Aunt Clara gave Lennie a dead mouse as a pet when he was younger. She thought he liked to pet soft things, so she gave it to him to take care of.
Lennie tells his froend George he remembers that a lady used to give mice to him. George scoffs. "A lady, huh? (you) don't even remember who that lady was. That was your own Aunt Clara. An' she stopped givin' 'em to ya. You always killed 'em." Lennie's Aunt Clara had raised Lennie from when he was a baby right up until she died, then he and his friend George went out working, and looking for work, together.
George told Lennie's Aunt Clara he would for herGeorge tells the people at the ranch that Lennie is his cousinGeorge claims that Lennie is his cousin
The lady who used to give Lennie mice was Lennie's Aunt Clara.She was a kind-hearted woman who cared for Lennie like a mother figure, as he had no family of his own. She would give Lennie mice to pet and care for, not realizing the danger he posed to them due to his strength and lack of understanding.
Because he kept killing them all.
Lennie wanted to pet the mouse as he walked as he loves to pet soft things.Once his aunt Clara used to give him mice to pet but she stopped giving them to him because he was petting them too hard and killing them.
The excuse George gives the boss, for taking so much trouble for another guy, in the book, is that he knew Lennie's aunt Clara and Lennie had been kicked in the head when he was younger, so he needed someone to look after him.
George feels that because he and Lennie are family he has to protect him. Also he feel sympathy for Lennie whopossesses the mind of a child. One of the book's themes seems to be loneliness so you could argue that Lennie was also George's companion and they live of each other's strength. (I would give a quote but i can't find my book. The answer is somewhere in chapter 1).
Lennie wanted to pet the mouse as he walked as he loves to pet soft things.Once his aunt Clara used to give him mice to pet but she stopped giving them to him because he was petting them too hard and killing them.
He said to the boss that Lennie got hit in the head by a horse when he was a kid.
Slim gives Lennie one of his puppies
A puppy
George sometimes tells people that Lennie is deaf and that is why he doesn't talk much.