Duribility

P 40

"Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he
wants to touch ever'thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he
reaches out to feel this red dress an' the girl lets out a squawk,
and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on 'cause that's
the only thing he can think to do. Well, this girl squawks and
squawks. I was jus' a little bit off, and I heard all the yellin', so I
comes running, an' by that time Lennie's so scared all he can
think to do is jus' hold on. I socked him over the head with a fence
picket to make him let go. He was so scairt he couldn't let go of
that dress. And he's so God damn strong, you know."