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Hello, fellow students. Don't we look good?

Michael, they're going to think the we includes them. Be more specific.

Good point. I feel sorry for all of our fashion -challenged peers.

Sad, really, since one is ugly as style. Can we get some color coordination?

Or first you press shirt color fronted by a full Windsor knot and tie clip.

We are BFFFs, best fashion friends forever.

Nothing can come between us.

Do you have more clothes than friends?

One pair of tweed pants, one pair of... Yes!

Then sign up now for Ernie C's Best Dressed Student Contest. Rules and entry

forms available at the office.

Me first! No!

And if that film was true, it's a whole new thing.

And what pages of my magazine?

The latest buzz.

I wonder if it is not buzz.

exhilarating. You corrected a spelling mistake.

Made by Mr. Shepard on the blackboard for everyone to see.

Oh, but how many cared?

I cared.

You dream of a moment like this and then conscientious c -o -n -s -c -i

-e -n -t i -o -u -s It happens.

You're not the only one who's a good speller. I noticed too. I just decided

to be a huge nerd about it. I'm not a nerd.

And if you're so great, spell loggeria.

The bathroom's that -a -way.

No, loggeria, as in... L -O -G -O -R -R -H -E -A.

An excessive flow of words.

How did you know how to spell a word that the average teen wouldn't know

it doesn't appear on the curriculum until college?

That's just... Loggeria.

Nice try, Little Anchor, but it's Mega Mud Mat tonight.

Whirly pig!

Oh, look out, flying pig, it's on the path.

Oh, curse you, bacon bandit. Let me show you how it's done. Wait, you're going

to show me how to play?

Maybe you should just stick to girls' games like that Double Dutch thing.

Whoa.

Are you saying that I don't know how to play video games because I'm a girl?

You sounded a lot meaner the way you said it.

You know.

When I was your age, I played a ton of video games with the guys. And I rocked

at Whirlypig. Let me guess.

You were one of those girls who tried to get dudes to like them by asking for

gaming tips.

Yep. And it all started with a simple, Wow, you are so good.

I'd love it if you'd show me a few of those cool moves.

Here you go.

How'd that work out for you?

No date. But I got real good at video games.

Move on.

Now. Let's wear some pink.

Seems simple enough. Judges will watch us in the hallways and give us points

based on our outfit.

And finals will move on to the gym where the student council will choose the

winner. Is there really any other choice?

Please. You may be a fashion queen, but Michael Theodore Davies is a fashion

legend.

Sorry, Mikey, but everyone knows girls are more fashionable than guys.

Really? Let's make this interesting.

Whoever loses has to wear Hectic Hector's fashion for a month.

where every outfit comes with a matching sombrero?

My mom took me there when I was five. I had my first public tantrum in a

sombrero.

So you game? I only need to know one thing.

What's that?

Your hat size, senor.

There must be a spelling mistake in here somewhere.

That worked way better than Boo.

You shouldn't sneak up on people and crow like a rooster. And you shouldn't

snooping through other people's notebooks.

Hey, guys.

Shouldn't you be at Buzz?

Yeah, we're a bit late on account of Nancy Drew here.

Mr. Shepard, have you ever found a spelling mistake in Noah's writing?

I'm sorry. I don't keep track of those things. I'm not that conscientious.

Spelled with a T, a mistake I caught way before Harper did.

How can you be a better speller than me?

Spelling's my thing.

Sounds to me like you guys need to settle this with a good old -fashioned

spelling bee.

My class.

I was hoping you'd say cage match.

You're lucky if you get it.

Oh, nice try, noob. Oh, I'm just getting warmed up.

Take that!

Oh, man, you're making my bath meet.

Who's the noob now?

Don't count drawings until they've been squealed, DJ.

Forget about it. There's no way to take it back.

He dropped my pig in the bucket.

And served it on a platter.

Boys rule. Boys rule. Boys rule. Boys rule.

Boys rule. Boys rule.

Boys rule. Boys rule. Boys rule. Boys rule. Boys rule.

Rebecca.

Rebecca.

That's okay. My belly button did need a good vacuuming.

Ew.

What's that?

After you're done your chores, want to check out a movie?

You know I can't go to a movie.

I'm vacuuming my desk.

It's one of my pre -study rituals.

And if you want any chance of beating me at the spelling bee, I suggest you do

the same.

Studying, not vacuuming.

Don't get overconfident, R.

Why? Does Big Bad Noah the Super Speller think he can beat me?

Not so much beat as crush and pulverize into itty -bitty pieces.

I'm shaking in my boots.

I'm serious. You know those people that have photographic memories?

Well, I'm kind of like that, except with words.

Yeah, right.

I can even take a word and rearrange it alphabetically. Is that how you impress

girls at parties?

No, that's what ear -wiggling's for.

