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This#is#story#from#my#childhood.##About!my!friend!Kimmi!Hall.!!But!before!I!tell!you!about!
the!adventure!Kimmi!and!I!had,!I!want!to!tell!you!about!our!school!spelling!bees.!
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Kimmi#was#the#reason!that!our!school!stopped!having!spelling!bees.!!It's!not!that!she!was!such!a!bad!or!
a!good!speller.!!It!was!because!when!she!correctly!spelled!a!word,!if!it!was!an!noun!–!an!object!or!a!thing!–!
that!thing!would!magically!appear!nearby.!And!then,!about!an!hour!later,!it!would!magically!disappear!again,!
returning!to!its!original!place.!!!
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It!was!the!appearing,!however,!that!caused!all!the!trouble!during!spelling!bees.!
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During#second#grade#spelling#bee,!Kimmi’s!first!word!was!magnet.!!She!got!it!right.!!MLaLgLnLeLt.!!!
When!she!sat!down!at!her!seat,!she!smiled!as!she!showed!me!the!magnet!she!had!in!her!hand.!!I!thought!it!
was!funny!that!she!had!a!magnet,!the!word!she!was!asked!to!spell.!
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Her!next!word!was!uLnLdLeLr.!!She!got!it!right,!but!nothing!happened,!since!“under”!is!not!a!noun,!not!an!
object.!!At!the!time,!I!had!no!idea,!though,!that!anything!could!happen.!
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Her!next!word!was!‘kite.’!!As!soon!as!she!spelled!kLiLtLe,!a!blue!kite!with!a!long!multiLcolored!tail!flew!into!
the!classroom!from!an!open!window.!!!The!teachers!were!upset!by!this!and!thought!some!of!the!older!
children!were!playing!a!prank.!!
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My!Friend!Kimmi!Could!Really!Spell!Things!–!©2014!StuartStories.com! !! Page 2!!!!!!!
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