She had a beautiful warm coloured dress and white shoes with huge heels. “Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the Grand Final of the Starr’s Spelling Bee! Please welcome our lucky 15 children to the stage!” The curtain rose and the theme song played once again. “Now the contestants have three minutes to spell the word and are not allowed to make even one mistake or they will be eliminated!” The audience went wild! “Shh, shh!” cried Starr. “Let’s spell! Please welcome our first contestant, Roger Williams!” shouted Starr. A skinny boy with ginger hair nervously walked to the microphone. “‘Mnemonic’ thought Odette, as she tried to spell it in her head. She was sure she had gotten the right spelling when Roger said “Mnemonic. M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C, mnemonic?” Starr took a short pause before saying “Correct!” The crowd broke into applause. Roger grinned as he sat down on his seat. “Next we have, Lilly Patterson!” said Starr. A big girl with messy brown hair went up to the microphone. “Please spell ‘crystallographer’.” ‘Ooh, what a tough one.’ thought Odette. “Crystallographer, C-R-Y-S-T-A-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R, crystallographer?” grunted Lilly. Starr hesitated before saying “Incorrect.” “No, gimme another chance!” screamed Lilly. Her parents were forced to get on the stage and drag her off as she had a temper tantrum. “Our next contestant will be Odette Miller!” exclaimed Starr. ‘Oh no.’ thought Odette, as she dragged herself to the microphone. “Inside her head, she thought about where certain letters would go.

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