Winn Dixie

"Winn-Dixie," I said. I hugged him so tight he wheezed. "We were out there whistling and calling for you and you were right here all along. Thank you," I said to everybody. "Well," said Gloria Dump. "We didn't do nothin'. We just sat here and waited and sang some songs. We all got to be good friends. Now. The punch ain't nothin' but water and the egg-salad sandwiches got tore up by the rain. You got to eat them with a spoon if you want egg salad. But we got pickles to eat. And Littmus Lozenges. And we still got a party going on. " My daddy pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down. "Otis," he said, "do you know any hymns?" "I know some," said Otis. "You hum it," said Miss Franny, nodding her head, "and he can play it."

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