Winn Dixie

Chapter Nineteen

In the morning, me and Winn-Dixie went down to sweep the pet store, and I took a Littmus Lozenge for Otis . "Is it Halloween?" Otis asked when I handed him the candy. "No," I said. "Why?" "Well, you're giving me candy." "It's just a gift," I told him. "For today."

"Oh," said Otis. He unwrapped the Littmus Lozenge and put it in his mouth. And after a minute, tears started rolling down his face. "Thank you," he said. 128