Kate DiCamillo Quote
My name’s Gloria Dump, she said. Ain’t that a terrible last name? Dump? My last name is Buloni, I said. Sometimes the kids at school back home in Watley called me ‘Lunch Meat.’ Hah! Gloria Dump laughed. What about this dog? What you call him? Winn-Dixie, I said. Winn-Dixie thumped his tail on the ground. He tried smiling, but it was hard with his mouth all full of peanut butter. Winn-Dixie? Gloria Dump said. You mean like the grocery store? Yes ma’am, I said. Whooooeee, she said. That takes the strange-name prize, don’t it? Yes ma’am, I said. I was just fixing to make myself a peanut-butter sandwich, she said. You
Kate DiCamillo
My name’s Gloria Dump, she said. Ain’t that a terrible last name? Dump? My last name is Buloni, I said. Sometimes the kids at school back home in Watley called me ‘Lunch Meat.’ Hah! Gloria Dump laughed. What about this dog? What you call him? Winn-Dixie, I said. Winn-Dixie thumped his tail on the ground. He tried smiling, but it was hard with his mouth all full of peanut butter. Winn-Dixie? Gloria Dump said. You mean like the grocery store? Yes ma’am, I said. Whooooeee, she said. That takes the strange-name prize, don’t it? Yes ma’am, I said. I was just fixing to make myself a peanut-butter sandwich, she said. You
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