3) Once we were safe outside, I checked the dog over real careful and he didn't look that good. He was big, but
skinny; you could see his ribs. And there were bald patches all over him, places where he didn't have any fur at
all. Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain.
- Adapted from Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie, Copyright 2000 by Kate DiCamillo
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