The Spelling Bee

          The Spelling Bee

              by B.J. Lee

Do you know a Spelling Bee?

I know one well, and vow that she

can spell the names of all the flowers

whose sweet nectar she devours.

I took this Spelling Bee with me

and brought her to a spelling bee.

I said, "This way the world can tell

that you, the Spelling Bee, can spell!"

She spelled "Petunia."  Quite divine!

And with "Dahlia" she did fine.

Then she missed both "Thigh" and "Thumb",

but quickly spelled "Chrysanthemum".

So I found out that Spelling Bees

cannot spell all words with ease.

For flower names, they spell each one,

but other words?  They know none.