Winn Dixie

"Whooooeee," said Gloria. "Dog," squawked Gertrude. I looked at her. She was sitting on the kitchen table. The thunder was really booming and cracking. "Oh no," I said. I looked around the kitchen. "Don't worry," said Sweetie Pie. "I saved them dog pictures. I got 'em right here." She waved around her wad of magazine pages.

" Where's Winn-Dixie? " I shouted. "I forgot about him. I was just thinking about the party and I forgot about Winn-Dixie. I forgot about protecting him from the thunder ."

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