Of Mice and Men
What reason do they give for not being there?
When Lennie and George meets the boss he's angry they weren't there in the morning as they were supposed to.
When Lennie and George meets the boss he's angry they weren't there in the morning as they were supposed to.
From the text:
George looked down at his feet. "Bus driver give us a bum steer," he said. "We hadda walk ten miles. Says we was here when we wasn't. We couldn't get no rides in the morning."
Of Mice and Men