The answer is because due to more elk died from predation so the elk who are still alive have a more vast food supply
Plot. Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depression—George Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a bulky, strong man but mentally disabled—are in Soledad on their way to another part of California
There is no bold portion in the sentence you gave
I would add some kind of punctuation between you and said.
I will prepare an excellent meal for you. Said the cook.
