Winn Dixie

So my daddy started humming something and Otis started picking it out on his guitar, and WinnDixie wagged his tail and lay back down underneath Gloria's chair . I looked around the room at all the different faces, and I felt my heart swell up inside me with pure happiness.

"I'll be back in a minute," I said. But they were all singing now and laughing, and Winn-Dixie was snoring, so no one heard me.

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