Good climate, many rivers, fertile soil
Mice are shy creatures who try to, at all costs, avoid trouble. Lennie is scared to talk to others because he's scared he'll get himself into trouble. Lennie is oblivious to what's going on around him, it's as if he's in his own little world.
The distance a ship has traveled in the last 24h w/ what it theoretically should've traveled based on its pitch
because it teaches their children wrong from right