brush to search for his puppy. However, in reality, Lennie accidentally killed Curley's wife and then fled to the same spot to hide as he was instructed by George earlier.
George tells Lennie to hide in the bushes by the river if he gets in trouble and they get separated. He asks Lennie to remember this spot in case they need to regroup.
In Chapter 5 of "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, Lennie is hiding in the brush by the Salinas River after accidentally killing Curley's wife.
George told Lennie to flee to the clearing by the river and wait for him to come get him, if Lennie got into any trouble. George and Lennie spent the night in the same clearing on their way to the ranch/farm.
Yes, based on the book "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, George did think there was a good chance Lennie would be taken alive after he killed Curley's wife. This is why he instructs Lennie to hide in the brush and wait for him if anything goes wrong. George wanted to protect Lennie from being lynched by the angry mob.
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Lennie returns to the place that George told him to go to if anything went wrong - a designated spot by the river. George finds him there and makes the difficult decision to prevent Lennie from being captured and killed by the other men.
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If you are referring to the brush and the salinas river, it is because Lennie kills Curley's wife and was told by George to go back to the brush if he gets in trouble so that is where he goes. He is told in the first chapter, showing the inevitibility that he would get in trouble. :)
After accidentally killing Curley's wife in "Of Mice and Men," Lennie flees to a nearby hiding spot in the brush by the Salinas River where George had instructed him to go if he ever got into trouble.
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Lennie's Sneaky ThingsIn Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' Lennie tries to do many sneaky things. For example, in Chapter 5 we read about the puppy he was given by Slim. While playing with the puppy in the barn Lennie accidentally kills it, and then tries to conceal this fact by hiding the body under some hay.