This year the Intermediate School hosted a spelling bee.
Hiram had won the class one, so he was eligible for the school bee.
He hardly studied until the night before when Dad pulled out the spelling list and started going over it with Hiram.
There were about 300 words to study.
Hiram probably studied close to 3 hours, but only got through the first 200 words.
He fell apart in tears and became upset, feeling like he had no chance of winning.
After being encouraged to pray, which he did, Hiram went to school with hope in his heart.
There were only about 15 contestants.
He made it through the first 2 rounds pretty easy, where half of the other Spellers got out.
He continued spelling his words right round after nervous round.
Finally it was down to just 2 of them.
The speller up spelled "grandiose" wrong, so Hiram took his turn and spelled it right. His next word was "barrette".
Would he remember the "e" at the end?
He did! And Hiram won the spelling bee!
He was so excited about his metal, his new cordless mouse, and his Bluetooth headset he won too!
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