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Winn-Dixie makes a mess in the grocery store.

Opal brings Winn-Dixie home from the store.

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Opal asks her dad, the preacher, if they can keep Winn-Dixie and he says yes.

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Opal gives Winn-Dixie a bath.

Opal asks her dad to tell her 10 things about her mama.

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The preacher tells Opal 10 things about her mama.

Opal writes down the 10 things so she won't forget them.

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Winn-Dixie gets to go to church (Open Arms Baptist Church of Naomi) because he doesn't like being left at home.

Winn-Dixie chases and catches a mouse in church (but doesn't kill it).

Opal prays for her mama, friends, and the safety of the little mouse.

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Opal goes to the Herman W. Block Memorial Library and meets Miss Franny Block, the librarian.

Miss Franny thinks Winn-Dixie is a bear when she see him looking in the library window.

Miss Franny lets Winn-Dixie into the library, even though no dogs are allowed.

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Miss Franny tells Opal a funny story of a bear who once visited the library.

Opal and Miss Franny decide to be friends.

Amanda Wilkinson visits the library.

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Opal and Winn-Dixie go to Gertrude's Pets to buy a collar and leash.

Opal can't afford to pay, so she convinces Otis, the clerk, to let her work there to pay off the collar and leash.

Opal meets Sweetie Pie Thomas and gets invited to her birthday party (in September).

Opal has a friend, a job, and an invitation to a birthday party, so she doesn't feel as lonely anymore.

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Dunlap and Stevie Dewberry tease Opal.

Winn-Dixie runs into a "witch's" backyard.

The "witch" is a nice older lady named Gloria Dump who can't see well.

Gloria asks Opal to tell her everything about herself, because she wants to see her with her heart.❤

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Opal tells Gloria about her mama leaving, her daddy pulling his head back into his turtle shell, rescuing Winn-Dixie from the store, her new job, Sweetie Pie's invitation, and the Dewberry brothers saying mean things.

Gloria gives Opal a tree to plant in her yard.

At bedtime Opal tells her daddy all about her new friends and her job.

Opal is amazed to see the preacher laugh at Winn-Dixie at bedtime.

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Opal and the the preacher find out that Winn-Dixie has a pathological fear of thunderstorms.

The preacher says they're going to have to keep an eye on Winn-Dixie during storms.

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Opal has her first day of work at Gertrude's Pets

She watches Otis put the pets into a trance by playing his guitar.

There is a moment of pet commotion, but Opal is a thoughtful problem solver.

Opal sweeps & dusts the store.

Sweetie Pie Thomas meets up with Opal again on her way home.