Of Mice and Men (opera) George, at the urging of Candy and Lennie, reads the want ad aloud to them once again as the curtain falls. SCENE ONE. Lennie is disconsolate at having inadvertently killed his puppy, and is hiding it in the loft of the barn when Curley's wife enters, carrying a suitcase and obviously preparing to leave the ranch. She and Lennie begin to confide their dreams and fantasies to each other, neither aware the other is speaking: hers, a glamorous career as a movie star; his, to have pets on his farm. Lennie tells her of his love of stroking soft things,
William Lennie William Lennie William Lennie (c. 1779–1852) was a Scottish grammarian. He was the author of textbooks on English grammar, including "The Principles of English Grammar", which became a widely used textbook in British and American schools. Lennie was born circa 1779. Lennie began his career as an English teacher in Edinburgh in 1802. He authored textbooks on English grammar. His "Principles of English Grammar" was "universally used wherever the English language is spoken." In the 1830s, Peter Bullions, another Scottish grammarian, revised "The Principles of English Grammar" book and sold it in the United States. Lennie died in 1852 in