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Kate Dicamillo

温迪克闯入了被人们称作“巫婆”的格洛丽亚的花园，欧宝于是与格洛丽亚相识，发现她是一个温暖的人，一个可以听欧宝倾诉的人。

I went around a really big tree all covered in 1）moss， and there wasWinn-Dixie. He was eating something right out of the witch's hand. Shelooked up at me. "This dog sure likes peanut butter，" she said. "You canalways trust a dog that likes peanut butter."

She was old with 2）crinkly brown skin. She had on a big 3）floppy hatwith flowers all over it， and she didn't have any teeth， but she didn't look likea witch. She looked nice. AndWinn-Dixie liked her， I couldtell.

"I'm sorry he got in yourgarden，" I said.

"You ain't got to be sorry，"

she said. “I enjoy a little 4）company."

"My name's Opal，" I told her.

"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 inWatley called me 'Lunch Meat'."

"Hah！" Gloria Dump laughed. "What about this dog？ What you call him？"

"Winn-Dixie，" I said.

Winn-Dixie 5Ithumped his tail on the ground. He tried smiling， but it was hardwith his mouth all full of peanut butter.

我繞过一棵被蕨类覆满的大树，才看到温迪克正在吃巫婆手上的东西。她抬头看我。“这只狗很喜欢花生酱。”她讲，“你可以完全信赖一只喜欢花生酱的狗。”

她很老，没有牙齿，皮肤又黑又皱，戴了一顶插满花的扁帽子，看起来一点儿也不像巫婆，反倒像个好人，而且看得出来温迪克很喜欢她。

“对不起，它跑进您的花园里了。”我对她说。

“你不必觉得抱歉。”她说，“我很喜欢有一个小家伙做伴。”

“我叫欧宝。”我告诉她。

“我叫格洛丽亚·戴普。”她说，“很可怕的姓吧？”（在英文里dump有“垃圾场”的意思）

“我的姓是布隆尼。”我说，“以前在瓦特里，有时候放学后的孩子们叫我‘午餐肉。”（在英文里buloni是一种美国香肠）

“哈！”格洛丽亚笑了，“那这只狗呢？你叫它什么？”

“温迪克。”我回答。

温迪克用力在地上拍尾巴，试着想露齿微笑，可是满嘴的花生酱让它很难做到。