It was the end of the second day of competition at Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee.All the other spellers had been eliminated.Jody -Anne Maxwell,age12,was the last one left.But the championship was not hers yet. She still had to spell one more word.The spelling bee offcial read the word,and then the definition :"An artist who uses the treatment of light and shade in a painting or drawing to produce the illusion of depth."
Jody-Anne repeated the word and spelled, "c-h-i-a-r-o-s-c-u-r-i-s-t."No dreaded bell for misspelled words rang after she was done.She had won! And it was the first time she had ever entered the contest.