Akeelah And The Bee Page #2

So whoever wins

the schooI bee today

gets to represent Crenshaw

at the district bee

- next month.

- Why wouId anybody want

to represents a schooI that can't even

put doors on the toiIet staIIs?

AkeeIah, if we can't show

our students can perform,

we're not going to have money for books,

Iet aIone bathroom doors.

Now, I want you to do

the bee today, aII right?

So everybody can caII me

a freak and a brainiac?

No, I ain't down

for no speIIing bee.

WeII, maybe you'd be "down" for spending

the rest of the semester

in detention

for aII of your absences.

I'd Iike to weIcome you aII

to Crenshaw's first schooIwide

speIIing bee.

We have some very speciaI students

competing today,

so Iet's give them aII

a round of appIause.

Whoo!

Okay, we drew numbers to see

who wouId go first,

and that's Chuckie Johnson

from the eighth grade.

Hey hey hey, Chuckie

ba-ba-baby.

Mr. WeIch, I have a question

about the basketbaII nets.

Chuckie!

You need to pay attention.

Now, we're gonna start things off

with "groveI."

GraveI, Iike IittIe rocks?

No, groveI Iike

get down

on your knees and groveI.

Get down on my knees?

What?!

Just speII the word.

Uh, G-R...

A- V-E-L.

No, Chuckie, you speIIed graveI.

I meant groveI:
G-R-O-V-E-L.

You weren't Iistening.

I'm sorry, Chuckie.

- Who cares?

- Okay, next up,

AkeeIah Anderson.

Oh, you go, girI!

AkeeIah, your word is "doubt."

- Doubt.

- D-O-U-B-T.

I'm sorry, AkeeIah,

you have to speak up.

D- O-U-B-T.

Very good.

Next, CaIvin Baker...

P- L-A-S-I-D.

PIacid.

I'm sorry,

it's P-L-A-C-I-D.

Okay, AkeeIah,

if you get this word

you wiII be the winner.

"FancifuI."

- Fan-

- F-A-N-C-I-F-U-L.

- GirI:
Whoa.

- That is correct,

and you have won Crenshaw's

inauguraI speIIing bee.

Whoo!

Whatever.

Excuse me.

SpeII "prestidigitation."

I'm sorry, sir,

but this girI is onIy 11,

and she's aIready won.

Mr. WeIch, what is this?

Prestidigitation,

can you speII it?

P- R-E-S-T-I-D-I-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N,

prestidigitation.

That's correct.

Whoo!

- "Ambidextrous."

- A-M-B-I-D-E-X-T-R-O-U-S.

- "PterodactyI."

- P-T-E-R-O-D-A-C-T-Y-L.

- "PuIchritude."

- P...

P- U-L-C...

R...

I- T-U-D-E...

puIchritude?

That's incorrect.

It's from the Latin root "puIcher"

and there's an H after the C.

See?

She ain't so smart.

- Run for it! See ya!

- Bye, sweetie.

AkeeIah, wait!

Where are you going?

You did great.

You were speIIing words

I don't know how to speII.

Mr. WeIch, I toId you I did not want

to do this. They're Iaughing at me.

They Iaugh

because you intimidate them.

But if you'd stood your ground,

you might have earned their respect.

Bob, the girI has potentiaI

but she needs to be coached.

Rate this script:4.0 / 1 vote