he said. He was working on a sermon and kind of muttering to himself. “Hmmm,” I wanted to show you the new Winn-Dixie”. “Daddy, The preacher put down his pencil and rubbed his nose, and finally, he looked up. he said, smiling real big at now. Don’t you look handsome.” “Well, “well, Winn-Dixie smiled back at the preacher. He went over and put his head in the preacher’s lap. smells nice, too,” said the preacher. He rubbed Winn-Dixies’s head and looked into his “He eyes. I said, real quick before I lost all my nerve, been talking to Winn-Dixie.” “Daddy,” “I’ve that right?” the preacher said; he scratched Winn-Dixie’s head. “Is been talking to him and he agreed with me that, since I’m ten years old, you should tell “I’ve me ten things about my mama. Just ten things, that’s all.” The preacher stopped rubbing Winn-Dixie’s head and held real still. I could see him thinking about pulling his head back into his shell. thing for each year I’ve been alive,” I told him. “One “Please.” excerpt from Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
“Hmmm,” he said. He was working on a sermon and kind of muttering to himself. “Daddy, I wanted to show you the new Winn-Dixie”. The preacher put down his pencil and rubbed his nose, and finally, he looked up. “Well, he said, smiling real big at “well, now. Don’t you look handsome.” Winn-Dixie smiled back at the preacher. He went over and put his head in the preacher’s lap. “He smells nice, too,” said the preacher. He rubbed Winn-Dixies’s head and looked into his eyes. “Daddy,” I said, real quick before I lost all my nerve, “I’ve been talking to Winn-Dixie.” “Is that right?” the preacher said; he scratched Winn-Dixie’s head. “I’ve been talking to him and he agreed with me that, since I’m ten years old, you should tell me ten things about my mama. Just ten things, that’s all.” The preacher stopped rubbing Winn-Dixie’s head and held real still. I could see him thinking about pulling his head back into his shell. “One thing for each year I’ve been alive,” I told him. “Please.” excerpt from Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
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