Give me a word. Any word.

University. Okay, now we all know university is spelled U -N -I -V -E -R

-T -Y.

However, alphabetically, it's spelled E -I -I -N -R -S -T -U -V -Y.

Oh, dear. That would be A -D -E -H -O -R.

Sorry, Mom, but the last thing I need is to take in a stray kitten.

That is the first step to becoming a full -fledged cat lady.

I've got to go, Mom. I'm in the middle of an important meeting.

comfort food after a devastating defeat.

Now you're just being a sore winner.

I am a winner.

I am sore.

On account of my thumb burning after destroying you.

Hey, look.

Maybe you beat me at a boys game, but how about taking me on at a girls game?

Girls game? Mm -hmm.

Buzz's double -dutch competition, you versus me.

Double -dutch, bring it on. But if I win, I get, um, that fuzzy pencil on

desk. And if I win, you make me a week's worth of super sandwiches.

Deal.

Fine,

I'll take the cat.

Make way coming through. Feast your eyes on ZZ Zoo's latest and greatest. This

colorful ensemble hasn't even hit the runways yet.

Take note and give me bonus points while you're at it, because next week,

everyone will be sporting a ZZ Zoot suit. But until then, I'm just a silent

who happens to be a week ahead of the fashion world.

Beat that, Amanda Pierce!

that a small boy in a zoot suit ran by.

You look exhausted.

I was up all night studying.

Do you know you have the cutest little tonsils?

Not a good time to tease.

Well, I decided not to get my nerd on and ended up having a great night. I

to the movies, caught Pizza Patrol, surfed the net for useless but hilarious

videos, and then, wearing fresh out of the dryer PJs, I fell into a gentle

slumber. Just because you have a gift with words doesn't mean you're going to

win this.

I've got heart.

I've got gumption.

And I'm going to beat you. Why do you always have to prove how smart you are?

That's the way I roll.

Fine. But if you're so sure you can beat me, what do you say we open up our

little contest to the public?

Sounds good to me.

Who wants to watch me kick Noah Jackson's gluteus maximus in a spelling

Who wants to see me bury Rebecca Harper under a pile of vowels and kill a

consonant? Sit down.

Man, it's hard to get guys pumped up about spelling.

Three smoothies to whoever cheers for me.

I know what you're thinking.

How is it possible for a boy to be so slick and make it look so natural?

Ah, Miss Pierce.

Mr. Second Place?

I like your outfit. Apparently gray is the new boring.

Listen here, you fashion challenge munchkin. You and your little man suits

size 4 shoes are no match for me.

Size 8, thank you.

Sorry, Goliath. And BTW, you need a new tailor. Your outfit is full of blue

threads. And FYI, cuffed hems are out.

Cuffed hems went out five years ago.

Which makes them retro.

That award is as good as mine.

Especially in my outfit.

Grasp! Recruiting nightmare coming to life!

Oh,

alphabet soup.

Hearty, healthy, and oh, so educational.

Who's dressed?

Want to watch me totally destroy DJ at the double dutch competition?

I'd love to, but I have to referee a spelling bee.

Wait, wait. Destroy DJ?

Are you sure you're that good of a skipper?

You know how I'm on the trampoline team?

Of course. How could I forget? I remember that one tournament where you

jammed up in the gym rafters.

That happened because of a temporary lack of focus.

And it's happening again.

And we're back.

What DJ doesn't know is that my trampoline train consists of double

skipping. She's going to get the surprise of her life.

Listen, Wilder, take it easy. You don't want to embarrass her.

I'm a competitive guy. My pride is on the line. And a fuzzy pencil.

Well, in that case, then, I'll say, uh...

Moy the best mon win.

I ate all the A's, so...

Peripeteia, a sudden change of fortune. From the Greek, peri meaning from and

pipto meaning fall.

P -E -R -I... I can't spell this word.

Aw, study cards. So cute.

Go away.

I'm not talking to you.

Becca, are we really going to let a spelling bee come between us?

That would be kind of pathetic.

What do you say we forget about this whole thing?

Really?

I'd like that.

I hate fighting with you. I hate fighting with me, too.

This means a lot to me.

What does?

That you admitted calling me a nerd for being a good speller was wrong.

I didn't say you weren't a nerd. I said I didn't want to fight anymore.

Oh.

Then excuse me.

I have to study.

P -E -R -I -P -E -T -E -I -A.

Peripeteia.

Shoot!

Ralph Barry from the Latin Respiricus, a red sand made with tongue and lip.

Spelling?

Shhh. It's breathtaking, isn't it? Now, add up all those points and run along.

Mom, this is a tough competition.

I'm trying my best, but I think I might lose.

I know all five of my sisters won it, but they didn't have an Amanda Pierce to

deal with.

