Lennie comes back into the story. He has finally got to the brush where George had previously told him to wait. He was sitting there talking to himself, and waiting.
Out of nowhere, a fat old woman appeared from out of Lennie's head. The "person" was an image of Lennie's aunt Clara, and she scolded him for being so careless. Lennie began to get upset because he knew she was right; George had been nothing but nice and caring to him, but he kept on messing up. Then, as always, he brought up the fact that George wouldn't let him tend rabbits anymore. As he spoke those words, aunt Clara disappeared and a gigantic rabbit appeared from out of his head. The big rabbit started to say he wasn't even fit to tend rabbits. The rabbit said Lennie would of forgot to feed them and the rabbits would have died. The rabbit repeated that George would leave him and Lennie freaked out and began to yell as the rabbit disappeared. Then George showed up.
George said he was not going to leave him and that he would not give him hell for what he did. Lennie then had George repeat his speech of how his life would be easier without Lennie to look after. Lennie then had George repeat the speech about how them two were not like any other rancher. They looked after each other. Then he told George to retell the dream. George made Lennie turn away from him as they spoke and he pulled out Carlson's pistol. He had taken it when he went back to the bunk before Candy alerted the other workers. He raised the gun to the back of Lennie's head. As soon as Lennie asked to finally get the land, George said sure, and then pulled the trigger. Lennie died instantly.
Curley, Slim, and the other workers appeared of of the bushes to the scene. They saw Lennie dead, and George throwing away the pistol. George made up the story that he had taken the gun from Lennie then killed him with it. The men believed the story and Slim escorted George, who was still shaking for what he had done took a lot out of him, away from the scene.
This is where the book ends.
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