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WASHINGTON -- After slowly and deliberately working
his way through a mountain of words, a California eighth-grader
spelled "appoggiatura" -- meaning a melodic tone--
to win the 78th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee and secure
his future as a further outcast among his peers.
Anurag Kashyap, 13, survived 19 rounds, outlasting 272 other
contestants over the course of the competition. Surviving
the inevitable beating by neighborhood bullies will be an
entirely other matter, admits Kashyap.
"I would say that I'm not scared, but my prospicience
says that it's going to be very, very painful and involve
either the broom stick handle or fire ants or both."
Kashyap attends school in Poway, California where he is teased
almost daily for his dark skin, Indian heritage and uncircumcised
penis. Even so, he remains philosophical about the impending
abuse.
"I really believe that phrase, 'sticks and stones may
break my bones but names will never hurt me,' but the kids
realize that now, so they just use the sticks and the stones."
According to classmate Billy Gruber, Kashyap is sure to get
a hero's welcome by all of his friends and townspeople, until
he makes the mistake of attending gym class on Monday.
"I'm not even going to lubricate the broomstick handle
the way I've done in the past," Gruber said. "I'll
probably warm up by pointing out his really small wiener to
the rest of the guys in the lockerroom. Then, afterwards,
I'll explain to everyone how Indian boys have sex with cows
and then their parents. Then a couple of my buddies will restrain
him as I go look for the broomstick handle. Let's just see
if he can spell 'cornhole exam' under those conditions."
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Photo:
Spelling Bee winner Anurag Kashyap looks forward to spending
his $30,000 prize winnings on bandages, salve and future therapy.
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