They left weed because Lennie had grabbed a girls dress because it looked soft and he like petting soft things. The woman got scared and started yelling which made Lennie hold on tighter when George finally got him to let go they had to run because the girl ad gone around saying Lennie had raped her so they had to run away and leave weed.
Lennie and George first went to a ranch in Weed, California, where they had to flee due to an incident involving Lennie and a girl's dress.
The town from which George and Lennie are fleeing at the beginning of the novel is called Weed. They left Weed because Lennie's actions involving a woman's dress caused trouble and led to them escaping to find work elsewhere.
A small town called Weed.
A small town called Weed.
He lied to the man, he said the job was done, but what really happened was that Lennie got them kicked out of Weed
Weed
We all know that Lennie likes to touch soft stuff. A great example of that is a dead mouse in his pocket. When he and George lived in Weed, Lennie started touching girl's dress (that back then was considered sexual harassment), and when the girl asked him to let go, he didn't.
George tells Slim that Lennie inadvertently scared a girl in Weed by grabbing her dress, leading to a misunderstanding that got them in trouble. He explains that Lennie didn't mean any harm but often doesn't realize his own strength, causing unintentional trouble. Slim listens sympathetically and understands their situation.
When George confides in Slip, he adds the detail that the weed they are smuggling is laced with Fentanyl, making it more dangerous than they initially thought. Slip is shocked and concerned about the increased risks involved.
George and Lennie, the main characters in John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men," come from a town called Weed in California. They find work on a ranch in Soledad, California, at the beginning of the story.
Lennie saw a girl in a red dress. He touched it, she panicked and Lennie would not let go. The girl was scared and told people that she had been raped by Lennie, even though this was a lie. Lennie and George had to run away.
Lennie and George have to leave their job in Wedd because Lennie strokes a woman's red dress and she thinks she has been raped so she then goes to the police and they have to run away because they could be arrested.