An example would be a mouse. Because Lennie is a big strong guy and ends up killing the mouse with all his might but keeps it in his pocket. George is frustrated by Lennie keeping the dead mouse in his pocket and wants Lennie to give him the mouse back, so George explains, "I won't take it away just out of spite." This mouse is not fresh, Lennie; and what's more, you broke it while caressing it. You take another fresh mouse and I’ll let you keep it for a little while” (9). George tries to watch over Lennie and teach him the right and wrong things to do. He tries to stop and fix things before it ends in something even worse. George knows how Lennie behaves when they have been in many situations before, such as why they ran out of weed. Because of the trouble the two guys have been through, George finds it necessary to explain to Lennie: If you look up "friend" in the dictionary, the definition is: A person attached to another by feelings of affection or esteem personal. Your best friend is the person who will stay with you through everything, good and bad. In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are the best