Yes, I know Granny Davies might not be alive next year to see me win.

I'll make sure I win.

And Mom, I love...

DJ, there are two ropes.

Of course. What do you think double Dutch meant?

I thought I meant Dutch, as in the people.

I have two Dutch trembling coaches, Mr. Putzkammer and Mr. Hoojboom. They taught

me how to skip with one rope.

All right, DJ, you're up.

Stand back. I've got a week's worth of sandwiches to win.

We do it big, do it big. We do it big.

And hailing from the east side, the prim, the proper, the consonant dropper,

Rebecca Hopper!

And hailing from the west side, the dark, the dour, the speller of the hour,

Noah Jackson Speller!

There will be no dictionaries, no split infinitives, and no, I repeat, no.

Hitting below the diphthongs.

Understood.

Now let's shake hands and come out spelling!

Rebecca, you're first.

Your word is... Triskaidekaphobia.

Can I have the definition, please? Fear is the number 13.

Can you use it in a sentence?

Monty refused to sleep on the 13th floor of the hotel because he suffered from

acute...

Triskaidekaphobia. Can I have the language of origin, please?

Why don't you just ask him to spell it for you? Watch it, or I'll take away a

point. Rebecca.

T -R -I -S -K -A -I -D -E -K -A -P -H -O -B -I -A.

Triskaidekaphobia. You are correct!

Noah, your word is... The.

The? Are you kidding?

The. Tough one, tough one.

Definition, please. Oh, please.

Denoting one or more people or things already mentioned.

The, the, okay. Here goes.

T.

H.

E. You are correct!

I won, I won, I won, I won!

What happened? You win at the finals.

And you look... Like, one of them.

I pulled out of the competition.

But why?

Put it this way. I wanted to make Granny Davies happy.

Thank you, Amanda.

You're very kind.

Granny can die a happy woman. My family's been trying for years to win

Wait a minute. I thought all of your sisters won.

You set me up!

Guilty! You wanted me to feel sorry for you, so I quit, and I did!

It was a brilliant setup.

Brilliant and quite the dirty tactic.

I guess I deserve to lose.

Congratulations, Mikey.

I can't wait to see you in a sombrero.

If anyone can pull it off, I can.

Good luck with that.

By the way, how did you make all my clothes fall off?

I've been backstage in enough fashion shows to learn a few tricks. Like

dismantling an entire outfit without the model even noticing.

It's all in the thread.

Models are so oblivious.

It's a nice one, DJ.

A perfect push -up fall by and around the world.

Seems I haven't lost my touch.

All right, Wilder, let's see what you got.

You want to see what I got? I was born to jump, DJ.

Roll, turn.

I call this one the Hawaiian Sprinkle Honey Cruller Double Chocolate Dip Flip.

Here we go, here we go, here we go.

your smoked meat sandwich. Oh, and say goodbye to your fuzzy pencil.

Goodbye, fuzzy pencil.

Okay, folks.

We are neck and neck.

Rebecca and Noah tied at 19 points apiece. Rebecca, are you ready?

Your word is ABCdarian.

Can I have the definition, please? One who is learning the alphabet, hence a

beginner.

A -B -C -D -A -R -I -N.

A -B -E -C -I -D -A -R -I -R -A -I -N?

A -B -C -D -A -R -I -N?

Oh, I'm afraid that's incorrect.

How ironic.

That's funny, Noah.

Noah, this is for the win. On your feet.

Your word is parapetia.

Parapetia.

A sudden change of fortune.

As in, the tragic hero underwent his peripeteia.

Language of origin from the Greek word peri, meaning from, and pipto, meaning

fall.

Alphabetized peripeteia would be A -E -E -I -I -P... Please just spell the word,

Noah.

Peripeteia.

S -O -R -R -Y.

Oh, sorry.

That is incorrect.

Ladies and gentlemen...

We have ourselves a tie!

Wasn't that awesome, people?

You threw the match.

Classic Perpetua. This was never about who was the better speller, was it, R?

No, not really.

After you did that whole freaky alphabetical spelling thing, I kind of

was you.

This was because I called you a nerd for catching Mr. Shepard's spelling mistake

when all you really wanted was a pat on the back.

Actually, all I wanted was a hug, and you're amazing, but...

That's close.

I make a joke, you tell me I'm funny, and you do something smart, I call you a

nerd. Not exactly a fair trade.

You're right, it's not.

And to make it up to you and show you that I love how smart you are, you're

going to help me with my math, and geography, and science, and civics. This

going to involve a lot of study cards.

Now, I think we should start off with my seven -point study plan.

You got anything to say about that?

Not nerdy at all.

Wow, you guys are so good.

It'd be awesome if you could show me a few moves.

I'd love to.

Boy is good.

You must know Mr. Hoochaboo.