Arthur Ness (boston) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There's an > idiot savant in one of Steinbeck's short stories, Oh yes. Of Mice and Men. > Wasn't he called "Bear"?
You're confusing Steinbeck's tales told about two idiots, if I can paraphrase Shakespeare. Lenny in "Of Mice and Men" has enormous physical strength. The ursine Johnny Bear in "The Voice of Johnny Bear" can reproduce overheard conversations, exactly imitating the speakers' voices.
