Craig Ping’s last standGail Day, age 11, was the dark horse. When I asked
the spelling experts who she was, they just shrugged.
Craig Ping was spelling well. Then he got a hard
word. He stood thinking. He spelled the word as well
as he could. He waited.
Ding!
Craig Ping was out of the bee. That left just Gail
Day and Nate Griffin.