Page 121. 3rd Paragraph. It is at the line where george tells Lennie "yo go hide in that bush."
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.
Told him to hide in the brushes where they slept
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.
the bushes
George.
At the end of the book Lennie once again returns to the brush down by the Salinas River. That was where the book started and where George and Lennie stayed before they went to the Ranch, where they cooked beans and talked about their own plot of land for the first time.
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. :)
Auburn
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.
So he could stay with his newborn puppy-sweet huh?