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They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.

Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.

　　莱尼身高两米，力气大得吓人，但心智像个孩子。
　　乔治从小和他一起长大，是他唯一的朋友。乔治带着莱尼到处打零工糊口。莱尼单纯善良，可常常闯下大祸。莱尼每次闯祸，乔治就必须带着他逃亡，永无休止地流浪。
　　乔治和莱尼有一个卑微的梦，希望有一天可以存够钱买一小块地。他们可以在属于自己的小天地里种种菜，养鸡养猪，养莱尼最心爱的兔子。他们可以不必再流浪。
　　他们又流浪到一座农场。这一次，永无休止的流浪终于到了尽头，梦想也到了尽头。乔治终于帮莱尼找到一个地方。在那里，莱尼永远不会再闯祸，永远不会再受伤害，永远不需要再逃亡……