Winn Dixie

I swept the floor real slow that day. I wanted to keep Otis company. I didn't want him to be lonely.

Sometimes, it seemed like everybody in the world was lonely. I thought about my mama. Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth. Time after time, my mind kept going to that empty spot, the spot where I felt like she should be.

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