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...as a ranch hand. Their dream is almost a reality when they meet Candy, an old swamper at the ranch who can contribute $350 to their house. Unfortunately, their dream is stopped because of the accidental murder of Curley’s wife by Lennie, and George is forced to kill him so that the other ranchers will not. This story shows how Americans really can get what they want by hard work and just a little bit of luck. The Turtle is about a tortoise trying to cross the road. Along the way he encounters many hardships like cars, potholes, and finally, he gets flipped over by a car. Everything seems lost to the turtle. And even though all seems hopeless, he manages to grab a stray weed and flip himself over, and along the way, he plants a seed, creating a new life, then he makes it to the other side of the road. The moral of this story is to not give up, no matter how hopeless things may seem. In Another Country is the story of a few injured World War I soldiers in Italy. One of them is an American and the other is an Italian. They are both reassured by the doctor that they will be as good as they were before they were injured. The American believes that he will heal his injury completely, while the Italian believes that he cannot be helped. The American is learning Italian grammar, and it seems like the hardest thing to him, and he does not think he can ever get it right. The Italian is so depressed, and then his wife dies. He is so miserable that he tries to ...