m his first day on the block … screaming and laughing； telling us we were going to be damned glad to be rid of him； telling us we would never forget him。 About those things he was right。
As for what Brutal and I agreed on that night in the restraint room； it turned out just that way It was almost as if we had taken a solemn oath on those tiny bits of colored； wood。 Neither of us ever took part in another execution。 John Coffey was the last。
Part Two：
The Mouse on the Mile
1。
The nursing home where I am crossing my last bunch of t's and dotting my last mess of i's is called Georgia Pines。 It's about sixty miles from Atlanta and about two hundred light…years from life as most people … people under the age of eighty； let's say … live it。 You who are reading this want to be careful that there isn't a place like it waiting in your future。 It's not a cruel place； not for the most part； there's cable TV； the food's good （although there's damned little a man can chew）； but in its way； it's as much of a killing bottle as E Block at Cold Mountain ever was。
There's even a fellow here who reminds me a little of Percy Wetmore； who got his job on the Green Mile because he was related to the governor of the state。 I doubt if this fellow is related to anyone important； even though he acts that way。 Brad Dolan； his name is。 He's always bing his hair； like Percy was； and he's always got something to read stuffed into his back pocket。 With Percy it was magazines like Argosy and Men's Adventure； with Brad it's these little paperbacks called Gross jokes and Sick jokes。 He's always asking people why the Frenchman crossed the road or how many Polacks it takes to screw in a lightbulb or how many pallbearers there are at a Harlem funeral。 Like Percy； Br